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Hi Lynn Yes that definitely helps...along with MWS's contribution, it gives me a fairly plausible target area to be explored for Mom's original residence while she was a probationary nurse. Thanks to both of you!

I've not seen the britishnewspaperarchive site before. Actually a pretty well set-up site and the searches seem quite quick & easy. That said, I had no luck this time but may revisit later when I have more time. And I do take your point about the reportage being vague...that does makes sense...

Would they be within walking distance of Coventry Road? And BTW - how did you track that down - are there newspaper archives from that period available online somewhere>

Whoa...good investigative work!

Thanks for this!

Hi Lyn...I was thinking that if I could find out more about the "Tower Room" that Mom mentioned that would narrow it down quite a bit. She said they were at a show and specified " Earl Williams-Tower Room? ". Assuming Earl Williams was a performer and the Tower Room the venue...where would that...

Hello Lyn...thanks for the prompt response - that is appreciated! Mom's maiden name was Patricia Constance Bolton and she was born 30 May, 1920 in Canada to a Canadian father and an English mother. The family moved from Canada to the UK in 1932 and stayed on there until the end of WWII. Hi...

This is in line with what I was thinking...that both of them had been at City Hospital/Yardley Green during their probationary periods and then moved on to other hospitals, either as full fledged nurses or to continue their training in a specialism. I suspect the Selly Oak reference (which is...

That is the impression I had formed after trying to track the hospitals in that thread...multiple name changes and (sometimes) referring the hospital by it's location or it's specialty rather than it's actual name makes the task a wee bit challenging!

Hello Lyn...thanks for the prompt response - that is appreciated! Mom's maiden name was Patricia Constance Bolton and she was born 30 May, 1920 in Canada to a Canadian father and an English mother. The family moved from Canada to the UK in 1932 and stayed on there until the end of WWII.

** unsure if this belongs here or in the Blitz thread but thought I'd start here ** I have been browsing through the BHF site for a while now, but I'm not making much progress on a couple of questions I have. I hope someone may be able to help out with some suggestions/directional guidance...