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Mdriels thank you so much for sharing your wonderful memories. Your family must have known some of my lot. My nan Catherine (Kay) Cooke worked at the munitions factory and she told stories of the bomb in St Lukes. She also told us a story about leaving the factory late (long after the sirens)...

What lovely memories Brenda! My nan was born in Sun Street in 1925 (Catherine Cooke) her uncle also lived on Sun Street (Bert Knott). Its strange how things work out as my nan married Frank Webb who also lived on Bell Barn Road. It's also very strange to think of a descendant of the Earls...

Hi Not sure if anyone has seen this, I had a look through the threads and couldn't see any mention - apologies if this is a repeat. The BBC are running a story that due to the HS2 (which seems to be controlling my life at the moment) they may have to exhume bodies from the Park Street burial...

Hi, Bit of a long shot but did Daisy marry Percy Wilson? My mother in law's grandparents were Ruby Wilson & Charles Boswell and believe Ruby's mother was Daisy Elizabeth Wicketts. They would have lived around that area so thought there was a good chance it could be the same family? I...

No worries - thanks for the help! At least I know for sure they weren't there in the 30's! Strangley enough her grandson (my grandparents) moved to Billesley. They were near to Chinbrook Road/Trittiford Rd.

Thanks Bernard, I have attached the voters roll I have with the family on; I guess from the voters roll they only moved to Holly Grove in 1945. Thomas died in 1951 and her granddaughter Barbara and her husband Ernest was living with her by 1955. Roseannah died in 1963 aged 90, I am not sure...

Hi big Gee No there isn't a Jack Boucher directly related. He may be related to Thomas' brothers though as they lived on or around Latimer Street. Thanks

Thanks Mike, wonderful map again! I wonder if they lived in one of the houses that backed onto Hick Street? There address in the first voters roll was Hick Street - Holly Grove and then just 5 Holly grove. I had kind of hoped that they weren't back to backs as seems to be the trend in the...

and finally - because i love how dapper he is - James Knott Clara's brother who emigrated to Canada (as part of the home children) I think there are some more but forgot the clocks went forward oops! So will dig around tomorrow x

Carters: Not from Birmingham but my Roseannah Carter married Thomas H Boucher who was born in Birmingham and they moved up here where we all are now! I wanted to share as I love these pictures! Frank Webbs Grandmother - Rosannah Carter & her siblings: Roseannah's father in his Fisherman's...

Knotts, Hughes and Scully first - ooh and Webbs - Sorry Forgot the most important! First is Clara Cooke nee Knott with her daughter Florence - (my great Gran & great Aunt) Then Clara's second husband Hugh(ie) Britton who was a boxer in Northern Ireland. We think he was born In...

Hi, Me again! I am hoping you lovely chaps may be able to help me? I have found that my grandfathers family - The Bouchers - moved between Folkestone and Birmingham Several times. On the 1911 census I have them living at Folly Cottages Folkestone Then in 1920 - 7 Court 37 Irving Street...

David: Sorry for the delay in replying had 'issues' with my e-mails.... anywho! Thanks for the info from the census (1911) I had checked already and knew my direct family weren't living there, however the Hughes also lived next door court 15 I think? I remember the mothers name was Leigh...

Hi kelly, I don't have all the pages just the ones with number 14 and number 38 on but I have checked the voters roll and there are no Stewarts on them. Sorry! Someone else may have access to more records, the ones I found I had to pay for some I only have the pages I needed but also they...

One last question - if anyone can help! I have noticed on the modern map that there is still at least part of spring street there running from Bell Barn Road to Lee bank middleway and I wondered looking at the old map if Bell Barn road and Rickman drive followed the same road plan as Sun...