Recent content by Helen S

Great suggestion, I hadn't but I will now - thank you

Some new names here - thank you!

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Ah yes - that is very much what the building looks like with the addition of some Peaky Blinders graffiti!

I believe Hildick was a toymaker from Aston St that then moved out to a farm in Lapworth and John Bott was a mortgage lender who left the property to his sister's but in the hands of their husbands.

Oooh where did you find that quote? That's fab! Yes, it looks like the property was an investment property for the owners.

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Are these from the Kelly's Directory? This is incredibly helpful - thank you so much,

We have some records that came with the purchase which I followed up with some archival and online research

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Fab - thank you! There seems to be some chaos around the numbers - I'm trying to understand if property numbers may have changed or whether the building was more smaller buildings that we have come to understand. I have found John Pitt, a corn dealer at 121 in the 1871 census. These building...

These are great - thank you!

Hi Lyn, thanks so much for your response - yes, it is the building on the right. That was taken in the early 80s and was occupied by a reclamations firm at the time.

Hi there! I'm trying to find any information relating to 120-122 Great Barr Street and the surrounding area. I work for BOM (Birmingham Open Media) and we bought the building last year to be our new permanent home and preserving the building's heritage is a key part of our plans. We would...