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Thank you to everyone who helped with this! At least I'll be able to start to trace who has the records now!

This is fantastic! Thank you! I had come across Mandalay Nursing Home in my searches, but couldn't find an address for it! This soooo appreciated! Thank you @pjmburns!

Thanks, @Astoness. I'd already looked at this on Google prior to posting. Unfortunately, it doesn't help me to confirm this was the building that was numbered 127 in 1948 (before some buildings were renumbered on the street)...and it doesn't help me to know which...

@Astoness and @Vivienne14 , I just assumed that if some buildings nearby were renumbered that others would have been renumbered, too. It seems odd that only one building would have been renumbered in the 1960s while adjacent buildings or those across the street retained their original...

I found the information here: https://www.search.connectinghistories.org.uk/details.aspx?ResourceID=1672&ExhibitionID=1560&ExhibitionPage=6&PageIndex=1 So, it appears that other buildings nearby were renumbered.

I saw that @Astoness, but my research also shows that some buildings on the street were renumbered during the 1960s when they widened the road. So, I can't even be sure that's the right building anymore!

I saw that @Astoness, but my research also shows that some buildings on the street were renumbered during the 1960s when they widened the road. So, I can't even be sure that's the right building anymore!

Thank you @Vivienne14. It definitely wasn't a boys' club (in 1948) as the address is listed as the place of birth (on a woman's birth certificate)!

Hi All, I am wondering if anyone can tell me the name of the home (or who ran it) at 127 Church Lane in Handsworth in 1948. I'm assuming this is a home as it's the information that was provided to me. I don't have access to a Kelly's directory. I know that the building number possibly...