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Just come back from Sutton town and drove down Station Road to see what 188 looked like. I expected it to be one of the larger three storey properties further up but as you can see from the attached it's a really nice family home. So unlikely to have been a nursing home and no further forward.

Thank you MWS. Janice, many thanks for trying. I came up against the same brick wall. It just seems strange that someone who was born in London and spent his working life at sea should be buried in Wylde Green. I can see why they wouldn't ship him to Australia where his family is living but...

Hello, I wondered if anyone could help me please? I'm researching servicemen who are buried in St Michael's churchyard in Commonwealth War Graves ready for our display at Sutton Station as part of Heritage Week. I'm trying to find out where they or their families lived in relation to Chester...

We were in Lichfield on Wednesday and passed a bistro with a lovely large receptacle outside for dogs. Unfortunately the young man behind trod on the edge of the bowl and somehow flipped it all over the young lady he was walking with. Luckily it was a hot day!

Viv, Thank you, funnily enough I was going to suggest a thread for old Birmingham Sports.

A small addition to my last post about pedestrianism, below is the link to a BBC article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20210723-the-strange-19th-century-sport-that-was-cooler-than-football Off topic I know so it's my last post on this thread and quite interesting!

Hi Viv, I found your list in Post #26 very interesting. When I was researching boxing in the 19th Century I found a lot of these 'pastimes' in the Midland Sporting News at the old newspaper library in Colindale, London. If I remember 'pedestrianism' wasn't just fast walking it had several rules...

Edited and copied post from another thread ...... When I was researching boxing in the 19th Century I found a lot of these 'pastimes' in the Midland Sporting News at the old newspaper library in Colindale, London. If I remember 'pedestrianism' wasn't just fast walking it had several rules and...

At first it reminded me of the hand on the Birmingham coat of arms!

We went to the Inspiration 200 Exhibition at Moor Street Station last Thursday. Lots to look at but felt we could have done with some children with us. Didn't stop us joining in with the bridge building and electric train coding. Staff were brilliant, helpful and chatty. It's moved on to The...

Took me a minute to remember the old joke!

Thanks Chris, sounds very useful. I'll pass this on. Penny

Brilliant! Thanks Warren.

Warren, I'm sure I speak for all the members when I say how much we appreciate your hard work 'behind the scenes'. Our history group is in a similar position to this forum with a website which records research of Sutton Coldfield History. We are lucky to have a webmaster (is that what they're...

All you pictures are smashing Eric! Keep 'em coming.