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Looks very useful. Thank you

Good morning again Lyn and thanks for looking up Henry Herbert Friend. According to the 1920 Electoral Register, Henry Herbert Friend had his workshop at 87 Hockley Hill and lived with his wife Jane at 73 Hockley Hill. As you correctly mention, the 1921 Kelly's Trade Directory cites Henry...

Thank you for the map view. Do you think there might be a photo out there sonmewhere?

Hello Lyn. I read all the posts in the thread but nothing specifically about number 87 Hockley Hill. Unless I missed it...

Good evening. I am looking for details about Henry Herbert Friend who lived at 87 Hockley Hill, Handsworth, Birmingham. I have seen from the maps posted in this thread that it was on a corner. Are there any old photographs of number 87 Hockey Hill that any of you know of? Many thanks. MARTIN REED

Thanks for the recommendation. Coincidentally, my great grandparents William & Lily Hill lived at 24 Court 12, back of 154 Guildford Street from the 1920's up until when the back-to-backs were knocked down.

No problem. That photo seems to be of the south side of Gerrard Street next to Furnace Lane. Nice quality photograph of the famous taxi! Thank you for sharing.

Thanks very much for that. I know from the 1921 Kelly's Directory that it was a "Dairy". Then through the war and until the 1940's it was a General Store owned by Annie Louisa Starkey (b.1877- d.1962).

Hello everyone. I have found an ancestor that ran a shop at 39 Gerrard Street, Lozells. Her name was Annie Lousia Starkey. She lived there with her husband Leonard Starkey from 1920 through to 1946. Just a long shot, but does anyone have any photographs or memories of this shop?

That link doesn't work anymore.

My grandfather was an ARP Warden in Aston, Brimingham. His name was Francis William Robbins, aka Frank Robbins. There is a note in the 1939 England and Wales Census which confirms him as an ARW Superintendent at Lichfield Road. He lived at 94 Prestbury Road at the time. I have attached two...

Yes, you're right. Albert Starkey died 28 Feb 1918. Thanks for looking into this. Much appreciated.

Amazing. Great thanks very much. Do you know if I can get hold of any licensing details about the landlord that managed the pub during WW1? Do you know if records would be held at Birmingham Central Library?

Hello everyone. I would like to find more details about "The Rose Inn", a public house managed by my great-grandfather ALBERT STARKEY. I understand it has been demolished but would like to find any photographs or documents relating to the pub. Many thanks in anticipation for any help you can...