Recent content by matinedmum

Hi Ellis Family Thanks so much for your post. I live just down from 121 on the same side just up from the garage. My house was built in 1926 and am really keen to find out about the road, the people who lived there, the buildings (I had no idea there were so many shops around there) and I would...

Hi, Thanks to everyone for your help with this. I have also now noticed that it is sometimes referred to as The Pilot Tavern in some places too. Any further information/images on the local area and the pub would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

Hi, thanks so much for this. I would never have been able to find all of this! Do you know why the licence might have been discontinued? Presumably George was then out of a job/home after the sale? Do you know where I am most likely to find a picture of the pub/road? Thanks again - your help is...

I have recently discovered that my Great, Great, Great Grandparents were working at and possibly running a pub in Northumberland Street in Birmingham in 1911. They were George and Emma Gordon. There is no trace of a pub there today - does anyone know anything about this pub - the census lists it...

Hi, Thanks so much for posting these maps - really interesting. Thanks again.

Hi Viv, Thanks so much for your help with this. The monastery might be connected to the burial ground. Thanks again

Hi, Thanks so much for this - I really appreciate your time. I am particularly interested in Slade Road and the building of the houses along it. I also think that there was once a church on this road as there is some suggestion of an ancient burial ground - it would be great if anyone knows...

Hi, Does anybody know anything about the history of Roughley near Mere Green in Sutton Coldfield? Any information/photos would be greatly appreciated. Thanks