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Well there's a turn up from history,!!! I have seen this photo before, in my Nans house in Vicarage Road Handsworth, the 3rd man in on...

Found! Thanks to MWS's prompt, I have at last put William Oldham to rest. As the attached PDF shows, he did indeed die in Windsor and...

I'm currently trying to get my head around the history of Old and New Inkleys but got waylaid by Greens Village another interesting...

Looking again at the column with the 4/70s and 4/80s, are those graves that are listed next to each other or are there gaps between them...

What an interesting thread. My ancestors Nellie, Ethel and Ann were ladies outfitters according to the 1921 census with a shop (The...

It's difficult to say. It appears that the numbering generally goes up from the bottom left to top right - for graves in section 4 at...

This was my Dads factory! Birmingham Machine Tools Ltd, est 1978…till he sold it in 2017, almost 40 years. This is my heart right there...

In the tradition of adding updates to this very old post, I thought I would share that my 4xGt Grandfather Henry Cater's residence is...

That bit is correct. All MWS is saying is be careful if you try to go further back. Johnson with occupation joiner and born Woodhouse...

And a possible third child to die young sadly - Gordon Reginald 1930-34?

Two other children - Grace Elizabeth and Alfred Thomas who both died young? And is it Arthur Ernest rather than Arthur & Ernest?

And as an example of how easy it is to go down the wrong path. Searching the 1851 census for people name Johnson born Woodhouse (same...

There is a thread for Shaw Hill School/Anthony Road School if that's the one you are looking for...

With a common name like Johnson you are probably going to to hit a brick wall earlier unfortunately. Even if you trace the name back to...

That's what I thought. Thanks.