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I don't disagree with a lot of what you say but it's nothing new. Expectations grow with every generation and my nan disapproved of what...

How do you know they weren't, maybe you've been brainwashed to believe that they weren't brainwashed.

Here are a few photos pre and post 1960's development

i was performing a leap of faith which happened to work, i had a feeling that g-grandfather and g-grandma lived opposite each other when...

Many thanks for your feedback. Here attached is some visual context.

I would definitely say the lower down court 28 is on Tower St. It fits in the sequence on that street but is out of sequence for...

Here is a link to Keith M Jordan's "The Inner Ring Road Underpasses & Murals of Birmingham" page 3 (9/67) includes a photo of the Hill...

Much appreciated, confirms some of the hearsay and more info for the tree. I've been lax in updating the tree since my OH passed...

Courts 25 and 28 are both shown towards the top left on the map below, no numbers listed though... https://maps.nls.uk/view/228801899

Richard Hipkiss (father) b1835 d1914 was the son of (another) Richard Hipkiss and Elizabeth Williams. As mentioned he was a jeweller...

May was the daughter of Richard Edgar Hipkiss and Susannah West. They married in 1876 and including May had 7 sons and 6 daughters...

Incorrectly listed as Clarke on familysearch. He seems to be the son of a John and Jane Owen. In 1841 he appears to be on New Town Row...

The Joseph who is with a housekeeper on the 1861 does have a son Thomas listed on the next page. Right age. Joseph is on the 1871...

May Hipkiss daughter of Richard and Susannah. Had a number of siblings including a younger brother George. Listed at 3 Tower Road in 1939.

I couldn't see one either so not sure. I'm not sure if this is her in 1861 but there is a Mary Gough with husband Joseph living on...