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Dear Sue, My Mom's family - The Palmers lived at 43 Johnson Street, Nechells and The Albion pub was located on the opposite corner. It was ALWAYS referred to as "The Empty" because, I guess it was always so? I remember my uncle Albert like many of the locals would often pop across and fetch a...

Dear Proper Brummie Kid, Thank you so, so much for this valuable information. My mother was Emily Palmer who married James William Nicholls (Nechells) in the late thirties who lived close by (?) and I was very close to May Victoria Palmer (aunt) and Albert Harry Palmer (uncle). Both were...

Dear Proper Brummie Kid, Thank you so much for this reply and for kindly taking the time to do so. I've only just started this Palmer quest (at 77) so will save this information. I'm so sorry for taking so long to respond, but I find navigating this site so fiddly and frustrating!! Warmest...

Anybody got info on the Palmer family from Nechells who all worked at 'The Met' from the 1930's through to the 1960s please? Names were Thomas, William, Albert. Thanks.

Hello Folks, Does anyone have anything on the Palmer family of 43, Johnson Street, Nechells. Various names such as Thomas, William, Albert, Arthur, Albert, May (Ciss), Roy, Christine, (my uncles, cousins, grandparents and Emily, my mother. Thomas, Albert and William (Billy) worked at The...

Thanks Alan, very much appreciated. the man with the glasses centre-front 'looks' very, very much like my dad but, I can't be absolutely sure. Anyway, thank you so much for taking the trouble to reply. Warmest Regards, Brian Nicholls.

Does anyone have photos of the Perry Barr contingent please? My dad was a member and he lived at 36, Wilnecote Grove, Perry Barr. He was good pals with a Mr Rookes (also a member) and was I with his son Geoffrey. Thanks, Brian Nicholls. (son, now aged 75).