Recent content by Peter Murray

Hello Mr Jason, William James Murray was a great uncle of mine. The fish shop was one of up to 5 Murrays fish emporiums in Brum in the Victorian /Edwardian era. founded by a great grandfather of mine, Wiliam Alexander Murray sometime in 1890s. The last of the chain (also fruit and veg. next...

Thank you very very much everyone for your lively interest! If the numbering on the map is original and correct, then 24 should be on the right of the arched entry. The picture has obviously not been reversed. I assume Kellys is a trade directory that I can access. I discovered today that my Gt...

I can't remember now where the pub photo was. My Gt grandfather was William Alexander Murray. He started the busniness of Murray's fried fish about 1890 I think. In 1922 it moved to Harborne under my grandfather Alexander Murray, then after WW2 my father Alex Murray took over until 1984...

I am looking for a photograph of my great grandfather's business circa 1900 at 24 Summer Row, Birmingham. There was a pub next door I have seen an old picture of. Could anyone direct me to a possible source of archive material? I will travel to Bham if required to view.