Recent content by Phils378

Thanks for the information. The din and vibrations from the factory for the residents of 6, 7 & 8 would have been terrible. The living conditions in Digbeth were amongst the grimmest of the time and the majority of these poor people had no way out. We've come a long way in 4 generations.

Hi Mike, thanks for the reply and those interesting articles, do you have a date for them? None of the other courts in the area are named and Court 1 is closest to the markets so there must be something different about Court 2. I'll keep digging.

Hello fellow Brummies Thanks for accepting me as a member, my first post concerns Court no 2 Allison Street. I have identified where the photo below was taken from using the Goad maps and have marked the house numbers. Researching my family, I found that in 1916 my Great Grandparents John &...