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I'm actually really enjoying it. I wish I could afford to quit work for a few years and work on it full time!

Looks like it was a summer visit, maybe early 1900s. Could it be a royal visit ? July 1909, perhaps ? (There's a look of Queen Mary...

Thank you. I will check out the 1871 census.

A few discrepancies on the census so checked a few others. Court 11 was between Nos. 47 and 48 so No. 46 as marked. Were you aware that...

Here is a link to the 1950s map showing house numbers, the house numbers still appear to be consecutive (rather than odds and evens) but...

A parade perhaps. Are the windows of the pub boarded up to protect them?

Brilliant photos again!!

where would we be without these old photos mark...i still look at all the ones you took which are fantastic lyn

I love 2 things about these very old photos:- 1) As the very old ones are mainly from large format glass plate negatives the level of...

Taking the bus into town in the 1950s-60s and near the Digbeth Bus Station you could see the name "Purkis" on a building in Rea Street...

I came across this lovely pic that shows The Anchor public house.. it's taken from Bradford street but shows a little of Rea street in...

In 1861 census, Joseph Edmonds lived at 46 Rea St, St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Occupation cabinet brass founder. I...

Here, for completeness, we have the front and back of 54,55 Rea St, probably around the time of the 1880s map. The photos even show the...

Here is a 1950s larger scale map showing no 25 Mornington Terrace, with house in red

I think you're right about the alleys for accessing communal wash-houses and toilets. I wonder if they managed to grow food in the front...