Recent content by Roboz_8

I think that is a good idea, Lyn. I vaguely remember my Mom’s friends and neighbours discussing family doctors including Dr Firth.

Dr Ezzat’s practise is now Bright Horizons Court Oak Day Nursery and Preschool

My 1960-70s memory of Dr Ezzat. My blind trust in the UK’s National Health Service was forged during childhood, built on the back of my mother’s frequent inpatient hospital stays and our regular visits to the family doctor. Whenever Mom, me, and my two younger brothers had health issues, she...

Amazing, thank you.

Thank you. I will check out the 1871 census.

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

In 1861 census, Joseph Edmonds lived at 46 Rea St, St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Occupation cabinet brass founder. I would appreciate help in identifying no.46 on the map and other insights you may have.

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 gardens.

Thank you. On the plan the houses appear to have front and back gardens. Mom told me the family lived in impoverished conditions.

Amazing, thank you . My ancestors lived here for about 15 years in the early c20th.

Thank you, so much.

My grandfather lived at 25 Mornington Terrace, Mornington Road, Smethwick up to Jan 1921. I would appreciate guidance on where this may be as the maps I’ve looked at don’t identify it.

Hi Liz, my great grandfather, William Jones 1876-1920, my mother recounted fell into the canal and drowned. He was a fitter at Railway Carriages and Wagon Company Works, Smethwick, Staffs, married (1903) to Edith Woodhouse 1883-1944, residing at 25 Mornington Terrace, Smethwick. I would love to...

I was an in patient at the Ear Nose and Throat in the 1970s to have tonsils removed. I have vivid memories of the Victorian ward with beds either side of an aisle with a table in the middle. I loved the jelly and ice cream they served post op.

Thank you for the posts and photographs. Without them, I would not have been able to see where I was born in 1963. Coincidently, I worked in the catering department at Sorrento Maternity and Monyhull hospitals from 1986 to 1988.