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Wheatsheaf Inn - Dudley Road

mikejee said:
Kieron
Other points to remember with maps is that some revisions were not complete. The ones labelled c1913-15 in a few places seem to be out of date , in that the attribution of some features seems to refer to a slightly earlier time. this is also true of the c1889 large scale maps, where some companies listed at a particular place appear there in directories only up to sometimes 6 years before that date . The c1938 revision is in many cases incomplete, with areas blank, probably because of loss of material during bombing of the OS buildings in Southampton in the war
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Agree Mike, also with early maps there is the question for whom the map was being produced or who commissioned the map maker. This can influence the result of the finished map.
 
My father ran the service station next door from circa1935 to 1970. He shared his patronage between The Wheatsheaf and The Bricklayers up Icknield Port Road!
 
Hello All, I am looking to find information about John ‘Nipper’ Adams. He was my dad but lost touch after my parents separated.

If anyone has any info or could point me in the right direction. My mother has since past but I’m left in the dark.

I was born in Birmingham but now live in Ireland.
 
My Great Aunt was Rosina's mother "Ellen Cheekley". I wonder how we are related Highness.
Highness said:
My great uncle (Joseph Smith) and aunt (Rosina Gertrude Checkley) ran the pub "The Wheatsheaf" during WWII. When my mother's (Jean May Ray) house on 2 Bk/42 Whitmore Street got bombed during the Blitz of WWII (November 1940), she and her parents (Edward John Ray and Violet Checkley) were staying there until they moved to 46 Whitmore Street. My great aunt (Rosina Gertrude Checkley) later emigrated to New Zeeland in 1967 to live with her grandchildren. The pub was demolished in August 2009.
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