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wow, so much information about steward st, so interesting, as I said, I lived there from 1945 age 18 months, moving there from guest st hockley, until 1957 when we moved to rickman drive in Edgbaston, opp, the horse fair, or Bristol st, I lived next to the blacksmith you mentioned Bernard, his...

Re: History of Birmingham Street names growing up in steward st, Ladywood, I thought I might find some reference to its history above, but I find no mention of it, can anyone fill me in on the name of steward st and its history please?

no mate, my dad worked at belliss and morcomb in ledsam st during the 50s he was a works policeman and worked parttime at the rink in the evening.

no my dad was not a window cleaner, he was a works policeman at bellis & morcoms in ledsam st during the fifties. he worked at the ice ring part time of an evening.

what memories the ice rink on spring hill brings back to me, i used to go in the fifties. and remember how the girls squealed when guy mitchel came on singing rockabilly rock and singing the blues, my father worked their, first as the car park attendant and then the cloak room attendant, he had...

ASTONESS,thank you for the steward st pictures, now wait for it, i already have those awwwwwwww, never mind eh? i was looking for the impossible really, i lived at 2/109 next door to the blacksmiths , and it was a back house, i doubt if a photographer would have gone up there, he might have had...

ASTONESS, thanks so much for the picture of the coffee house on the corner of bridge st and guest st, it bought back so many memories, i tried to enlarge it, i would have framed it with a title but when i enlarged it, it was not a very good copy, but ill keep the picture anyway, once again...

i almost thought the picture of the coffee house was guest st, hockley, then i realised it wasnt, much to my disapointment, i was born in guest st hockley in 1944 and would love to see a picture of the coffee house there as i lived next door to it. any ideas ?

i also attended barford rd school and left in 1959

one morning last spring as i opened the curtains to look up the garden,i noticed a goldcrest just sitting there on my patio, it was so still, i kept staring at it but it didnt move ,then i noticed another one further over to the left of the patio, i kept very still, then the first goldcrest...

Re: looking for william humphreys hi lloyd, william humphreys died in ridley st in 1940 and not in 1935/39.but thank you anyway for your info,

Re: looking for william humphreys since tracing the death date of william humphreys,and thanks to you all for your help,i have now obtained a death certificate for him,according to the certificate, he died whilst living at 3/13the ridley st,birmingham, is it now possible to look on the...

the locarno oooooh, what memories in me drainpipe trousers and me draped pink coat, an socks ter match , boppin to elvis

Re: looking for william humphreys hi robert, william humphreys was i believe an iron moulder

Re: looking for william humphreys thank you kindly, i have been searching for this answer for a long time.

i am trying to trace the death date of william humphreys who, according to the electoral roll, lived in edward st in ladywood birmingham in 1939, it is believed he died ab 1940/42, age about 56? at the same address, can anyone help please .

oh right, thanks alf.

i dont know what happened there sorry

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