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Is that the Island outside Longbridge? Rubery to the right and Rednal straight on?

It is still there, Key Hill Drive, at the top of the drive it takes a left turn, through a passage and into Hylton Street (Next to Miniature Pressure Gauge) I used it as a short cut from Icknield Street School to my part time job up to H C Whiteheads in Northampton Street in the jewelry...

Thank you Terry, from your description "Training Reserve" I googled it and came up with the "Long, long trail" https://www.1914-1918.net a very informative site indeed. It would appear then that he was initially called up to the OBLI then because of maybe over manning he was drafted to the...

I have a army question please relating to my grand father Joseph Begley, born 1888 in Evesham moving to Birmingham sometime after 1901 but before 1913 when he married my grandmother Elizabeth Morgan on the 23rd November 1913. When my fathers brother John Joseph Begley was born on the 21st June...

Also try https://homepage.ntlworld.com/macjoseph/index.htm scroll down to maps of Ladywood 52 and 74 and see if you can remember the name of the road/street your friend lived in.

This might be a good place to start. https://www.winsongreentobrookfields.co.uk/

Also to diffuse the flash put a cigarette paper over the flash, Rizla ect. a little bit of old fashioned spit works as an adhesive

Pretty sure I read on here that is was Kate's elder sister that was "Allegedly" on the game.

I think these are images of the arch you were on about, all the whole grave stones are set against the outer walls and make very very interesting reading.

My parents were married there in 1943.

Type "Farm Street," Birmingham into https://maps.google.co.uk/

St. Matthias church, in Farm-street, was founded in 1855; is in the middle pointed style; consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and north and south chapels; and contains 1,151 sittings Farm Street I am sure is near to Hockley Brook.(B18?) dibb44

Dad used to take me to Cartwights in George Street West, Brookfield's, and the singe? so I was told sealed the ends of the hairs and stopped you catching a cold LOL, in my teenage years went to the hairdressers opposite the Mint in Icknield Street for my Tony Curtis and DA

All Saints is not too far away either

Princess Louise Caroline Alberta married the Marquis of Lorne, eldest son of the Duke of Argyle, he became the Governor General of Canada and in 1882 named the province of Alberta after his wife. My grandmothers elder sister was named Alberta (Morgan) and on most of the censuses (splg) she was...

Alberta Unusual Christian name (If it is) Do you have a Alberta Morgan in your tree? Married a Clissold? dib44

My grandfather passed away of TB in the 1930s and he was taken to West Heath Hospital in his final months, the frontage looks very similar today, just as in the original image.

Stoddards abattoir & Shop abattoir? Probably belonging to Stoddards Yes it was.