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I found this in the Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 2nd December 1892 John Simmons applying for a Music and Dancing License - New Gallery, Barwick Street

What a beautiful house - I am intrigued now as to who may have lived in it in the past. I"ve had a look in the old papers but can"t find anything at the moment. Does anyone know: when it was built, if it has always been called Amesbury Court and if it"s address has always been number 6 Amesbury...

Re: Robert Britten Sir Edgar Theophilus Britten born Bradford 27th April 1874 son of Robert and Emma Britten Educated King Edward VI Grammar School, Aston, Birmingham Started in buisness but soon gave it up and went to sea in a barque, The Jessie Osborne trading from Liverpool to the West Coast...

Thank you Wendy and Lyn for posting the pictures of the meet. I really wanted to come but woke up with a migraine :( it looks as if you all had a great time and the Bull looks a lovely pub. I can see lots of faces I know but also lots I don't - feel sad I missed out on seeing old friends and...

Leslam - just found the marriage announcement of Leigh H Elkington of George Road, Edgbaston to Edith M Cottrell of Broadfields Erdington on 29 March 1884 - so seems they lived there. I can find a Leigh H Elkington mentioned as a chartered accountant. 10 Newhall St in 1886. Possibly same man?

There is a death in January 1933 of Christopher Martin M.B C.M. F.R.C.S at 30 George Road, Edgbaston, elder son of the late Christopher Martin and Harriet Martin of Stockton on Tees. in 1941 onwards - 30 George Road, Edgabaston appears on announcements (of probates etc.) as the address for...

searching the old papers I can only find 30 George Road mentioned twice: 10 July 1882 - Mr C R Bowling 30 George Road Edgbaston is one of the inspectors of factories for the Birmingham district. 23 Nov 1886 - Elkington - on the 22nd at 30 George Road, Edgbaston the wife of Leigh H Elkington of a...

Lovely painting Eric - I love Perranporth and have happy memories of my children when they were little playing on this beach. There is another thread Lyn - it is here: https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=44519&highlight=Perranporth perhaps admin could merge them :)

Lovely photo Lyn and a lovely way to remember Peter Walker.

Thats interesting keith. While looking through the papers for Nott I found this and wondered if it was one of yours: Berrow's Worcester Journal dated Saturday 8th June 1878 Marriages: Haywood - Hobday June 4th at Boldmere Church, Charles Henry Haywood of The Hawthornes, Wylde Green to Henrietta...

searching on the internet it seems the Ivy Hotel is still there in Carmarthen https://www.ivybushroyal.co.uk/ and Jobswell seems to be part of the University Campus https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/carmarthen/

Keith, this article states he was born at Neath, Glamorganshire in 1780 and was 65 when he died in Carmarthen. His second wife seems to have been much younger than him as it states that when he died Lady Nott was scarcely more than 20 years of age. article is from The Standard, London, Friday...

Keith in the memoirs that mikejee posted the link for it says that William Nott was born on 20th January 1783. My understanding from reading it is that the family were living on a farm in NEATH and that is where William started School. They moved to Carmarthen and took over the Ivy Bush Inn in...

Further articles give his cause of death as enlargement of the heart. He was twice married - first wife the daughter of Mr.Henry SWINHOE (previous article said Scomboe) This article is from The Ipswich Journal Saturday 11th January 1845

Keith, Have you seen these? This article is from The Blackburn Standard dated Wednesday 8th January 1845 it states that he died on Wednesday 1st January 1845 and he was born at PONTGARNEY, where his father was an innkeeper and mail-contractor. The second article is from the The Derby Mercury...

Do you have the birth record/certificate for Maud - if so what was the address? Also what is the address on the marriage certificate and the fathers occupation - any details you can give may help someone on the forum find information for you.

There are some pictures of Stour Street on the Old Ladywood website https://www.oldladywood.co.uk/stourstreet.htm Mike, on one of the pictures towards the bottom of the page (the picture to the right of the White Swan picture) is a row of houses with factory chimneys in the background could...

Lasulk, There are lots of Winkles buried in Key Hill and Warstone Lane cemeteries - thats an amusing sentence isn't it! :adoration: You can find a list of the Burials at https://www.jqrg.org/ Just select Burial index on the main page and then put Winkles in the search box There are also some...

Here are the adverts for the Junction Inn for auction - I would think it was a pub that was well run and had a good reputation as it is described as valuable. 1) Thursday 31st March 1887 2) Tuesday 27th September 1892

Mike, I have also found an advert - 11 January 1866 - for gun barrel filers wanted apply C.Willetts, Junction Inn, Wheeler Street And in April 1866 an advert for the auction of gunmaking equipment - Lathe/vices/bellows and valuable gunmaking tools (it states the tools were recently purchased and...