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Lasulk, Very happy to be of help and even happier that it seems to be your Wallace Winkles. Having a name like that definitely makes him easier to find in the papers! Now that I know it probably is the right one I will find the articles again and post them on here for you.

Hi Lasulk welcome to the forum. i have found a few mentions of a Wallace Winkles in The Birmingham Daily Post - may be your ancestor? 8 May 1874 - transfer of license of the Gunbarrel Grinders Arms, New John Street West from Emma Jones to Wallace Winkles 31 March 1887 - for auction - Wheeler...

Beautiful pictures Eric - everyone will want to win one of those!

This article says after living at the large house in Edgbaston (239 Hagley Road) John Wyndham Harris moved with his mother Gertrude and brother Vivian to a 'small house in Edgbaston' until 1915. In 1911 He attended Miss (Mabel) Woodwards private School in Edgbaston and then 1914-1915 he...

I have found information on line that he was born Knowle 1903 and his education is listed as Bedales School, Hampshire https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/10/johnwyndham Is/was that a boarding School? What age would he have left that School? In 1911 he would have been 8 - could they...

Hi Val, it's a shame it's not your Charles Hemming - but good to have this one discounted so you can carry on looking for your one. A lot of the papers in those days seem to give a brief round up of news from other districts so I don"t think the fact the suicide was reported in a Cornwall paper...

Hi Lyn, I always think even though it is very sad to find articles like this on one of your ancestors they are also brilliant as they often give so much information about the person that you wouldn't otherwise know. I always seem to learn something from them too - I had to google Felo-de-se as...

I'm not sure what question G.P.H asked the Editor of the Birmingham Daily Post but this is the answer he got in the paper dated Tuesday 27 July 1880 Perhaps the question was how many other late night burials had there been in Birmingham and in which cemeteries they took place?

Also from the Birmingham Daily Post - Wednesday 21 July 1880 an article about the inquest (held on Tuesday 20 July)

Also from the Birmingham Daily Post Wednesday 21 July 1880 an article about the funeral

From the Birmingham Daily Post Wednesday 21 July 1880 (is this the one Mike posted?)

This article is from the Birmingham Daily Post - Monday 19th July 1880 Charles Hemming committed suicide Sunday 18th July 1880

There is a thread on the forum about Nazareth House https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=32192&highlight=Nazareth+house and I also found this one which gives information on the home and the name and address of their archivist https://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/RednalNH/

Hi Zena - I remember someone else asking about this address but at the moment can't find the thread - I think I posted some newspaper articles about it. 67 Summer Hill opened in July 1884 as a Girls Training home and Day Nursery. It was run by The Birmingham Ladies Association for the care and...

Found him Lyn - E Hawkeswood seems to have been there from 1884 to 1888. Looks as if the Fox may have been pulled down in 1892 - unless it was just closed???

1878 - 16 April - Reuben Smith victualler of THE FOX, Fleet Street files for liquidation transfer of licenses 1879 - 9 August - FOX, Fleet Street to Elizabeth Lycett 1880 - 6 August - FOX INN, Fleet Street to G J Lycett 1882 - 8 December - FOX, Fleet Street, to David Waldron 1883 - 9 August -...

Lyn not sure if these are any help. Only one mentions THE OLD FOX but I wondered if they are all the same pub? 1860 - 24 May - summoned for keeping their houses open at improper hours on Sunday (from a list of names) William Tilsley FOX INN Fleet Street 1865 - 20 January - sale by auction...

This project had been supported by Birmingham Library - includes some great photos of Birmingham Streets etc. https://www.shoothill.com/demo/warwickshire-photographic-survey-deep-zoom/ It was launched in September (apologies if the link is already on the forum)

Sorry Suzanne I should have posted the link - glad you found it. Here is the link - incase anyone else wants to look at it. https://www.hunimex.com/warwick/mi/mi_brum_erdington.html

Suzanne, Thomas and Thomas William Doidge - are listed on the monumental inscriptions for St Barnabas, Erdington. hunimex.com