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Thanks Lyn, Yes I think I have everything, I was just trying to tie down the pub that William worked at. I remember my father saying that he used to wait for his parents (who turned out to be foster parents) outside the pub and he used to help them walk/stagger home (Brook Lane). I couldn't...

Yes I do thank you Lyn. It shows him living at the back of 23 Chesterton Road with his wife and six children by then he was an out of work general labourer for the Birmingham Small Arms factory. He joined the army in August 1915. I'm assuming to get away from the mess he created by having a wife...

Thanks Lyn, I've just done that walk twice now soaking up the scenery as I go. I hope to get there in person one day! I'll have a drink for my dad! cheers Rhoma

WOW!!! WOW!! and more WOW!!! Thank you all so much. This is wonderful and so much for me to digest. I did find out this afternoon that the Billesley Arms was rebuilt in 1924 but it is lovely to have the pictures and maps. Also the photos of Augusta Villas lets me imagine my Dad walking through...

Hi Janice, thank you so much that is sensational. I am very excited by this information, as I try to find more links to my father's past. thanks again and I look forward to anything that you can send me Rhoma

Hi Lyn, Thank you for you help, the census only says Brooks Lane, Birmingham. It looks like I have my answer and that it would have been the Billesley Arms, Kings Heath. You are all wonderful thank you Rhoma

Greetings from Australia, This year, through DNA testing, I have finally discovered who my paternal grandfather was. I'll try to cut short a very long story and put my question at the end, but basically my father Raymond George Kirkwood (born 6/4/1915) was illegitimate. He was raised by foster...

Oh My Goodness, yes you are right. Thank you one and all. That's brilliant and well done. It is very hard to know when living across the world in Australia. Cheers from Oz Rhoma

Hi All. Is anyone able to help me with the address on this marriage certificate please. It is for Bordesley, St. Andrews, Birmingham. It's obviously 24 ??? Road. From other writing examples it looks like it starts with an E. (When checking the E in Established Church). Thanking you in advance...

My Great Grandparents are on this list - their marriage 7th April 1895 - David Vines Kirkwood and Rose Annie Gardner. Thank you for your efforts to transcribe all this information.

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Yes this is it, love the photo of it now!!! Well actually I prefer the postcard version but I can imagine my Dad walking up the streets here. Just love it. Thanks again

Wow !!!! Thank you all. You are amazing. Just love the miracle you have performed here for me. Well done

Love this, thank you for the map so my options are Beacon Court and Wolverhampton Road

Hi Lyn, I was wondering if anyone knew what the street name would be. I was hoping to tie it into one of the addresses I have that my father lived at. Living in Australia it is hard to figure out what fits where in Brum. I have him on the 1921 census as living in Brook Lane near the Billesley...

My father said he used to live just around the corner from where this was taken on the right past the hedge? Thanking you in advance RhomaKay

Thank you Lyn, I have the photo of the art class at Dennis Road School posted on the thread in 2017. When I showed it to my Dad in 1996 he said that it had been his exact class room. Unfortunately my Dad was running away from something or someone after WW2 and he came to Australia with my mother...

Thank you so much Janice, you've certainly given me some homework to do. I'm going to see if I can find out what year my Dad started at Dennis Road Public School because that might also tell me where he transferred from. I really appreciate your time and effort, maps and all! Kind regards Rhoma

Thank you so much Janice, I'll check them out. It can be so hard trying to research my Brummie ancestry from across the world in Australia.

Hi all, I've found my father living with foster parents at 87 Brook Lane, Moseley on the 1921 census and it says he was at school. He would have been six at the time. The school at Billesley didn't open until Nov 1925 and it only took ages 5-9 and my Dad would have been 10 by then. My Dad was...