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Hi Yes Wimbushes wasn't far from Billy Ponds it was opposite Small Heath Library/baths on the corner of Little Green Lane. Pat

Re: George Hands----unwanted birth certificate Hello Terry, There is a website...www.certificate-exchange.co.uk where you can put list unwanted certificates ... hope this helps you. Pat

Hi Shortie, Just had a phone call from Heather from Witton Cemetery, she said the John Bassett buried in 1892 was buried in a common grave and there was probably no markings there, so it won't help me to pay for a search as i was hoping to connect him with his family so I may try searching...

Hi Shortie, John Bassett ( an Hawker born in B.Ham) lived at 15 Palmer Street in 1891 St Barthomews ward Deritend this is also the address on his death cert, his wife ( although I don't think they got married) was Mary Ann, she was previously married to Alfred Longbottom who died in 1876, Cannot...

Hi Shortie Thanks for your help, I will start to looking for churchyards, if I can find Emma maybe I will find John. Pat

Hi Bo Thanks for your help, Problem being I don't think John Bassett got married allthough he had 3 children so I can't conect him with his parents Pat

Can anybody give me any sugestions, I am trying to find out which cemetery my husbands gt grandfather could be buried at, he was John Bassett died Sept 1892 age 45yrs he died at Palmer street Aston, we have asked at Yardley but nothing there, I did find an entrance in Witton and I am awaiting...

Hello gham, I was baptised at St Johns Sparkhill in September 6th 1942 by Rev Jackson I still have the St Johns War Time Leaflet with the baptisms from July to Sept with the names of the baptisms in...if you were baptised at that time maybe your name is there? my parents were married there in...

I had the same problem looking for my Harris family, so I went through the Census's changing the H for all the letters in the alphebet and when I came to Jarris there they were and looking at the census form you could see it was Harris but you could see where the mistake had been made, I hope...

Hello Re Greenway street, I think the hairdressers was called Beatrice ? Chesters lived up the terrace by the Sweet/ Grocer shop,I also have a picture taken outside Humphries shop with Gordon Chester on but it wasn't my picture so I won't pass it on, opposit the shops was a Green Grocers but it...

Hello, Re Greenway Street Next to the cobblers was the Hat shop owned by Mrs Fisher then the garage number 4 where I lived then a sweet/grocer shop next was the terrace then Stocktons Pie shop then Humphries after them was Laundry , Barbars shop, Ladies Hairdresses can't remember if thats the...

I have a birth certificate of George Longbottom born in Birmingham in 1874 who's mother was Mary Ann .. maiden name Hines-Randel. but on her marriage to Alfred Longbottom in 1867 her maidin name was just Hinds, father was Richard Hinds a hawker, I don't know if this of relavance to you.

Re: tilton road girls school Hi deanovilla I went to Tilton Rd School from 1947 to 1957 are the old school photo's stored anywhere, I am also interested in photo's of St Andrews rd ( Ada Rd ) my husband went there and so did his father he has been trying to obtain the old football team...

Re: tilton road girls school Hi I went to Tilton Rd girls from 1952 to 57, I dont remember cooking an evening meal for the headteacher, but I do remember half the cookery class had to go to Blumesbury Rd school in Neachells for their lessons for at least 1 term and another term we had to go to...

Hello Peter, The Reuben Woodward in my tree was Pte 7382 ? according to the National Roll of the Great War, he was mobilised from the reserve in Aug 1914 and sent to France, there he fought at Mons, The Aisme,Ypress,Neuve Chapelle,La Brass, Loos, Festubert and The Somme, and was wounded 5 times...

Hello Peter My husbands grandad.. Reuben Woodward was in the 2nd Battalion Worcershire Regiment, on his medal card the date of entry was 12/8/1914. there is a photo taken of him down the trenches with others in his regiment, this photo was on the bill boards around the parks when there was an...

Ancestry website query I have been with Ancestry for a couple of years but this week I am unable to print off the info , the message comes up ... An Error Occured During this Operation... has anyone else come across this ? I have just email Ancestry to see if the problem is with them or me but...

Hello Terry, in 1891 at 4 Greenway st ( the house I was born in )there was a family of 10 living there by the name of Goode. I found that on the Freecen website. Pat

Opposite Greenway st was a Co-op dry cleaners it was only a small shop my friends mother used to work there, when I worked at Glarrys Gown shop just up the road from there and as I was the junior in the shop I used to take the other girls clothes in for cleaning and my friends mom suggested I...

Cadbury''s I retired from Cadburys about 8yrs ago I worked on the milk tray belt for about 15 yrs when it went on to automation, I worked on various packing belts before that. At the end of 2008 I have heard the milk tray line is moving to Poland, some of the workers are taking redundancy...