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Vixen Here are a couple of newspaper cuttings that give some information about Edna Hadley and William Thomason. It seems that Edna did indeed die in 1949 in mysterious and sad circumstances.

Report in Birmingham Post on Monday 31 May 1965

The ultimate resident of Kingshurst Hall was Walter John Townshend known as Wally. He was born at the hall in 1887, the son of Henry and Phoebe, and lived there as a farmer until August 1960. He never married and died a few months later (April 1961) at the age of 74 years at New Street, Castle...

This news report from the Birmingham Mail on 18 March 1918 gives the additional information that he was working for a firm called Thermalloy Ltd. of Watford.

I believe this photo (that has been passed down in my family) probably shows the evacuation of about half of the boys in the school to Ashby-de-la-Zouch as reported in the press in November 1939. Some of the boys are wearing the school cap and tie.

This looks to be your grandmother , Bob.

Elmdon Boy, the butcher's shop you visited in 1968 could have been that of William Whitehouse who is listed in Kelly's 1965 at 262 Lichfield Road. The shop was immediately next to the opening to Lovers Walk alongside the station. It is shown on the attached image (around 1950) and was still...

Re: Slade Confectionery Looking again at the Electoral Register for 1955, it shows a John and Rose Wetton living two doors away from the Hewitts.

Re: Slade Confectionery. I think it says D & R? Hewitt below the name Slade Confectionery. Could it be located at 124 Lichfield Road? The 1939 Register shows this was the home of a Reginald J Hewitt and Emily D (Doris) Hewitt. He was a retail shopkeeper - bread, cakes and flour. She was a shop...

Good memories Morturn. The bell in our sweet shop was activated by spring loaded floorboards so that the circuit would be completed when a customer stepped inside. Probably before the days of the electronic eye.

The lady called Doris in the sweet shop was my mother and the shop, number 37, was my childhood home. It was the third shop down from the station, the first being a greengrocer (Jim Davis?) and the second a butcher . The name above the shop was C T Rowley, my grandfather, who purchased the...

The procession in post 277 is probably the one from Six Ways to Erdington Abbey reported in the Birmingham Daily Mail on 27 July 1914

Thanks everyone for your help with the name of the pub. And Lloyd, you noticed far more detail in the photo than I had spotted. Your knowledge in this area is truly amazing. I know so much more about this photo now than when I got up this morning. Thanks again. Sue, I'm afraid we will never...

Thank you Paulyx. Just looked at a recent picture of the building and I'm sure you are right - the pub was the Gothic. Well done!

Charabancs were named after a French phrase meaning ‘carriage with benches’. I think this photo which includes my grandfather was taken in about 1924. I wonder where they were off to? It looks most uncomfortable for a long ride. I hope it didn't rain on them. I wonder whether this family day...

The attached photo of the old dairy in Station Road sparked a memory for me. As a nipper in the 1950s I was escorted to infant school twice daily along this road and I always enjoyed climbing on the steps at the front of this building. It was situated opposite the junction with Osborne Road...

Before the London and North Western railway line to Sutton Coldfield was constructed in 1862 Station Road was known as Sheep Street and Gravelly Lane was known as Brick Kiln Lane. The attached 1889 map suggests that Johnson Road and the shops in Station Road were built after this date. The...