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This might be of interest to any one from Balsall Heath, it's from a book, Memories of Balsall Heath,Highgate and Sparkbrook as rememdered by people from the day care centre for the elderly Balsall Heath Church Centre They are in alphabetical order:- Mrs Violet Ashmore, Mr Victor Brown, Mrs...

Hi Nostromo No need to worry there's no lead in the tankard, modern pewter is made up of tin,copper and antimony,tin is a soft malleable matal, a small amount of antimony is added to harden the tin and the copper to make it flow when the metal is cast A.E.Williams pewter company was started by...

I remember Dr Wand and Dr Macgregor also the very good looking Dr Maher being at the surgery together for a time, Dr Wand used to visit my employer at the business address [she was a private patient] about 1965/6. Once I had an occasion to take my baby daughter who just would not sleep at night...

Hi Mayfield I agree with everything you said about Sir Digby Jones, if only the Government possessed the same common sense as this true brummie.

Hi PaulHammond. Number 36 would have been on the other side of the road which was demolished and St Martins Flats were built on that site my husband thinks it was around 1938, my father worked as a plasterer on them before joining the RAF and going to War. His parents would have surely known...

Thanks Astoness for the picture of Angelina, my husband lived at No 31 during the 40s 50s and 60s. the corner shop was a second hand business run by Sadie Fox during the later years and next one up was the fishing tackle shop where my husband bought his fishing gear from, Tommy Barfield used to...

Hi Mikejee Yes you are right it was the left side, and that was a steam tram not a train, but according to How does your Birmingham grow the market was built in 1881, perhaps that was when it was first laidout, and the foundations had to be taken down to a depth of 14 ft to get below the mud of...

Hi Bernie The Photo is of Moat Row c 1881 the area on the right was where the Smithfield Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable was built in 1881 and thats the Falcan steam train on the way to Small Heath Regards MALTA

You may find records in the archives at the Central Library also I believe there are some microfilm. Malta

Thanks Fran for the kind offer. Malta

Hi Jane I am also having the same trouble with Ancestry and it makes no difference to what I leave in or take out same result even though I have previously obtained the information I required. It really is frustrating when you know it is there. Malta:redface:

My G.Grandmother Eliza Jane Reading was born Feb 1853. her parents were James Reading 1815 and Eliza Harrison 1817. Eliza Jane was born in Johnson St Aston. Is this info of any use to you .Wendy [Malta]

John Guest lived in Brosley, Shropshire then moved to Wales with his family, his grandson Ivor Bertie Guest 1835-1914 became 1st Baron Wimborne and was married to Lady Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill, daughter of John Spencer-Churchill. 7th Duke of Marlborough. There was a story in my...

I remember Old Palmer with a flat cap and he used to call everyone 'shook' whatever that meant. malta.

Hi Chris, I remember Florrie Brians, Mickey Phillips etc. also further along Vaughton St was a small haberdashery shop where the Batty's lived and on the corner was the Dolphin Pub. then over the road on the corner of Angelina St and William Edward St was the second hand shop of Sadie Fox...

Phil Just thought you might like this photo. Wendy

Thanks for that info Pom. Regards Malta.

Hi Pom my husband thought that the Prince of Wales pub wason the corner of Stanhope st and Angelina St,on the opposite corner was a veg shop we kids called 'Dirty Dolly's where we would buy toffee apples and pop sold by the cupful [there would be stains from previous customers] but we were not...

Hi Winston, I think that the pdsa was either in moseley st or cheapside . Malta.

Hi Paul, I enjoyed the film of Birmingham, but being a 40s baby I remember the bull ring with the barrow boys up the hill as far as what was then the Times Furniture store, there was character about the place, then they knocked down the old market hall and built ugly square concrete buildings...