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RRJ, Clifford's cafe belonged to my Aunt & Uncle (Dolly and Arthur). Attached is a photo outside their cafe at 76 St Stephen's Street. It shows the shop you were talking about and the corner of Walmer Rec.

Hi Viv, I do think it's Birmingham - that's St Jude's on the left. My gt grandparents were married there.

Thanks Pedro. Much appreciated.

Thanks Mike

I've been researching Jordan's Grave for some time and theories abound as to what it is and who Jordan was. He could have been a highwayman, hung on the gibbet just down the road, a self-murderer/suicide (buried at the crossroads with a stake through his heart) or maybe a gypsy interred at a...

Thank you for that Pedro. I have a copy but I think it was probably written much earlier as it mentions the droves which ceased when the railways came. Maybe a hundred years earlier and it was written by the landlord, trying to drum up business. I think the pub closed in the mid-1800's. I'm very...

Hi Viv, Smashing picture! I think that your post #91 is probably fairly accurate! I was tracing a family of cabbies from around that time and it was indeed chaos with private vehicles, pedestrians, horsemen, as well as the omnibuses, deliveries etc. and I don't suppose the roads were free from...

I'm slightly off-topic Eric but I'm sure nobody will mind in this case. I just wanted to say that I'm always amazed at the way you are able to capture light and reflections in your paintings as in this one. Lovely!

I got over excited and booked a slot at the Wolfson Centre next week thinking that the trams would be repaired by then. I might have known that they wouldn't be running! We now have to do a slight detour up Lower Temple Street rather than facing Pinfold Street.

Thank you kind Sir! Brilliant as usual Pedro. I knew nothing about this until my cousin came for lunch on Easter Sunday and mentioned it. Not sure how he knew so I'll send him these cuttings and ask the question.

My father was a telephone/teleprinter engineer in the 1950's/60's and I discovered the other day that he worked on the telephone exchange which was installed in Sutton during the Jamboree in the park in 1957. I hadn't realised that there had been an exchange specifically for this meeting...

Haven't found Alice's birth certificate but on her marriage in 1933 her father is listed as 'Hall Attendant' and her address given as 'South Lodge'. Incidentally my mother was a bridesmaid and it was nice to see her signature again as a witness.

Thanks Mike, I will try to dig out Alice Partridge's birth certificate which may give me more information.

Mom's brother Sam married a lady who had been born in one of the lodges at Aston Hall. Her father was a gardener. I expect there must have been a great number of staff needed to take care of the grounds as I seem to remember that they stretched up to somewhere near Perry Barr when the hall was...

Hi Again Keith, Just had a discussion with my husband and he thinks that, provided the information from the inquest is transposed, there shouldn't be a problem. Therefore, if we can't send you copies of the original documents I will type out the contents for you.

Hi Keith, I'm not sure of the rules (they keep changing!) for photographing material for someone else's use but my husband is visiting the library in the next few weeks to do some research for me. If it's at all possible he will photograph your inquest for you and I will email it. I'll let you...

Lyn, I'm pretty sure that as you say the shops at 341 have been demolished and a whole new row built. They were a long time in the building but when we went past some time ago several of them were occupied. At first I thought they were going to be residential but they are separate shop units.

Lovely news, Aston Lad. He's a smasher. There must have been something in the air nine months ago. My 3rd GGC, Teddy, was born on the 29th, and the 4th GGC, Willow, on 30th. Hopefully that's it for a while as it's beginning to make me feel old!

Thank you both - I know he'll be really pleased.

Last night I went to a talk about WW1 at the Erdington Historical Society. It was about a despatch rider who later became a pilot. He had to provide his own motorbike and was immediately made a corporal because private soldiers were not allowed to talk to officers. As he was delivering messages...