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Ornette, as promised I went to the library this afternoon and asked the question. JH Hill was a former member of the group some years ago. The inn was called The White Hart rather than The Hart. It wasn't exactly on the site of the Royal but just a little further up. Probably approximately where...

Hi Ornette, Thank you for posting the map. It may have been that the Hart Inn information wasn't available when Roger wrote about The Royal. Lots of things have come to light about Sutton and I expect more will be discovered in the future. I'm going to the Sutton Coldfield Local History...

Well researched Viv.

Yes, I was totally confused as I knew I'd posted something about this painting! Thought it was another marble gone... Britain's Lost Masterpieces featured a painting of Joseph Wright of Derby showing an Italian Bridge. It was in a style very different to the paintings that we usually know. It...

Hi Viv, do you know anything about the artist. The only Joseph Wright I've come across so far is Joseph Wright of Derby. Also, does anyone have a map of the original extent of Aston Park. I remember being surprised that it was so much larger than it is now and stretched as far as Walsall Road.

Very interesting video Pedro. Lots of information and I shall be listening to it again. Thank you.

That would make it in Witton wouldn't it? I was thinking it was further out but looking at your photo I don't think so now. On the map I'm looking at https://sclhrg.org.uk/map-articles/2673-victorian-ordnance-survey-maps.html from 1890 on the Sutton Local History site it still looks to be...

Hi Warren, I'm really sorry that I won't be there. Graham is finding things a little difficult at the moment. I've been rather 'out of the loop' lately so could you remind me where I can send a donation please? Many thanks, Penny

Hi Pedro, I think this must be from somewhere over by the Perry Barr/Handsworth/West Bromwich direction. Sorry to be vague! The usual view of the church is with the spire towards the left so if it is to the right, as in the painting and nearer the artist than the hall this would give the...

Graham's cousins, Margaret and Eileen, sadly no longer with us, produced a wonderful family tree etc. over 30 years ago when it was a much harder task to discover any family history. Graham knew Uncle Bill (William Jabez) and Margaret, above, was Bill's daughter. Bill's sister was Nellie...

Thanks Lyn. The William Jabez Maybury is William's brother (and Graham's Gt Uncle) which is what makes me think that William 1887 had died and there is an entry for this death. However, we'd like to find his baptism just to be sure. The William you found on Ancestry fits with everything else but...

Thank you both for the above information. Lyn, you're definitely right that this couldn't be my William Maybury on the memorial. I get so confused with all the Maybury's having the same name, there's at least one in every generation. I think he possibly died aged 2 but there is a child with...

I'm looking for William Maybury b. 1887 in Birmingham. I haven't been able to find any information about him but there are two newspaper cuttings in the Birmingham Gazette/Birmingham Gazette and Express for a man with the same name. I'd be very grateful if someone who has access to the...

What a generous offer Brumbirder! I'd very much like to have a copy of your PDF please to help with our Heritage Day in September. In line with advice on this forum, I will send you my email address via Private Message. Many thanks.

P.S. to my last post - apparently Thomas the Tank Engine is 80 this year so he will get a mention too!

Thank you Pedro, as usual you've come to my aid. I could read Ballyboy but couldn't fathom out the others. Penny

Can anyone identify the writing on this ghost sign on the side of the Station Pub in Sutton please?

Hi Lyn, I've been researching this along with Gibbets Hill and Beggars Bush. All within a few hundred yards of each other. There are many stories about who Jordan was and why his grave is there. I think this may be the origin of the beggar of Beggar's Bush. However, I think it's a signpost...

Thank you Pedro for the Guardian Journal write up and Heartland for the very useful map. So Bilborough was his home and he was returning to his base at St Athan's which I understand is near Barry, South Wales. From the article Pedro, is seems that he was doing National Service as he joined at...

Thank you all for your input. Really helpful. Still wondering why he was buried in Sutton or why he had an RAF stone but I'm not sure where to go for this information. He was stationed in Wales so he may have been back to Nottingham. It may be that his parents had died and the RAF buried him...