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You are welcome ostrauts.... berniew thats a wonderful, link, its how I found out about Yardley Road school

You are welcome ostrauts.... berniew thats a wonderful, link, its how I found out about Yardley Road school

Hi Old Boy (Chris) , It would be lovely if you had of known my Nan, but she would have been a lot older than you, although she did stay in the area till about 1939. Nan was a Taylor before marriage, she was born at 30 Greenway Street. In 1911 the family lived at 86 Cattell Road. Nan left school...

Hi Old Boy, My Nan went to what is now Marlborough Road School, it was Yardley Road School prior to 1933 as far as I know...took me an age to track it down

Hi Old Boy, My Nan went to what is now Marlborough Road School, it was Yardley Road School prior to 1933 as far as I know...took me an age to track it down

Awesome work Morturn, Thank you for sharing it :encouragement:

Hi Nell, I did some research on the same subject, for my late Uncle, It is in a Word doc, but I will break it down for you.. This is the pendant I believe it was made by A.J.S .... Arthur Johnson Smith, Variety Works, Frederick Street, Birmingham and I think the hallmark is 1910. This was...

Thanks mikegee, much appreciated :encouragement:

mikejee, thanks for that information, I will bear that in mind for future reference. The time window you have given fits well with the 1912 Electoral Roll too :encouragement: There is a name and date plaque on one of the houses further down the road but I will have to look next time I pass it as...

Hi Bernie, With regard to the Tram Depot, the earliest mention I have found is in the 1899 Kelly's Directory where it was recorded as Birmingham General Omnibus Co Ltd and the only other listed in that stretch, at that time, between what we know as The Swan Island and the cemetery, is David...

berniew, Rose Cottage appears to be on the opposite side of the road to the Tram Depot and was still named on a later map (1919-1921) The building still appears to be there on a 1938 map. I have checked the 1911 census, but it does not (to me) give a clear indication of whether those houses were...

Thank you so much for posting cwtears :encouragement: There is nothing like having first hand information .. would you happen to have any photos of the house, which might possibly include the bungalow next door, that you could share please ??

Someone with a better programme will probably make a better job of this, but I hope you like it lyn.

The Electoral Roll for 1920 shows Bertram Llewellyn Boston and Violet Caroline Boston living at The Crofts.

The information attached to a copy of the photo Phil posted at #4, which I have in "The Images of Yardley" book by Michael Byrne, says that Mrs V Boston lived at The Croft from 1916 to 1923 and that Charlbury Crescent, Welford Avenue and Cranfield Grove stand within the grounds of the house. My...

Brock, here is a map from 1888 showing the Lodge and The Poplars (later The Croft)

Thanks Lyn.. It was just so lovely to read your story and know that I had shared a similar experience. It seems to be happening more and more these days for people, which is wonderful, but the pity of it is that the information and technology that helps now, wasn't available years ago, when...

Robert, In the ariel view, it looks like the repeater station shown on the maps, is still there. This is a side view.

ps Lyn, what you said in post #8 is exactly the same for me

Hi Lyn, That is a truly wonderful story and quite similar to my own. I posted a message on here over two years ago, on behalf of my "Uncle". He had been adopted at about 3 months old by my Nan and knowing my passion for family history, he had asked me to find out about his birth mom's...