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  1. Mike Fisher

    wooden bungalows wythall late 1940,s

    try https://www.wythall-history.org.uk
  2. Mike Fisher

    Bournville Hall

    Can anyone tell me whereabouts this is/was ?
  3. Mike Fisher

    Cafe - broad street

    was their a guitar and musical instrument shop in the area ?
  4. Mike Fisher

    birmingham corporation bus clock in for drivers

    Was it like this ?
  5. Mike Fisher

    Council House Birmingham

    Lord mayors in the early 70' ,Nigel Bosworth 69/70 Stanley Bleyer 70/71 Victor Turton 71/72 Frederick Hall 72/73 so which one is it ?
  6. Mike Fisher

    Dayus Square

    My wife meet her and chatted to her at a book signing when she was buying her latest book as a present for me. That was a few years ago.
  7. Mike Fisher

    picture 1915

    My wife's grandfather went all the way through WWI riding the horses pulling the guns and talked about it. He remained on the reserve and was called up in 1939 and was evacuated at Dunkirk, and took no further part in WWII. He said no word about WWII and did not want his Dunkirk medal when my...
  8. Mike Fisher

    Birmingham Films And Videos

    I think I heard that Birmingham like Rome was built on seven hills
  9. Mike Fisher

    Billesley change of postal district

    I remember it been changed but we moved to further up Yardley Wood Rd Solihull Lodge in 1968
  10. Mike Fisher

    Billesley change of postal district

    Hi All Can anyone tell me when Billesley Birmingham 14 changed to Billesley Birmingham 13 ? I think it was sometime about 1966/1967.
  11. Mike Fisher

    Can Anyone Date This Please

    Just post WWII ?
  12. Mike Fisher

    Kingsway Picture House Kings Heath

    I went on my first date there in 1961 ,the film was "Whistle Down the Wind" with Hayley Mills & Alan Bates. Then Saturday nights were watch the Monkees then off to the Kingways , leave just before the National Anthem to get a pint at the Cross Guns before 10.30. Those were the days !!!!
  13. Mike Fisher

    PANDFIELD William Godridge

    Re: William Godridge PANDFIELD I like that ,seem likely
  14. Mike Fisher

    PANDFIELD William Godridge

    Re: William Godridge PANDFIELD There appears to be some confusion on the web between William Goldridge Pandfield and Wyndham S(tuart) Goldridge. Wyndam is born 1887 in Kidderminster, marries 1919 in Birmingham to Minnie Watkinson and dies 1950 in Birmingham age 63. The Shrawley & District...
  15. Mike Fisher

    PANDFIELD William Godridge

    Re: William Godridge PANDFIELD If he is born in 1880 he should be in the 1881 census.
  16. Mike Fisher

    Electoral rolls or registers

    Before 1912 it depends on which part of Birmingham you want because it was not unified to what it is now, and parts were in Worcestershire, Staffordshire or Warwickshire for electoral purposes. On the open shelves in the Central Library book form they start in a proper sequence from the 1920's...
  17. Mike Fisher

    Electoral rolls or registers

    what time period were you looking for ?
  18. Mike Fisher

    Any ideas about where my Great Garanfather may be buried

    Have you checked the newspapers for an notification of his death, did he die at home or in an infirmary?
  19. Mike Fisher

    Clifton Road Balsall Heath

    Please could someone point out 79 and 123 Clifton Road Balsall Heath on a map suitable for the 1920's They appear to have been knocked down or rebuilt on Streetview.
  20. Mike Fisher

    Medal card lookup for Charles William Rogers

    Hi Ron No I didn't receive it , will IM you
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