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I can also recommend " Black Farmer" sausages/bacon products. " Duchy" sausages are also fine as is good old M & S sausages.....but they have to be served with a buttery mash made with king Edward potatoes !!!! Margaret.

Many thanks to you both for your info, which has helped me very much. I have now noticed on the cert that there is no mention of Banns either. So this is a most interesting marriage cert all round. Once again my thanks to you both...much appreciated. Margaret.

Hello folks, I have today received a marriage cert from 1854 & the Church they married in has got me stumped...any info out there ?? Church of the Saviour Edward Street. "According to the rites & ceremonies of the UNITED CHRISTIANS " The cert was signed by the Minister & also by a Registrar (...

Re: tilton road girls school Hello Millie, I see that you are tracing the Godson family ? I have a Gt Aunt who married a GEORGE GODSON in 1903..they lived in Northfield during the 1920's/30's....any connection here ???? Margaret.

Hello Terry, thank you so much for giving me the details relating to the death of John Humphries...what sad reading it made, but I appreciate you taking the time & trouble to post it for me. Thanks again..really appreciated. Margaret.

Thank you both for your replies...much appreciated. I will keep my fingers crossed that Terry will have some additional info for me in the future.... Margaret.

Sadly I have now found another relative who died in WW1. I have looked & failed to find his records on Ancestry, apart from his medal record of course. So I am posting the details I found on the CWGC in the hope that someone with knowledge of the Regiment can perhaps give me more details of the...

1833 is too early for there to be any info regarding the fathers names & occupations...there will not even be the occupation of the groom listed. The certs that will supply that info did not come into use until 1837. Margaret.

Many thanks for posting the map for me....great ! I appreciate you taking the trouble, Mike. Margaret.

I have had another look at the 1881 & my Goddards at no.9 were 2 doors away from "the Barrell"....my Reeves at 8 house 11 court were next door to the " Robin Hood "...so any help pinpointing this pub will be much appreciated... Margaret:)

Hello folks...I also have family living in Inge St, but on the 1881 census at no. 9 plus 8 house 11 court..I have never nailed down exactly where these houses were in the street, especially as Inge St was split in two by Hurst St ( plainly seen on John Knights map ) so I suppose it all depends...

Many thanks for this info Shera...as always I appreciate your help. Margaret.:)

I wonder if someone could look up the following baptism, please ? St Martins 11/06/1845 WILLIAM GREEN. Any info will be much appreciated. Many thanks, Margaret.

Re: tilton road girls school Ah ! Memories !! Miss Graham was the headmistress in my time...I got on well with Mrs Watts ( does anyone remember her with green hair ? a dyeing of her hair that went wrong methinks ) I do remember being invited to her home, along with some other girls for...

Mand & Baby...thank you for your help....MADE IT !! My card number was recognised okay so all should now be well... Thanks again.... Margaret:)

Goody Goody ! Received my B'ham library card today..I am keen to have a look at the newspapers that are online...trouble is I am thick..as I cannot see on the library site WHERE I access them..Help is needed here please, can some kind person take me through the process ???? Margaret. And...

Great to see Cherrywood road.....by any miracle does anyone know if No's 28 & 30 Cherrywood Road are still there ??????? Margaret.

Hello Mike, the address of the birth was Lawley St Aston...the father was Richard Warner....I am keen to know about the factories that may have been in this area & therefore a possible employer for Richard Warner.. Thanks for you interest.. Margaret.

Hello Folks, on a birth cert for 1861(ASTON) the profession of the father was given as MASTER NEEDLE MAKER, his name was Richard Warner....does anyone have any info on this trade at all, factory etc ??? Margaret.

I have now obtained the death cert for Walter Redding....he actually died in hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne of pneumonia aged 37...he was with his regiment awaiting to transfer to France.....perhaps now I will take the time to visit his grave in West Bromwich.... Margaret.