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Thank you Suzanne.

Would be grateful if someone could find Ann Hanson at 76 St Martins Street (as per 1881 Census), shown as grocers shop and she was shown as provision dealer. Is this correct? Thank you.:05.18-flustered:

This sounds wonderful. Will certainly have a trip down. As a lot of my ancestors seem to be buried at Key Hill, or Warstone Lane, will be part of my searches.

To all who replied, thank you ou so much for this. Of so much help. John, his grandfather also had patents in his jewellery business, which I'm waiting to received from the patents office. Will run the attachments off to put in my Reading Family History book. Again, a real big thank you...

The above is an ancestor and I understand he was a person of note in Moseley. I've also noted he he listed in portraits at the archives in Birmingham, something to do with Birmingham City Council. Do any Brummies out there have any more information? Thanks for help. Regards :)

I really miss Lewis's! One of the best stores in Brum. You could get everything you wanted. Remember queing on the stairs at Christmas when I was a little girl to see Father Christmas and Uncle Holly. As for the Griffins from the roof garden, as said they are on Yorkswood (where I live) and...

Thanks Wendy, will go back to the date of death, maybe it has been listed wrong, which as you know does happen in transcription.

Hi Wendy, would you be able to look for Walter Redding (but it may be spelt as Reading), born 17 June 1816 (Canon Street MH), died 17 December 1856 and according to records buried at Key Hill. Many thanks. Chris

This is very interesting, my Redding ancestry shows many of them being baptised or married here, and I've found buriels at Key Hill.

Hi Mike They have her down as Mrs? She didn't marry, but perhaps she called herself Mrs as it was easier to have your own business at that time, and of course Sarah could have been illigitimate, need to have a look at this. Balsall Heath would be right, and Highgate which as you know is...

Thanks for your reply. Yes I do have this info, she was Mary Guest. They were Baptists. Regards Chris

I;ve found out that one of my ancestors, Rebecca Redding (misspelt on Cenus from 1841 to 1871 as Reading) was a Draper/Haberdasher. Her premises were listed as being at 10 Edmund Street. Does anyone know where I can look for more information on this please? Rebecca was born in 1788 and died...

Hard to visulise how Digbeth and Deritend use to look all those years back when you think of it now. As my Hanson/Redding side of the family all came from that area, 1645 onwards I'm very much interested in it. There are quite a few books out there with good photographic/etching illustrations...

Certainly do. Not sure if the kids would like it now, too much tv and playstations, and there's the worry of letting them out on their own. Sure we didn't have that. By they way I went to St Albans School, where did you go?

Recorded it and watched it lunchtime, was really interesting, especially if you are a child of the 60's. Sure Lulu has had a face lift though, and with all that white lighting it didn't show the wrinkles!

Used the Harlequin. I was in the choir at All Saints Church (as well as Sunday School teacher and ran the Youth 80's Club - what an example), and after choir practice a few of us use to go and have a couple of drinks. Went to the Pack Horse in Packington Avenue as we had line dancing there...

Lived in Highgate (St Martins Flats), and use to walk up to Leopold Street with my mum and dad, or my nan,to go this cinema. Same for the Triangle in Gooch Street. The use to do the morning cinema for the youngsters too. Cowboys and Indians etc. It was a Club. Such fun, all that cheering...

There was something on the web about this, think it was a church that was never consecrated. Not too sure but will have a look, I'm going down there sometime as quite a few of my ancestors, back to the1600s lived in the Digbeth are, charmingly called a Hamlet. If I find out anymore I'll put it...

I've been looking for James Hanson, born c1826 in Digbeth, Birmingham (Floodgate Street) on the 1851 and 1861 Census without success. I've tried all the different spellings I can think of (e.g. some have been shown as Anson and not Hanson) but can't find anything. He didn't marry until 1867...

I lived in St Martins Flats in Dymoke Street. Dymoke Street is actually in Highgate and not Balsall Heath. Went to St Albans School, my my mum and dad were married at St Albans Church and both my brother and myself were christianed there. I was actually born in Vaughton Street, again St...