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Hi, Is Small Heath Park near to Watery Lane - I don't rememb er my mum talking about going to a park? would it have been there after 1912? Thank you Sheri

I was baby sitting my 2 year old grandson while my daughter went to the shops - she saw the start of it in a TV shop and came rushing back shouting put the tele on - we cried and I said to her the world has changed today which it has - although we must not forget there have been many other...

Hi all, It's a sad about Woollies - but they said this morning that the shops would remain open until after Christmas. Where I live in N.London its the only shop in this area that sells bits and pieces like hardware (not much but there is nowhere else since the lovely big hardware shop was...

Great photos Barrie - but I too found them a bit staged managed compared to photos and stories as to what it was like in out trenches - propaganda for home consumption. Thanks, Sheri.

Hi all, I had cod liver malt out of a big brown jar and my brother was given Virol - I thought out of a b rown jar but memory... - when my eldest daughter was born i n 1959 I was given cod liver oil and unsweetened orange juice for her - I gave her one spoonful of the codliver oil - she spat...

Hi Chris, - I looked on census 1881 - which you may have - Ellen age 33 living Hawthorn Place, Wheeler St. Aston - Lozells Ward. Charles age 35 - Railway Lamp Maker Ellen 4. Harriet 8, Maria 14 a pin maker, William T 3. census 1891 still living at Hawthorn Place Charles W. age 45 - Tin...

Hi, I know where that pub was - used to go to the Warley Odeon on occasions - beautiful art deco cinema. And the Holly B ush I knew very well - although I never went in too young - I used to go to a milk bar opposite the Holly Bush after the cinema - Odeon, Quinton - on a Sunday night. Sheri

Hi all, I agree with the above - many young people are interested in WW1 - my grandson who's only 9 has been interested for a couple of years and can't wait to do it as a topic at school. Sheri Researching - Blackham, Hayward,Bray, Nabbs,Taylor (B'ham),Shipley,Johnson

Hi Charmonty, Thanks for message - I'm glad the info was useful - if you need help with census's 1881,1891,1901 let me know. Sheri

Re: Alice Masters born 1862 Birmingham. Hi Val, the only Alice Master's I could find on Ancestry both on the census 1871 and births was one born in Honiley, W'Wicks - don't know where that is - her was Thomas in 1861 - by 1871 Martha Masters is the head of the family. Don't know if this is...

wonder if someone would be kind enough to look up the marriage of John Taylor born 1798 - his wife is Sophia - their first child was born in 1828. They lived at Cheapside Court St. Martins - so assume that they were married there. Many thanks, Sheri

Hi Di.Poppitt, Thank you for your reply and help. I've got a lot of information but what I'm looking at is the 1700's before the census's of course. I think I shall have to make a trip to Birmingham and go to the library. I've been on family search but can't tie up the names because they all...

Hi all, Thank you so much for the information - I did wonder if it was the Cathedral. If the records, ie birth/marriage records are at the central Library are they accessable on line??? Thanks again, Sheri

Can someone tell me where this church is/was please. And are there any records in exsistence. Thank you, Sheri

Hi Chris, I read your article about a corner of Berlin and found it most interesting and enlightening. Many thanks for posting it. Sheri

Hi Mikejee, thanks for your message and for looking that up. I have a John Taylor on the 1851 census who is a journeyman button maker but in 1841 and 1861 he is a shoe maker - so I don't know. But I'm still hoping someone will be able to tell me the names of John Taylor's ( born 1711) children...

Re: help please - look up St Martins sorry must have pressed something in the middle of writing this - I can't find any names of his children - I know there was a son who went on to found (with others) a bank in Lombard St London. I would be very grateful if someone can help because I have a...

Hi everyone, I wonder if some one could look John Taylor b 1711 who became a button manufacturer/banker - he married Mary Baker in 1734 - I know there was at least one son but I can't find

Hi everyone, great photos Wales even if they are not in Birmingham. My mother grew up in a back to back - looking at them made me feel a bit sad - n o wonder she loved her brand new house in Quinton when she married my dad in 1937. Sheri

Hi Bammot, Thank you so much for those postings - it was very interesting to see what was being made and sold in that area - I loved the peruke maker. Where did you get that info - was it from a Kelly's? It was very kind of you. Sheri