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Hi Thylacine, It would be fun to see the Alan Whicker "What is a Whinging Pom" programme again - at least it prepared us for what we would find when we got there. It'll b e a shame to lose your female PM before she's got her feet under the table. Sheri

As has been said "Poms" emigrated for a tenner - children free - we went in 1965 and went to a migrant hostel as did most people. You had to stay for two years or repay your outward fare (full price not £10) - I didn't feel bad about returning home it was the best thing for me and my children -...

Hi Aidan and Shera, Sorry I haven't replied before - have been away for a few days. Thank you for the information - I have quite ab it of information on Richard and Margaret. I am not so sure they are the parents of my John Taylor because on the 1841 census he says he was born 1796 (not...

Could someone look for the baptism of the following please - 1. In 1796 - John Taylor - according to family search - Could be John Taylor and Sarah? 2. And the marriage of a John Taylor c. 1798 - father Richard taylor and Margaret. Any info would help me decide which is my...

In the 1950/60' migration was advertised in the newspapers and advertised on the TV - so I suppose it would be the same in the 19C (not TV obviously. Australia etc were desperate to increase their populations so I guess there are more posters out there. Sheri

Thanks Shera very much - I didn't think there was much information but worth asking. Sheri

A b it of a long shot - William married Sarah Hancock on the 8th August 1791 - any information would be helpful - also any baptisms with William and Sarah named. Many thanks, Sheri

My dad was also in a reserved occupation although he'd tried to enlist, they sent him back - he was a sheet metal worker and worked on Spitfires etc. at the Austin and other factories - I think he was a fire fighter as well.

Re: William Henry Hayward - help please Hi Nielsen, Welcome to the Forum. My gt.gt.grandfather was John Hayward b. about 1796 who was a Bellows Maker - I have him in 1841 living Church St. Birmingham. I cannot find anything more about him who is father was or any siblings. I have from Kellys...

A snippet I found by chance. In 1750 there were 2 assembly rooms - 1 in Bull St and 1 in the Square which was the most fashionable but a remark by the Duke of York who attended a ball there in 1765, he said 'Birmingham deserved a superior accommodation, that the room was mean and the entrance...

I remember the advert for the Milk Marketing Board where the girl had a bleached fringe (can't remember her name). I thin k it must have been when ITV started - I longed to have my hair like hers!! Never did. Sheri

Could someone look for the christening of Joseph Hayward b. 1805 c. at St. Phillips May 1806 - father William - Mother Elizabeth. Would it have father's occupation on it? Thank you very much. Sheri

I found a Joseph Hayward c. 13 May 1806 at St Phillips - F. William and Mother Elizabeth. Would somebody look them both up please - I'm particularly interested in William. Many thanks Sheri

Thank you for that Aiden. What were the Minories - was it anything to do with the Priory Sheri

This is an interesting topic Aidan - my families wouldn't have been let either. My book doen't say much more about the Square itself but it does say about further develpments around the Square. The Upper Minories and Upper Priory were develped by Richard Pinley, Stephen Newton and Thomas Lane...

I have abook called 'The Building of a City' - The Square was the first planned estate apparently. It seems the lands of the Priory of St. Thomas the Apostle came into the possession of the Holte family in 1547 - who then sold the estate to the Smallbrook family and then in1697 John Pemberton...

Re: William Henry Hayward - help please Hi Shera, than k you so much for that information - I'm grateful. I'm not sure that it is the right William Hayward but will try and find out more. I don't have Ancestry at the moment but will get it as soon as possible. I'd like to be able help...

Re: William Henry Hayward - help please Hi Suzanne, silly me fancy not putting that on the post (senior moment!!) - he was born in B'ham in about 1840 - he was 41 in 1881. Thank you Sheri

I have the above on 1881 census but cannot find him on either 1841/51/61/71 - I can understand missing one but all four!! I think his father was a William Hayward/wood who may have been the brother of my gt.gt.grandfather John hayward/wood. Many thanks, Sheri

Although I was born in Quinton and left Birmingham in 1960 I can trace some of my families back more than 200 years - I think of myself as a Brummie and proud of it.