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Well spotted Janice, I checked 1882 & 1884 (1883 didn't show up on my search). No. 39 wasn't shown in those years.

Hi Jo, welcome to the forum, I have checked Kelly's directories of Birmingham around 1883 but there is no mention of a Coffee House in Thimble Mill Lane. What was your ancestor's name, the shop may be down under a different description.

Aerial view from 1937 showing No. 4

I'm sorry, I read your opening post incorrectly and thought the house was at the other end of Hall Road, I will find the relevant aerial view for you although the britainfromabove.org website seems to be offline at the moment.

Lyn, I think you posted that the building was still standing and I think this is it. At least 2 houses have disappeared to allow access to the back and also extensions built onto the side and the entrance moved to the side also. Numbering on google is a bit weird.

Kelly's entries 1955 & 1964

1950s map showing No. 262

An aerial view of the houses at the top end of Hall Road. If you have a house number (or name of your grandad) it may be possible to pinpoint the house. EDIT: Original map shown was incorrect, this is the corrected map.

1950s map of Hall Road

Darkening the image a little it does say 'Official Caterers to B...............', as mentioned in post#6 This plus the sign 'scotch whisky to be had at all bars' suggests Bingley Hall but not definitive of course. I've compared the windows with several on photographs of Bingley Hall it seemed...

Interesting video today

A few distinctive features of the photograph. Con Amore Cigarette advert circa 1916 ? White figurine - could this be related to the name of the place ? Adverts for Bass and Bovril (mentioned by Janice) Sign saying 'scotch whisky to be had at all bars', implying it was a huge establishment...

There was a J. A. Duller (dining rooms) at 262 Broad Street in 1921, I don't know if that helps to pinpoint the location though.

This is a nice photo of the 3 sisters of the William's family. They were our neighbours in Parliament Street, they lived at No. 3 and we lived at No. 7. When we moved to Cannock around 1962 they came to visit, their names were Marge (Margaret?), Lidia and Ada (my brother is in the pedal car)...

An aerial view of the Wesleyan Chapel from 1952

Two aerial views of Navigation Street

Is this any good Lyn?

Only a rear view of the shop unfortunately Lyn.

It appears that the same company occupied #206 Bradford Street from 1921 (possibly earlier) until at least 1967/68 (possibly later), I don't have access to Kelly's after 1968.

An aerial view from 1937. In 1955 No. 34 was a coffee house. I think there are some tramlines visible on the original photograph so the location would fit but could do with a comparable image.