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For a few pounds they can give you an emailed photocopy of the Burial Register. If you are a member, you can view it yourself on the computer in the Birmingham & Midland Institute, Margaret St, between Council House & Great Charles St, Mon-Fri 10-3 in the volunteer staffed room, though they may...

Smudger - Witton Burial Registers have been photographed and transcribed by The Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry - check out www.bmsgh.org Brian

Just seen it on the Teletext on TV - Utter Chaos - Crossing Brum by car will be a nightmare, Town for pedestrians will be a massive building site for years - And we are supposed to be making great cuts S OUR city IS 'Broke' !

I have seen other who were there when I was there - The Parry's amongst them, who lived next door to Pembroke Playing Fields. I'll have to have another look through as it's been over a year, and I haven't seen the new material added yet. BRi

Lyn, many records are obviously missing - I was in the the Life Boys, never missing a week right up until I qualified for the 1st A Seniors, even travelling from Lea hall every week after we moved there in my last year - and there is no trace of me on the attendance records! Brian

I understand Sir Donald was the last Judge to hang anyone in Birmingham, yet he was a very religious person and involved with the People Chapel in Hockley and helped start off Kingstanding Baptist Church, both with Boys Brigade Companies. he was a legend in our family when I was young, with my...

Many houses were declared 'slums' and although a lot were demolished in Hockley, Planners soon realised they ere knocking down faster than they were rebuilding, so ceased demolition as they neared Lozell's and introduced the 'Envelope' scheme. Terraced 'slum' houses were Reroofed, had damp proof...

Cheers Mike - absolutely fascinating! Brian

The things some people do for a little profit and to save some work! Yet the Coroner said they were free of Criminal Charge - Not even obtaining money by deception?

Terry, Good chance that by 1897 Witton was undercutting Key Hill & Warstone lane for price, trying to establish a 'Council Monopoly' over the privately owned Cemeteries. Also many people considered KH/WL to be 'Church' Cemeteries, and prefer a more 'neutral' Council owned Cemetery. If the...

Great pics Lyn - Cheers! Bri

Reminds me of the 'German' that appears every year nowadays - testing the waters, maybe ?????

Bernie, The Matador did have a function room - I know it was used by a Model Soldier Society pretty well up until was demolished. Brian

Millie, P has quite a few private burials - many with headstone remaining, but also has a double row of unmarked, untended Public graves along the wall of the former Mint, and up along the wall that runs uphill from the Mint towards sections A-D. A-D were the first sections to be used, but...

Excellent work Les, Obviously overgrown with grass, and than broken by the Motor Mowers passing over it. May well be more surface mounted I a similar condition. If there was a memorial adjacent which was buried in the 1960's it would have been noted by Mr Pike, the Cemetery Superintendent who...

Section O is against the wall that backed on to the Mint - the left hand half as you look down hill. Many were public graves whose occupants run into 3 figures - none with headstones - they were the 'cheap seats' of the day - ie - for ordinary working class people with more bills than wages...

Yes Wendy, the following year they used on by the Key Hill entrance, and the following year they moved into WL! Never read up on it find out why, though. Sadly when the tree's all and damage headstones, they say the grave owners should have insurance to cover it - but the tree falling is due to...

Hi Astonian, I don't get so involved these days - have actually ceased my volunteering to do some of the thing's I wanted to do when I retired. I am researching all the lines of mine & my wife's family tree - that's a lot of great, great, great grandparents - and even more cousins - think I go...

I think the tree blew down about 6 weeks ago - It was lying across the path, blocking it for access, from the Catacombs to the Petrol Station as I passed through en route Ladywood. There was a period some years ago when there was a tree blew 4 years running (not the same tree!) I was very...

I more Kean, Maud 19/11/1940 90 St. Andrews Road, Small Heath