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  1. Key Hill Brian

    Snow Hill Station

    Sorry Viv, Cattle were certainly detrained and stored at Hockley, maybe fopr 'resting' or something. My Mum remebers they occasionally had run-aways / escapees on the Flat nearby.
  2. Key Hill Brian

    Mills munitions factory Bridge Street West

  3. Key Hill Brian

    The Ring O' Bells

    I drank here at times in the 1972-3. It was a bit sad and run down by than - agree with 'depressing'!
  4. Key Hill Brian

    Snow Hill Station

    VIv, Mikes map on 370 is of Hockley Goods Depot by Key Hill cemetery, not Snow Hill. The "Subway" is Ickniled St - a single lane road than - now a dual carriageway. THe warehouses went across the bridhe, obscuring the view of trains from the Spring Hill Library side. The noise of the trucks...
  5. Key Hill Brian

    Harry Oates - final resting place

    My own experiences with several Cemetery offices is that a general email is obviously a 'fishing trip' and therefore can wait. If someone just asks for 1 persons grave details in order to visit, they believe they will quickly look, and double check if they do not find them. If you do get a reply...
  6. Key Hill Brian

    Harry Oates - final resting place

    My experience is that nearest cemeteries is not always the case. Depends upon if the cemetery of your choice has a time/date available to suit both you and your undertakers. Normally undertakeers will offer a choice of dates/places that they can do i.e Iget ito x on y day at z time, or get into...
  7. Key Hill Brian

    Harry Oates - final resting place

    Possibly Witton - or handsworth - botyh popular & busy at that time or even Perry barr Crem? Brian
  8. Key Hill Brian

    Harry Oates - final resting place

    Not showing in Key Hill or Warstone Lane. Brian
  9. Key Hill Brian

    Marie Bethell Beauclerc

    Heard from Helen Blain - the great granddaughter of Marie Beauclerc's brother Richard Beauclerc. She has written a book on Marie, ( buried at key Hill Cemetery) and has included a segment on Key Hill Cemetery and the work of The Friends of Key Hill Cemetery. She lives in Australia, and so cannot...
  10. Key Hill Brian

    Public Graves

    Hi Andrew, The surving memorial that you have photographed is B 1794. B 1793 would have been to the left of this - you can see the corbals on the wall wher it used to sit. Many of these have fallen or been pulled off the wall, broken & either burioed where they fell, or removed as scrap in the...
  11. Key Hill Brian

    Earlswood Log Cabin Camp Site

    https://www.birminghamclubsforyoungpeople.btck.co.uk/EarlswoodLogCabinCampSite There's a pic on their website. had some good weekends in the laye '60's & early '70's with the Boys Brigade & Youth Club from Glebe Farm Baptist Church Brian
  12. Key Hill Brian

    Earlswood Log cabin..

    Enjoyed many a weekend there in the laqte '60's and early '70's with the Boys Brifagde and the Youth Club from Glebe Farm Bptist Church. Here is the website https://www.birminghamclubsforyoungpeople.btck.co.uk/EarlswoodLogCabinCampSite It's all changed now but thereis a pic of the old cabin. Brian
  13. Key Hill Brian

    Christmas 2012 at the Jewellers Arms

    Great do - as usual. So many lovely raffle prizes - almost evryone had got one by the end - Even Keely & Vicki - and they are not yet Moderators1 Good to see everyone wish all an even Merrier Xmas than the do! Brian
  14. Key Hill Brian

    Bhf christmas meet 2012

    The entrance to Warstone Lane Cemetery in Pitsford St should be open - parking is free to Cemetery visitors - and it's only a few moments walk away!
  15. Key Hill Brian

    Great King Street

    Museum is free to go in - well worth a trip one day in it's own right. The Carl Chinn Library room is a recent addition - lots of books on local history as well as pens - just ask to be directed to the Key Hill shelf - books are there to be viewed - both key Hill & Warstone Lane Indexes Colin...
  16. Key Hill Brian

    Great King Street

    The Indexes we have, thanks to the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & heraldry photographing the Burial Registers, transcribing & computerising them - are alphabetical by Surname, than by Christian name/Initials, Year of Burial. They have the Grave Section/Number and a unique Burial...
  17. Key Hill Brian

    Great King Street

    Hi Rob, I joined up with the Friends of Key Hill after the 1st A had been, so missed that, but saw it mentioned. At that time I printed off the Founders from the Chapel website and searched the KH Index for matching names. It was passed to the Committee at the time as a possible research item...
  18. Key Hill Brian

    Great King Street

    Cheers Lyn - copied them off the flikr of Rob1ABB. Rob - the 1887 Chapel was the 'proper' chapel of the 1960's - great old building - large, dirty, dark, hard wooden boxes to sit in - proper chapel! The entry on the left as you looked at it led up a great wooden staircase to the upper floor...
  19. Key Hill Brian

    Farm Street Hockley

    Boys brigade parade outside Peoples Chapel, Great King St - Lucas's in background. Outside the Chapel heading down Gt King St.
  20. Key Hill Brian

    Farm Street Hockley

    Lyn, There are some attendance records for the Life Boys inc one with a Mark? harrington, Villa St - one of yours? https://www.flickr.com/photos/1staboysbrigade Bri
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