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Key Hill was indeed called The General Cemetery, when it opened - the first of its kind in Birmingham until Warstone Lane C of E Cemetery opened, than called Key Hill as that was where it was to differentiate. Always in Hockley, though. I was always taught Brookfields was after you had gone...

Have faith - If only 4 os us turn up - at least we all get an "Eric".........!!!!!!!

It's a lovely cemetery next to Good Hope, and in daytime hours is a much better and easier place to park when vsiting in the hospital. I have stayed in there looking round whilst the wife took an elderley neighbour to clinics a few times.

You know me so well..................

It's in the diary Vic - should be there. Brian

according to my old A-Z Stella St was off Nechells park Rd, L shaped leading to Stuart St (which was a continuation of Trevor St) That area was usually a mix of Industry and residential and was has been totally rebuilt. Looking now on Google maps - Showell gardens seem to be on the same location...

Hi Sherrill, just looked back through this thread - Terry Boyle passed 11+ in 1966 - same year as me - he was in 4a & 1 Was in 4b as I recall - we were the only 2 that passed that year, but I left in April to move to Lea hall, although Mr Smith told my parents i had passed. I went on to Central...

Hope you get well soon - sad loss not to see you today.

Looks like they have took out the column which states who purchased the grave? Also stree name, etc - you can buy the copy from BCC for, I believe £5 - Website should confirm price. All they give for free is grave number so you can visit & tend. Genealogical info payable. 'Pike' is a reference...

Kat, They should be purchased and approved by Handsworth Cemetery who are responsible for WL Cemetery, sadly some people put their own crude markers on, and others try to "Pretty up" graves making them a personal shrine to only one of the several hundred in there- which is not allowed and does...

Hi Kat, The Friends work was enjoyable and just the transition I needed from Full time work to Retirement, however there was a lot of work - physical as well as emails, finding people graves, marking them, research, taking photo's, keeping a fb page, helping sort out finance, meetings with...

Hi Kat, I should be at the meet up in Feb, but no longer have the time to put in as many hours as I did on KH & WL - - it was a 70hrs thankless week, which had to cease as I lost my Mother in Law, Father, Brother & now care for an relative with Dementia due to Alzheimer's. At last, though I am...

Hi Kat, Following an initiative with the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy, who computerised the Key Hill & Warstone Records, Birmingham City Council succeeded in computerising all their Cemetery records making searching for ancestors much easier -...

Cheers Mike - Can now see 79 where i lived as a child - great map!

Waterloo St comes off at right angles opposite the passage way alongside The Council House and turns 90 degrees down to the Churchyard - Didn't notice any street signage changes when up there last week

Not quite the flat, but nearby - My dad had his hair cut - and dragged me to have mine done at a Barbers called Jack Sabin. certain he was on Icknield St, before Key Hill Cemetery (Where the petrol station is now??), which was facing The Flat. Anyone recall him ??

At my local corner shop - I just say - my usual 4 sterra, please

Definitely Rail House - worked there early mid 1970's and again early mid 1990's - was on the corner of Broad St/Gas St. Presumably the pic was taken from Cumberland House corner of Broad St/Granville St ?