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A bit more about Joseph Barrows: Joseph Barrows of the Poplars, Yardley in the County of Worcester died 19 July 1890. 1) Announcement of death 21 July 1890 2) Public notices 24 July 1890

Not sure if this is of any help but I found the following snippets of information from the Birmingham Daily Post 1871 - A report of Rev Cannon Glover being presented with a keepsake on the occasion of his retirement from the Principalship of Saltley College at a luncheon at the house of his...

I had a lovely time at the meet today. Great to catch up with 'old' friends and to meet new ones. I was especially pleased to finally meet Mike Jee in person as he is always helping me with information from his maps and directories and has been a 'forum friend' of mine for a long time. Thanks...

Event at Highbury Hall - Sunday 13th April 2014 (tomorrow) FREE ADMISSION Spring Craft Fayre Sunday 13 April 2014 Get over the winter blues. A great day out for all the family. Come and visit Highbury Hall and explore this magnificent house, do a bit of indoor shopping for some unusual...

That is very strange Mike. I wish there was a photo of the street sign too. Perhaps someone will see this and come up with an explanation????

Mike while I was looking to see if I could find anything in the papers for Pugh, I found various adverts between 1859 to 1887 mentioning Lower Hockley Street One was an advert for a house - 54 Lower Hockley Street and it said it was near St Georges Terrace (you will probably know where that was...

I think they must have out the wrong date on the timeline Mike because I was just looking to see if I could find anything happening at the castle in 1864 and found that Miss Wolferstan died in 1862. This is from the Birmingham Daily Post 3rd January 1862

There must have been a lot of items for the sale to take 4 days. Do you know if anything happened in 1864 to cause this sale?

Was 1 Western road the address used for the Workhouse and then later Summerfield Hospital? If so what year did the address change to be the hospital address?

That's the one Eric. I think it's lovely - the colours, the reflections in the puddles, the sun coming through the trees and of course Sam enjoying a walk. A lovely painting and happy memories for you Eric x

Eric, I am so sorry you have had to say goodbye to your lovely dog Sam. I find it heartbreaking to lose pets so I understand how upset you must be. 15 is a good age for a dog - it shows what a happy life Sam had with you. If I remember right Sam was in one of your paintings - it was one of my...

There is some info on this thread about Alfred Maxfield - see post #75 https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=3182&page=5

I have found this on wikipedia about Castle Bromwich Aerodrome: A large piece of Warwickshire grassland (Castle Bromwich playing fields) became the privately owned Castle Bromwich aerodrome, when Alfred P Maxfield flew the first aeroplane in the Birmingham area in September 1909...

Thank you Mike - looks good!

Hello youngstevie, welcome to the forum. When people told you the terrace houses used to be shops did they give you any idea of when this was?

That's great news Lyn! Another relative and a former postman at Erdington himself - what a coincidence! I look forward to hearing more when you've spoken to him.

Thank you Mike :adoration: What a heartwarming story - a prisoner of war risking his own life to save his enemies and his great granddaughter visiting the UK many years later to find out more about him. I have added the site to my favourites.

Well done Rupert! Thanks Phil for getting us all thinking - I always learn something new from your pictures. Come back soon with some more 'Where is this?'

Is it Balsall Heath Phil?

Hi Margaret, 25th July 1803 burial St Martins: John, son of William and Ann Brough