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I wonder if the gas lamps were left in place because the electric ones were still unreliable at this time?

Great picture Mike. It seems very strange to see a shop with lights hanging so low down from the ceiling. I wonder if the doors/windows were in front of the counters as there seems to be a lot of light on the floor just there.

It looks as if you all had a great time at the meet :adoration: thanks for posting the pictures for us all to see. Shirley: Sorry I couldn't make it this time :upset: but I did have the pleasure of meeting you at The Bartons Arms on your last visit to Birmingham (I still have my flag and badge)...

Hi Clarkie 22 September 1817 - William Horton bachelor and Mary Clark spinster both of the parish - both had signed - in the presence of Alexander Sanders and I think it says Ellen - surname hard to read - Bi??en

Here is the report from the Birmingham Daily Post 9th June 1859. I only managed to find it because shera gave the name of the person he stole from (Thomas Lowe) and the date it first appeared in the Birmingham Gazette - a search for Thomas Millard got no results.

Tony, I think the search on the newspapers is a bit unpredictable - in the past I have found an article and then when I have tried to find it again I have entered exactly the same word/words in the search box and it doesn't show up. If he died that would certainly explain why you can't find him...

Hi Tony, this is from the Birmingham Daily Post 3rd March 1858. It also states that he has been in trouble 5 times before and that he has been in a Reformatory School. You are also correct that the army didn't care about criminal records - it seems an officer turned up to try and 'claim' him...

Tony, do you have the newspaper article from march 3, 1858? it mentions that three days after he had stolen from his master he had enlisted as a soldier although he couldn't go as he was committed to trial. Could he possibly have become a soldier after serving his sentence?

Hi Tony - I don't know if you have seen this or if it helps but it is the report from the Birmingham Daily Post 9th January 1861 of Patrick Condry age 16, a gilt toy maker stealing a cape on the 27th November 1860 and being sentenced to 2 years imprisonment with hard labour.

There was a TB Sanatorium at Romsley which is not far from Rubery. The photo doesn't look like the hospital itself but perhaps it could have been taken in the grounds/nearby. There is a Romsley and Hunnington history website https://www.rhhs.org.uk/local-history/12-sanatorium.html

I found this in the Birmingham Daily Post 18th May 1881 - it gives a description of the planned Central Arcade.

This article about the arcades in Birmingham is from The Birmingham Daily Post August 17th 1900

Thank you for explaining that Mike :adoration: I will put a note on my post above to refer to your post for the correct explanation of court numbers.

Hi Mike - did I explain it right - is the court behind house number 31 on the street? I have looked again for the thread on courts but I can't find it :upset:

There is an excellent thread on this forum explaining about courts but I can't seem to find it at the moment so I will do my best to explain - courts were a courtyard/group of houses built behind the houses that faced a street. There could be a few courts along one street. To access a court...

hi delwboy welcome to the forum. I have just looked at the old newspapers on-line and a search for Oak Place, William Street found a few mentions of it but as Mike - our forum map expert :adoration: has said in the post above the address was given as Lozells, parish of Aston. However I have...

Glad to hear the day went well. I have been thinking about you and your family xx

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/carl-chinn-strong-community-bond-1691985 Have you seen this Terry? There is a picture of Tilton Road in the article - although people have posted that the picture labelled 'looking down Garrison lane' is Tilton Road and the one labelled...

I have just checked the St Phillips marriage - it just states the date and names as you already have and by the side it says by Licence so unfortunately no further information/clues available on that marriage.

St Martins - 18 march 1771 - Charles Norton , bachelor of this parish - Joiner to Sarah Best spinster of this parish. Both had signed with their own names in the presence of Thomas Best and Eliz Harris