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Hi I am not sure how to do a private reply - however, I am doing research on the carriage of goods to/from the area before the canals were built, and Kettle was the biggest customer for iron from the Baltic. His supplier being a merchant in Bristol. I am trying to establish whether Kettle was a...

Hi, I am looking for information about John Kettle, who owned the steel houses in the early 1700s. I am finding history on this person to be elusive, so any data you have would be most welcome! Dawn (Macqueen)

Hi I had a look at the BCN (Birmingham Canal Navigation) website, and there is an interesting note for 1812 which might well add to an explanation. It would be logical for a charge to be levied if boats needed to go through a tunnel......Gibsons Basins have, I believe, long since gone...

It really is very sad to see those images of The Beehive. My dad was the publican there in the early 60's. It was the only Birmingham pub we had which had a garden. It is a great pity to see it in that state. Wouldnt it be nice to see it restored!!

Hi that is my great grandma - Flora Wright! Not sure which of her five daughters is with her. Can I ask where the photo came from??? I havent seen it before. It is wonderful!!!!

Hi Bill I spoke with Mum again about the church bells. She says that when her Aunt Flo organised the wedding early in October 1945, she asked for the bells and was told that could not be provided due to the rules of church bell ringing. Flo said, quite rightly that the war was now over and so...

Hi Don this is interesting and has raised a few questions which others might know the answers to![ My great uncle, Frank Wright, came from a family living in Hospital Street when Frank was born and then Buckingham Street when war broke out. I think they are both in St. George's parish. But...

This thread reminded me of the bonfires and fun we used to have in the back to backs around the city. My parents were publicans - and on 5th November each year, the piano would be wheeled out of the pub bar to form the base of a bonfire in the yard next door. All sorts of bits of wood were added...

Hi Mike I was really fascinated to see other people taking an interest in some of the family past and raising some questions which the family would not have done!! And there is no need to apologise - I still do not know who Joseph Jackson actually was - but am having a go at finding out! Flora...

Re: Hospital Street (scandal) Hi I should have added the context to my note on 'scandal' - which had been posted 24th August (tag 180) Re: hospital street Lyn lay have found a little scandal. I looked at the 1921 directory for a coffee rooms in hospital st, but the only ones listed were Mary...

Hi I had to chuckle when I read this 'scandal' as it justs shows how history is often 'bunkem'! My GGGranpda was Henry Wright, Hairdresser - he lived and worked at 102, then 72 Hospital Street for over 40 yrs; his son (my GGrandpa), William Henry, married Flora Emma Lydiatt. William was a...

Hi Malcolm this is really quite fascinating. I noted a reference in the thread is made to Thornhill. Thornhill was owned by a chap called John Scale until 1793. He was apparently a book keeper turned button maker, who became a partner to Matthew Boulton (as Boulton and Scale) when Fothergill...

Hi does anyone know anything about the Wharf in the late 18th century - before the beautiful new houses started to go up? I am trying to pick up some info on the Sherratt's and their Fly Waggons which left from Sherratt's Wharf, Crescent - around 1793. I have found lots of Shaerratts in...

Hi Malcolm this information is really very interesting. I am looking at Toye, the father. Yesterday I spent the afternoon at Birmingham Archives lookings at the Boulton Day Book for 1791 - 1795, and Thomas Toye was the carrier used to transfer coinage in casks to the local wharves for onward...

Hi Malcolm I do not live too far from Birmingham and so might be able to help you (when the Birmingham Archives have sorted themselves out after their imminent move!) Are you sure about the Tithe Valuation dates? Mathew Boulton died in 1809 and so I would be intrigued to have sight of the...

Hello Malcolm I am interested in Thomas Toye, who was in the Handsworth/Birmingham area around 1780 - 1800. I note you mentioned one as a farmer in Handsworth? The person I am looking for carried some goods for Matthew Boulton. This may have been an occasional (part time) business and I would...

Hi PaulineJ gosh its hard to find info on the firm! My grandfather's sister (now deceased) was married to Chetwyn Earle (1902 - 1954) - one of 9 children born of John William Earle and his wife Ada. (Chet)Wyn went in to the business. I don't have a lot of info on the business or the family...

My Mum and Dad married at st Georges on 10 Oct 1945 and were the first to have the bells rung following the war. The neighbours all wondered what on earth was going on! Mum's dress had been altered again as she was fourth to wear it. It was made from parachute material. My mother stilll adores...