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Hi Claire, The 1911 image on Find My Past shows the Infirmity Column at the end which isn't visible on the Ancestry one. Isaac is recorded as an Imbecile and linking that with the "at Rubery" got me thinking that maybe he was a patient at Rubery Hill. I have found Rubery Hill, which wasn't easy...

You're welcome Lynac, just sorry I couldnt help:upset:

Hi Lynac, I thought I'd found something this morning but on checking when I got in from work, it doesnt look right. :( I'd had a look at a tree on Ancestry which had Alfred Victor Carter married to Lily Harding. Attached to the tree was a census image from 1911 which had what looked like an Alec...

Ahh that's a shame lyn, but hopefully, as you said, someone else may have it. TerryN your picture posting worked just fine :) and a great picture it is too, thank you for posting it.

I am really stumped then Lynac, I have spent the last few hours searching but to no avail :( I guess after seeing some of the programmes on TV about family trees and searching for lost rellies, it is always a possibility that Alfred did have 2 sons called Robert, but thats a bit of a long...

I borrowed this photo from Phil's Old Street's thread, (hope he won't mind) I don't know when it was taken but can anyone make out the name of the shop with the white sign that is slightly higher than the others?? in the low block of shops.. If it was A, Maturi's & Sons then I believe that was...

I looked too but I thought it would have been on the opposite corner to CBS in the block where the pastry shop is, because in the Kelly's for 1940 the only properties mentioned on the CBS side in between Jenkins Street and Whitmore Road are Small Heath Baptist Church and then Mills, Leslie...

Hi TerryN, It's great that you have found this thread and been able to add your own personal information :) Hopefully Astoness can find the photo she first posted and repost it...I'm intrigued to see what it looked like.

Hi Lynac, there is a death recorded on Ancestry for an Alfred Victor Carter born 16 Jan 1898, died Jan-Feb-Mar quarter aged 84, Birmingham. Vol 32 Page 0461. The birth date fits with your Grandad's age at marriage, so it may be worth getting the death cert for informant and last address information.

Hi BordesleyExile, thanks for posting this information and the great photos, I will be putting this book on my Birthday Pressie list :)

Hi Mikejee, Thanks for taking the time to check for me and for the explanation, both of which are most appreciated. I am glad I realised and rechecked !! it's a very useful fact to keep in mind for future searches....it has also prompted me to go back and check one of my Coventry Road...

Hi Paul, The location for 137, Coventry Road, Hay Mills had me confused because to my way of thinking the lower numbers on the Coventry Road would have started at the town end of the road and I found in the Kelly's for 1915 that 137 sat between what was Bordesley Park Road and Mount...

You're welcome Shortie..glad I could help :)

Hi Shortie, The 1911 census for 137 Coventry Road lists George and Clara Manley with daughter Beatrice, son Ernest, daughters May and Maria and 2 visitors by the name of Bayley. Son ERNEST's occupation is recorded as "Photograping" (thats how its spelt) I have not found a reason for the F.H bit...

Doug, the site is brilliant, keep up the fantastic work :)

lyn, Mike made it really easy to understand and if I can learn how to do it ...anyone can !!!!

Thanks lyn :) ... I had a good teacher !! ....aka mikejee :) I'm sure if you ask mike he will help you.

:) Thanks Mike :) It took me ages to try and get the roads to match up !! Trying to adjust the size on google earth to fit the old map is a nightmare !!..I remembered after that you had said to do several shots with different levels of opaqueness (is that a word ?) and that I should have left...

Mikejee will probably cringe when he sees my effort here, but I had a go at doing an overlay map to show where Claverdon Street was....

Hi again, in the Kelly's for 1940, Claverdon Street has at number 36, Sterndale, Mrs Annie, Wardobe dealer and at 37 Walmsley, Alfred, shopkeeper, but there is no number 35. I have found Claverdon Street on a 1951 map, but all the street names on maps after that are too small for me to read, so...