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not sure if this is the right place to post this if its in the wrong place sorry in advance i would like some advice on the best way of tracing a person who moved to south africa in the 60's she is my dads younger sister my dads older sister and possable the only surving one left out the...

hi all dont know if this is of any use to any of you but i have found this site birmingham conservation trust they are trying to save the archway of tears as an inportant historical site it is as far as i know the most recent information on the archway of tears and maybe worth a look...

hi astonain right been through the family tree and this is what ive found celia roach was born in aston in 1908 and married horace morrall my grandad in 1929 at st michaels church handswworth as far as i know they spent all their married life in mostyn rd handsworth clara was born in...

yes its still there i was only down there last saturday as i grew up on the handsworth new road and played in markby road oh happy days

problem solved artz short for artisan as smtr surgested means craftsman: a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft so millers must have been classed as a skilled worker

to be honest smtr i havent clue all i know it was it was after the word miller on the census

wonder if anybody can help me i know my great great grandfather was a miller as it states on the 1881 census but after the word miller is the word (Artz) can anybody tell me what the word (Artz) means many thanx celia

i know its not funny and i shouldnt really poke fun but it dose remind me of a chicken coop i dont come into brum very often once a month or every cpl of months and ive got use to the libary being where it is and i know my round it now we got to walk all the way to the rep to use the libary...

what i wont to know it how many chickens are they planning on keeping in there sorry bad taste i know but it just reminds me of a chicken coop

ive just seen the pics of the new libary all i can say is oh dear lord what were they thinking were they smoking something at the time or drinking funny water its horrid it looks like boxes made out of chicken wire with plastic on the inside with lights shinning through it its really horrid

good morning astoness i am going to birmingham this morning mainly to visit handsworth cem but as im from winson green im also taking a trip down memory lane if you wont me to take some upto date pics i would be more than happy to as i will be doing some for myself let me know and i will see...

when i was a child growing up in winson green our family doctor was Dr lycett ( think that how you spell it ) i cant remember where it was im thinking it could be in winson green or handsworth i remember we used to walk there so it couldnt be that far anyway i was always there as i suffered...

my great grandad william morrall was born in irving street back of 215 did google street it unfortuneatly there no longer there knocked down long ago

not sure if this is the right place to post this but here goes my dad harry morrall was evauated to wales during the war now im not sure where he went in wales or when he went all i know is that he went to rookery road school is there any way i can find out about my dads evauation many...

colin B you little star how on earth did you manage to do that thankyou so so much celia

hi all ive had a chat with my mom concerning her dad and being a pow in burmer his name was harrold victor cummings in june 1932 all she knowis he went to war and died in burmer as a POW celia

i do love a traditional christmas and i always look back with fondness of the christmases we had as kids i still have christmas decs from my childhood and i still use them my hubby threatens every year to throw them out but i wont let him lol

i remember my birthday partys as a kid because mine and my sister's birthdays are within a week of each other we had joint birthdays and we were allowed to have five friends each we had all the usal party foods of the 70's icecream, tinned fruit, jelly, blancmange ( i do miss blancmange lol)...

my grandad cummmgs was a POW in Burma during WW2 i have no idea what regament he was in all i know from my mom was he wento to burma to fight got captured and died in the camp he was in i dont even know how to go about finding out about him as to his regament and to where in burma he is buried...

shortie thankyou so much for finding the pics and sharing them i looked like it was a very grand church once again thankyou for for sharing celia