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  1. changinman1

    Gun Factories / Gun Quarter - Staff Lists ??

    I had no idea , I bet my granddad did though who married an armfield
  2. changinman1

    Gun Factories / Gun Quarter - Staff Lists ??

    My paternal grandfathers were gunmakers in the city from 1860 to 1900 ish and lived around Weaman st and Bagot street / Miles street /Ormond street/ Fleet Street (yes they did live in a lot of places haha ) but that is as far as I have got , their job titles from certificates of marriage and...
  3. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    Thankyou Janice , im sure ive read somewhere that it was built in the 1880,s or 90,s , ill try and find out where i saw it
  4. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    i wonder whether it was Winslow or Wimslow as two clips have it spelt differently
  5. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    Is that because sunny side is the last of the Victorian houses and there was nothing else built then after that one before Baldwin’s lane and before the Edwardian era in 1911 pjmburns what a star you are thanks , were already building up a picture of life at the turnof the century , mmm winder...
  6. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    its kinda level with the front door,
  7. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    Hi no as my post just said ...two doors down has a sunnyside plaque
  8. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    Hi ...I did a drive by today and two doors down they still have the name plaque on the house as Sunnyside, so that's two doors down coming in from the Robin Hood Lane end of the road ....
  9. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    so on the above pic where is primrose lane starting ?
  10. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    it looks like Herbert William passed away between 1950 and 1952 bless him
  11. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    guys you are the best , thanks so much
  12. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    id be really grastefull if you could suss out if you can see any house names that correlate to numbers ...thanks
  13. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    oooh what at NO38 ....?? what is erolls ?
  14. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    thanks pjmburns ...great little snip that is ....im sure my new to be haouse is there somewhere
  15. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    its quite a long road isn't it ....I don't think any have the original names but as soon as I complete ill get the deeds looked at and see what I can find out ...
  16. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    yes Mikejee you only see that when you hover your mouse over the bottom of the pic ...I cant picture those houses !!?!
  17. changinman1

    Primrose Lane , Hall Green .

    Wow ....unbelievable that is .....which end is that taken from do you think
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