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  1. Key Hill Brian

    Mills munitions factory Bridge Street West

    Hi Mike, Saltley is the wrong side of the city for Bridge St west, but Birmingham was a great manufacturing city. Saltley area had car makers, train makers, steel works, gas & coke works, etc I know of friends whose forebears came from Waltham Abbey gunpowder mills to Witton to help set up and...
  2. Key Hill Brian

    trying to find out any details of a stillbirth

    Deb, he would be buried in one of the city cemeteries. If you have a name and year it is possible to look up key Hill and Warstone Lane, otherwise it would be a case of emailing individuial cemeteries to enquire who has him. He would be in a grave that contains other non related people, so...
  3. Key Hill Brian

    Anthony E Pratt,

    Absolutely fascinating! Played this often as child. Many thanks! Brian
  4. Key Hill Brian

    Warstone Lane Cemetery

    Also, if there is a record of any memorial that was 'buried' in the 1960's - they have that as well!
  5. Key Hill Brian

    National Memorial Arboretum

    Very Nice pics dave - The bench does them proud.
  6. Key Hill Brian

    trying to find out any details of a stillbirth

    Hi Josie, duuno if St Chads knows anything about the diiocesan records? They may keep master copies there if it was an RC Baptism. Because Maria is in a Public Grave, they like everyone or no one to be on any memorial - putting everyone on is tricky as they will insist you need their relatives...
  7. Key Hill Brian

    Warstone Lane Cemetery

    Bernie - between you & leslam? Not sure if it's the relatives or not - Have a book on it at the next meet!!!!!!!! At least you can find the space easy enough if you visit now! Brian
  8. Key Hill Brian

    The Ring O' Bells

    It's just a waste of a space at present - anything is better than what is there now!
  9. Key Hill Brian

    Warstone Lane Cemetery

    WL M 65 Elizabeth Banner WL M 67 Luckett grave These 2 surviving headstones are adjacent to to the 'new' path that was uncovered which runs through M section around the outside of the catacombs. M 66 must be between them. The headstones run from top to bottom of the cemetery. The low numbers...
  10. Key Hill Brian

    Warstone Lane Cemetery

    There atre plenty of graves with 'A' suffixes as you stroll down alongside Pitsford St - shoehorned in extra graves when the money was running out and they found some little spaces - possibly part of the original pathway that ran down there. There used to be a curving pathway through M -...
  11. Key Hill Brian

    Warstone Lane Cemetery

    Quite Right Les, Several sections have graves with a few extra inches between them until you get to the end of the section when there insufficient space - so the grave is than stuck on the next row - but retains the original number! This is very prominent in Section C. M 151 1/2 is Jane (1890)...
  12. Key Hill Brian

    Victoria Cross & George Cross Holders of Birmingham

    Hi Rosie, I was priveiged last July to take pics of Birmingam G.C. graves for Kevin Braziers definite book on G.C.'s following his book on V.C.'s This is Yardley cemetery 37-46739 after I had tidied it.
  13. Key Hill Brian

    Warstone Lane Cemetery

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  14. Key Hill Brian

    Warstone Lane Cemetery

    There are 5 in M 66 in WL GILL Silvanus M 1915 M 66 80573 5 Harry 1891 M 66 42714 5 COWBURN Elizabeth 1901 M 66 57360 5 MI Emily G 1872 M 66 15213 5 MI John 1878 M 66 24574 5 MI Surname COWBOURNE also noted Looks like headstone was 'buried' in the 1960's. An emailed copy of ther...
  15. Key Hill Brian

    Warstone Lane Cemetery

    Hi Bernie - here is map of Kh?WL Sections - WL M Section is the sloping part to the left of the Catacombs as you look downhill before the path that parrrallels the Mint. Part is alongside the path into the Catacomb circle
  16. Key Hill Brian

    Warstone Lane Cemetery

    HI Rosie, Passed through KH/WL about 2-2.50 today - as you say Crocuses are out near KH entrance and on the island at the bottom of the slope - Snowdrops are looking good just before the vaults too! Checked WL - I hmanaged a fire there on Friday - big pile of ash now near the compost area...
  17. Key Hill Brian

    Brandwood End Cemetery

    Knowing the Council - it will be quite some tiome and only cover the present - Can you not continue and finish the project?
  18. Key Hill Brian

    Public Graves

    WL - Site of Public Graves P 1757 Rear & P 1758 foreground. Immediately to the right are P 1735 (rear) & P 1736 (Front). The tree shown was (yesterday) about to be chopped down and removed - the stumps will remain. Visible behind are the 4th & 3rd floor apartment windows of the former Birmingham...
  19. Key Hill Brian

    Public Graves

    Hi Bob, There are a few Thrupps in WL - THRUPP 1959 P 1406 105611 Stillborn Arthur W 1909 K 17 (Vault) 65297 Henry W 1926 D 1358 89638 Rachel 1935 O 1129 94027 Reginald S 1918 K 37 (Vault) 82394 Richard T R 1907 D 1059 62978 William 1915 P 1736 80793 P 1736 is an unmarked Public Grave...
  20. Key Hill Brian

    Tims Drapers Key Hill. Hockley, 1950's.

    Nice Pic Wendy, The large building at the top of the hill is still there - painted white - the GEM building. Just before it, you can see the pillars of the GPO Sorting office wall ans entrance. KH Cemetrery is opposite them
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