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Hi , I use ancestry and the 1901 definately says Tonks for the family in 15 Palace road, Aston.

My Dad was born in 1924 his mother died the same day, her husband was younger than her and had no interest in her baby, before she died she asked her brother and his wife to take care of Dad, His birth father agreed to a private adoption, at that time no adoption until 1927.He stipulated that he...

The thing that puzzles me Lyn is that all the family kept their christian names and he became William , not even his second christian name, he must have still been afraid of those he owed money to. As for your bigamist he was really cheeky kept his same unusual name, but he was hundreds of miles...

I am searching family tree for a friend, I won't use real surnames for their privacy Mr john *Jones* and his wife Sarah E M were married in Birmingham and had 2 children 1911 and 1912, who always said their father got into debt they moved north and changed all their names and later came...

Have you seen the records for James Kirby Missing from the 1911 census because of imprisonment James Kirby ,b 1871, 5ft 1/2ins, fair complexion, dark brown hair , blue eyes, no marks sentenced to serve between 13-3-1911 to 28-8-1911 for False pretences. 1915. James Kirby,( alias George...

I only hope that the competitors and visitors arriving at International airport take the train to Birmingham because the A45 is strewn with litter at all times as are many of the roads close to the stadium.

I have deleted the last 10 posts as they are nothing to do with this thread, please try to keep on topic.

1891 Foleshill. Lois Arnold age 36 ,widower, Painter and paper hanger b Yardley wood Amy age 7 b birmingham Lewis age 5 b birmingham Annie age 3 b birmingham Lucy smith age 44 house keeper. Lewis Richard Arnold birth reg dec qtr 1885 Aston. In 1898 Louis /Lewis remarried to Sarah Foster and in...

Neville Chamberlain (full name Arthur Neville Chamberlain) and his wife Anne had a daughter Dorothy and a son Francis. No Elizabeth or George.

I will add grape scissors to this thread as having gone out of fashion, we made them in the Jewellery quarter in the 60s. Used so that the higher classes were able to cut the stem of the grape instead of, like me,tearing the grape off.

There was and possibly still is an 'approved school' called St Johns in Gravelly hill Erdington.

Pigeons throw themselves at my window , no casualalities yet thank goodness. A mystery I thought others could solve for me. A few weeks ago I was tidying up a large terracotta pot with a shrub in it but the soil had been moved.I found a large beefhide dog chew buried in it, my husband put the...

Any member able to help must reply by Pm , we do not give the whereabouts of living relatives on the forum.

Not exactly a comptometer but I operated a huge accounting machine in the 50s/60s it was built into a desk and had a really long carriage that went back and forward. I fed in a long roll of paper and it printed out the customers order, their invoice and our copy, it was really noisy and when my...

I was a Saturday girl at Woolworths 1957/58.

Job the Louisa Brassington Smith in post 23, the Brassington was the name of her maternal grandmother. Wolstanton is an area in Stoke on Trent about 2 miles from Newcastle under Lyme.

Job , I have removed your email address, not wise to put it on here. Private messages are to protect living off- spring of those who may be still living. I have no objection to you copying and sending my PMS to Janice or MWS both excellent researchers, between the 3 of us we may be able to...

I lived in Erdington from 1951 -1961 and often shopped there until the 80s. I remember Wrestling matches in the Barnabus rd market in the late 50s.

I have just read (and checked with other newspapers to see if I am being taken in by april 1st joke) that slug pellets are banned from use in UK gardens from today. Is it true, I have some pellets but usually drown slugs in a beer trap.

Congratulations, lovely Spring baby. Alberta.