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I am sorry to say that this museum is closed except for special events. Sadly it is part of the BMAG group. https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/museum-of-the-jewellery-quarter/visit :(

I think that slope has had different names over the years Becky in the oral stories of local children. But it is the same slope and astonishing that the grounds were laid out by Humphry Repton from 1794. I have fond memories of the woods. I bet you heard stories of the Grey Lady too? It is...

Thanks Deb, That's actually the 1939 National Register. The government knew there would be no census in 1941. Does it say where she was living? Eg Walsall might indicate she worked at Walsall ROF - but North Birmingham could be any number of factories. Derek

The Plastics Historical Society can be contacted here https://plastiquarian.com/?page_id=86 For Birmingham Archives email [email protected] I hope they can be found a home.

https://www.northants-fhs.org/sendthemtocanada/ For interest here's the Northants local research (not your ancestor)

In the 1840s only 10% of passengers had an assisted passage from the Poor Law Guardians and had to be of good character. The family jumped ship story might be true? I'm afraid that with a name like John James Smith he's going to be very very hard to trace. The Canadian online records are...

"Although [James] Neild (and even some historians) labelled this prison as Birmingham Town Gaol, from their first report the Prison Inspectors claimed it was a lock up - Birmingham Borough Lock Up. In their inspections of it between 1835 and 1840, the Inspectors agreed that due to its size, the...

Welcome to the Forum! To Canada? My tentative answer would be probably yes, so I'm interested in what people say. Could you give us the full name of the person, date and the name of the ship they travelled on? This would be 'voluntary' migration and an assisted passage. If they originated...

Murder ball and British Bulldog played in Smethwick in the scouts and at school. We played Pack Horses which seems identical to Polly on a Mopstick, except that one boy has his back to the wall and supports the boy's head who makes a back in front of him. You can make a back of three lads then...

BBC has a more realistic view of work that could be dirty, unpleasant and dangerous. There don't seem to be many photos of munitions workers on the shop floor in WW2, I guess only official photographs were allowed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39434504

Ruby Loftus screwing a Breech-ring, 1943, by Laura Knight. Loftus is at her lathe in the Royal Ordnance Factory in Newport, South Wales. IWM explains about conscription for women.https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-workers-that-kept-britain-going-during-the-second-world-war

Great to see Carl in action last night! Full of enthusiasm and local history. A sprinkling of younger folk in the audience too.

There is a lot of information about Kynoch, but I don't think there are workers records. http://www.staffshomeguard.co.uk/KOtherInformationKynochV2A.htm Kynoch has its own set of threads on BHF. https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/kynoch-imi-ici-searches.48350/

A graphic account of a bombing raid on BSA Small Heath.https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/32/a2116432.shtml

https://www.munitionsworkersassociation.com Samantha Webb is their historian There's also a Facebook group. With pictures of the recent installation of the Rotherwas Angel in Herefordshire. https://www.rotherwas.com/news/2024/3/9/the-rotherwas-angel-has-landed As opposed to Rotherwas which was...

Some abbreviations used above: Coys companies LG Lewis Gun ORs other ranks Bn or Bttn battalion

Thank you Heartland. You seemed to want to refer to the existing building as Curzon Street Hotel which is not the conclusion of Historic England. I'm not a rail expert, but pragmatically if we want to preserve the building then I'd say Curzon Street Station would carry more weight. Alas Grade 1...

Good luck in tracking your nan down, Deb. My post # 2 gives some of the main places. Do you have any names or addresses or descriptions of her work. The promised database of munitions workers seems not to be on line yet. Some of the factories like Kynoch's in Perry Barr were vast and employed...

I see in Scotland they do have £100 banknotes issued by the retail banks. New English notes with the King's portrait will be issued this summer, but the existing notes will continue in circulation.

Ann, £50 is the current largest denomination. It features a picture of Alan Turing. I have not seen one since an international student was unable to spend one several years ago. I sent her to the bank to get it changed into smaller notes. People won't accept them in the Midlands as they fear...