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What is your 3 x grans name ?

I believe my ggg grandfather John Bartlett had freehold, leasehold estate on Key Hill, Hockley Hill/Hockley Bank according to his Will and Indenture possibly referred to as the Bartlett Buildings. I discovered that if you put in Key Hill on the census these buildings do show up with the name of...

Carl has been in touch and yes we are related through our great grand parents, my great grandfather being his great grandmothers brother.

The gentle man I mentioned in the previous post has never returned or made further contact. I would still like to make contact or seek further information with Carl Chinn regarding our families connection. I am confused about Brett Bayleys lack of contact maybe Carl knows if there is a problem...

Since I discovered where my g granmother was living in Highgate Road memories have flooded bak to my Mom. She remembered a pub called the Australian that was bombed out during the 2nd World War and an elderly lady called Ginny Randall who ran a sweet shop, she remembered that she was great with...

Yeah my Mom worked at Sturges which was in the grounds of Lifford Hall the white house your talking about. I believe that it is not unusual for this tunnel to be flooded and that it may well be blocked up now. There is supposedly a tunnel from Bells Farm Druids Heath that leads to the White...

Next to the pantry Nan had a cupboard where she kept the coal, she called it the "coal hole" we didn't look in there very often since it was very dark  and if we were naughty she would threatened to put us in there with the Bogey Man she never did though. ::)

Ther is so much talent on here I just love reading the poetry and verse brilliant.

I have cat and this just about sums him up

My Nan use to say put the wood in the hole to close the door, when she knew something we'd done and we didn't know how she would say she eyes in the back of her head ??? or " I wasn't born yesterday you know".

Wonderful, the stays take me back to my Nan and the neigbourly chats she had with Mrs Knowles who we kids called Knowlsey even Nosey when being cheeky.

Thank you for that could you tell me what Whites is please I'm literally just feeling my feet doing this research, I've picked up useful bits of information on the way which appear to be coming together nicely.

Thank you John, I have a feeling that it might be something like that.  When you see terraced houses they sometimes have a plaque referring to them as cottages on the brickwork?

I have just tried the www.birmingham.gov.uk website they have maps of Birmingham Parish 1847 and others too it shows the area fairly clearly I think I may have to go have a look myself one day.

Thank you Sylvia I can see that now in an Ato Z I have which is probably up to 10 years old, I noticed that Warwick Street Camp Hill, Upper and Lower Trinity are all close together. It makes me wonder again if that is where Trinity Cottage was and was it actually a cottage or maybe it was a...

I think they may have a map at the Central Library next time I'm in I'll take a look. Thank you for your reply.

Seeing this posting for Holy Trinity Church Camp Hill I wonder if this might have been where Trinity Cottage may have been or still be. My research of the Bartlett family has brought me to John Bartlett born c 1788 in Hagley but who was a hop press manufacterer in Deritend and lived in Camp Hill...

Yep you beat me to it we use to have rubarb to dip in sugar too.

I agree that the views take your breath away, I was conscious of how many people were able to wander or sit in the area overlooking the views quite freely. It certainly brings in the tourists isn't that want we want? Selfridges is out of my league too but I love browsing the food department its...

Re: BEER CELLAR ( KELLAR ) I know of the Elbow Room but I have never been there. The Beer Kellar in Needless alley was called Mr Bills proprieter was Bill.