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Hi everyone, Rowan kindly put me in touch with a very helpful person, a Mrs Betty Foster I asked her if she has any records of my grandfather and his brothers having been placed at the orphanage during the First World War after their father's death at the battle of Loos in 1915. Here is part of...

Hi Doris, I can't express how happy I am that you have written to me. I think we can, together, discover what happened to young Winnifred Bayliss, while her brothers were in the orphanage. A helpful person on this forum gave me a link to someone who has more information about who was resident...

Hi gothic Terrace, Yes! My granddad David Ernest Bayliss did indeed have a sister Winifred Doris Bayliss born in 1915. Unfortunately, my mom--Sylvia Bayliss, knew little about her. We don't even know what happened to her when her brothers were put into the orphanage after their father's death...

Hi Maryanne... no worries about the mix up--I have done it myself before. Sparkhill Lad and I have been talking to one another for quite awhile now, hoping to find connections in our Fellows family lines. I am glad you have found a connection with him, he will be very helpful to you. Please...

Hey sparkhill lad, I hope this Fellows connection is fruitful for you. Exciting isn't it? Let me know if you ever find that elusive connection with my own line of Fellows' All the best Thanks Maryanne...welcome to the forum Kevin

A friend of the family--Jack Kirby was a Birmingham boxer before the war (as were one or more of his brothers). Jack had a junk yard in Frankfort street, Hockley in the 1960's. I have searched online in vain for any photos of Jack; none to be found.

Hello everyone, Does anyone have any pictures of Frankfort street they can share? I lived at 55 Frankfort street as a lad in the early 1960's. Any pictures would really help bring back some cherished memories.

Wonderful pictures, Astoness. The first picture on post #18 looks a lot like the houses along Frankfort street at that time (the next street over). I was only a young lad when we lived on that street, but that picture brought back a flood of memories. Do you remember Frankfort street? Kevin

Hi Linda, this is a long shot, but do you remember any of the frequent guests, a Mrs Fellows in particular, during the 50's and 60's? Thanks Kevin

Hi cousin Louisabc, I did not know you were a member of this site. What a pleasent surprise! Isn't this a great forum. Kevin

Thank you for the pictures, Wales. My sentiments exactly Lloyd; my grandfather used to call Birmingham the city of a thousand trades. My mother Sylvia Rose Fellows (nee Bayliss) worked at Lucas in the early 1960's. It helped put food on the table during a time when we lived in an old decrepit...

Hello, I have not seen the Fisher & Ludlows factory as a main topic, so I thought I would start a thread for those who may have worked there or remember people who did. My Grandfather worked there after the War, he worked throughout the 1950's, and 1960's in the tool making area, I believe...

Hi, have you visited the new family search pilot site yet? Lots of marvelous information, and it is updated frequently. Check it out at: https://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=0 Have fun in your research. I do :) Kevin

Hi Avalon, I don't know those people, but as you may have read on other pages in this forum, my family--Ron and Sylvia Fellows, lived at 55 Frankfort street in the mid 60's A friend of my parents, a Jack Kirby had a scrap business at 86 Frankfort street. Welcome to the site, by the way.:)

Great pictures! They give me a much better sense of what the orphanage was like. My grandfather David Bayliss, and his brothers Edward Bayliss and William Bayliss were sent to that orphanage soon after their father Frank Henry Bayliss was killed (in 1915), during World War One. Thanks for sharing

Cromwell, last April, I asked what my grandfather, Harry George Fellows' regiment was in India, based on his uniform button (it happens to be the Rifle Brigade). Thanks. We moved on to the death of his brother Joseph Fellows in World War 1. In looking that up, you gave some names of other...

Hi SBS... Sorry, I missed your post. I have been a bit busy lately. Let me check my files and get back to you on Florence Fellows I'll post soon Regards, Kevin

Hi Sparky Thanks so much for taking the time to go out there. I really do appreciate it. You guys are the best! The pictures are super. It looks a lot different than I recall. My nan took me there about 20 years ago. I remember it looking a lot more grandiose. Funny how memories can be. She is...

thanks John, I downloaded the map. Super! like that detail. Kevin

Hi John, thanks for the map. What year is it? The factory across the street from us was a sheet metal fabricator of some sort (Perhaps Britannia Works). I'll take a look at the larger map if and when you have time to post it. We lived at 55 frankfort street in a 3 story back to back, walking...