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On the 1871 census, Edith A, about 2, born around 1869, birthplace listed as Keyshorton - could be a mistranscribed Kings Norton - was at 175 Ledlaw Street Ladywood, with parents William, 35,a coachbuilder and Lavinia 33, and siblings Sarah 9, William 7, Clara, 5, and Frances 11 months, Matilda...

Hi Fiona, welcome to the forum. Is Child your grans maiden or married name? If it is her maiden name.there is a birth in Kings Norton, Worcestershire (then) in Jul/Aug/Sept 1868 that could be her. Will look at the census as well. Sue

I remember this Viv, patients either loved or hated it, well before the days of a telly per bed, some of the programmes on the radio were great, until the headphones broke! Sue

And don't forget on the Samuel Johnson theme, their new community hospital is named after him. And Lichfield people think themselves above the Brummies and Tammies still, hear it a lot from patients who come over from Lichfield for treatment, just remind them they don't have an M&S, works...

The enumerators who collected and recorded the details in the 1800's often made errors and also, because of the poor writing, some names get mis-transcribed from the original record, easy to see why in a lot of cases! I know the problem with the marriage, having the same problem with my great...

You'll have to be careful Frothy with the steps they are planning lol! Sue

Same for me with my great aunts, they had so many stories to tell about Stechford and their lives, just wish I'd made notes, but as a child, thought they would be there forever! Sue

Anne, that was a popular tale I think,the grandchildren of my aunts neighbours used to tell that tale, they were older than I was and I also used to be scared of walking past the house. In later years, my aunt said there was a lay who lived there whose husband had mysteriously vanished, she...

I'm quite pleased with my score of 9, as I was away in Northampton for a lot of it and we couldn't always get coverage. Thanks JennyannSue

That's the old Corpus Christi isn't it Bernie - post 30 - that was burnt down? Have some details somewhere of the fundraising and planning for the new church, dads family were heavily involved with the church. Sue

Sounds good, nice its not being demolished! Sue

Most of the big houses opposite the police station are flats now, they were wonderful houses, my great aunts lived at 331 and dad lived there from age 8. I used to stay with my aunts in the summer holidays, the house had a cellar which terrified me and the attics which I loved, so many trunks...

Thanks for that JennyAnn, will remember vthat to take mom anddad. Sounds like thinktank may have improved since we went, I was so disgusted with it, very expensive, less than 50% of the interactive items were working and all the toilets were out of use, if you went out to use the working ones...

Hi Brummiemummy, welcome to the site. Cordwainers were shoemakers of fine quality shoes as opposed to the cobblers who repaired them. They used to use the very soft leather from Cordoba in Spain. There is an area in London called Cordwainers and there is a college there that still specialises in...

Re: Fire at the former Ritz in Kings Heath! Sounds as if it was a complete destruction of the building, glad I wasn't travelling through there this morning, it even diverted the buses and was still cordoned off at midday my cousin tells me. Sue

I thought it was a great site, have to say the different fonts don't bother me as long as the content is intersting, but nearly missed the links. Well done Alan, I couldn't have done that. Sue

Nico, you should be fine walking that, but they are closing the one exit from New Street station from the 5th April, so would ask at the station, there are going to be staff to help direct people. If you aim for the back entrance of Marks and Spencers you are right by St Michaels. It's a church...

Thanks Mike, will look out for that and tell mom and dad, they enjoy this sort of programme. Sue

Re: Family tree research- Im stuck :( All begins to come together now....... well done Ladylinda, for perseverance. Sue

Brummiebell, have you looked on the free site, familysearch.org - there are quite a few results for that name, including 1901 census ones, all I put in was his name and birth as Aston, Warwickshire with dates 1854-56. Sue