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Hi Lyn - this the Star & Garter you refer to? My Gran, Caroline Selvey, nee Southwell, nee Farmer), with step daughter Annie Savage (Nee Selvey) on the left, having a last drink with the demolition men - about 1964?'ish?

Don't see the point of the problem myself - The Council sealed off the Car park in Key Hill and put the land up for auction - still sitting there unused - but blocked off - including Cemetery lane - a former Public Highway and a legitimate place to park. All Birmingham Cemeteries are free to...

Cracking pic of the front of the houses in #472 - Very reminiscent of my last days in Hockley - There were just 2 families left, side by side with half a house at each end, all forlorn in the midst of a demolition site! At least we could see our house from half a mile away - nothing else...

Handsworth chapel was 'out of bound' many years ago, when the steeple started crumbling - it's about time the work was completed. It would still be worth while asking - when the work is likely to be completed and/or would it be possible for a short visit under supervision of the site foreman to...

If you are having no luck with the staff at Handsworth cemetery - who used to be quite friendly - try contacting Bereavement Services in Manor House (Office building next to Market Car park by St Martins)- asking nicely to be allowed in for a brief moment to look/photograph, etc. I'm sure they...

Stewart - there is only 1 memorial on the wall by the Public Graves in B. Public Graves were the cheapest burials available, but you had to pay extra if you wanted your name upon the memorial - which was made after all burials done and they knew how many names to put on it! The graves are only...

Stewart - from memory B 1791 is that by the wall? & P1951 behinds the Mint? If so - these are both Public Graves. They have been reused - some several times over the years, and contain up to 750+ remains (that was the largest we counted). If you are a member of the BMSGH - Birmingham & Midland...

Stewart, Section Maps, as well as a printed alphabetical of everyone in both Cemeteries should still be available in the Pen Museum, Frederick St, open 7 days a week, and 5 mins walk from the Cemeteries. WL maps are not totally accurate as The they are the theoretical positioning of graves...

It is a poor print - The Original Spring Water baths, George St, Balsall Heath. Opening announced by Mrs Smith 27 May 1865 Hope this helps Brian

Re: little bromage hospital Little Bromwich hospital is on Yardley Green Road, diagonally opposite the back of Eat Birmingham Hospital. Later called Yardley Green Hospital, it has been used for Geriatric and Mental Health patients - it was part of the Mental Health Trust back in 1996-200 when I...

Cheers Dave - Great memorial. My Grans 1st husband was killed Aug 1918 in the R.A.M.C. Very high casualty rate foe the Corps considering the role. Brian

Belgrave - do you mean us Brummies puting 2 'L' s in it? We do that with a lot of words - some I' best not mention - it's obviously our verbal 'eritage - like no 'H''s!!!!!!!!!

Key Hill Vaults - left hand edge near the sloping path behind the Petrol Stn. H14 on left, H13, H12, H11 on right - Vault Numbers are visible chalked above them but has now been washed off with rain. post 711 page 48

p36 pic 526 shows the cemetery as was - the bunch of trees in the centre (now gone) are where the semi circle of grass is in front of the h/G wall. It shows the main part of the section L catacomb wall with it's doorways.

Pic 366 shows the H/G headstones on the wall - the actual vaults are below the wall - the soil are are where the 950's publics are. Brian

Sorry Leslam, Judy, I knew there was a map and possibly pics on here somewhere - Usually Leslam knows where better than me - younger brain! I found it here on the Key Hill Cemetery thread, (this thread), No. 11 (Can't see a hash on my keyboard!). I'm sure there are pics as well - buried...

Wendy, According to my Church guide book (about 5+ years old now), there are 5 windows in the South Aisle - all 'bested viewed on a sunny day'. The last (5th) is the risen Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene on the first Easter morning. It was given in memory of George and Mary Paerks(?!) of...

Hi Judy, I no longer have all the papers I had when I was in the Friends, left them in the cemetery for those who followed on, but the Catacombs in Key Hill are, as you may recall, all in a long line at ground level (unlike WL where they are in a tiered horseshoe shape) - although the earlier...

Hi Rosie, Hope your Surgery was effective and not too much trouble. I only pop in occasionally nowadays if I'm passing and have time, but usually go through both and out the other end! Finally managed to work on my own family tree, using Ancestry and have gone wide as well as up/down, but not...

Hi Rosie, Virtually 3 whole rows were excavated - all graves were done within the affected area, and all remains cremated at Yardley, and returned for reburial above the Catacombs. Sadly the cheapskates went through the Grave Deed Register - which list the owners of graves, and should contain...