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Even most of the grass has gone - great tracts of hardened soil where hordes hang out during the day - waste of all that work - may just as well tarmacked the place for the care the public gives it nowadays! Bri

Absolutely Magnificent interior! Great find Lyn. Bri

Bert, only just seen this. Father of a friends of my wife, came from Enfield - sent up to work at IMI (Kynochs), Witton making ammunition - they sent a core of skilled chaps from the Gunpowder Mills and Enfield Factories to set up a production line. Strangely his wife to be, was sent from Leeds...

Great pic Lyn, Looks like the boxes just have Mills Munitions Ltd, Birmingham? Maybe the captioner, misunderstood and googled Mill St? Mill St was an extension of Chester St, but the other side of Dartmouth St to Aston Rd North, backing onto the Canal, by AB Row. AS you say though - they were...

Much more decorated than when I left it in 66. I assume that's one of the infant classrooms? I went over to the annex for 2nd & 3rd year Juniors returning to the main school for 4th year. The annexe was just 4 classrooms in Stainsby Ave, off Gt King St/Smith St - just a few minutes walk one way...

Great choice of pics Lin! My neighbour in Little King St pre 1966 worked at Hampstead Colliery - used to come home covered with the coal dust ! My wife's Aunt lived at the back of Dents garage - she used to pop in for dinner when at Manor Park Girls school, and we lived in Birchfield 1976-1987...

Re: st marys chapel loveday st Lyn - there re no names listed [n the Burial Register - presumably the old area was dug up for foundations, etc, and any remains found were boxed up and reinterred. This would be the 'usual' practise at the time. It would not have been a Time Team type excavation...

Re: st marys chapel loveday st In Corridor 9 of the Catacomb at Warstone Lane are approx. 150 Coffins shown in the Burial Register as - ST MARY’S Reburial of Box containing remains from St Mary’s, Whittall St., Birmingham. All Burials occurred during 1952/1953 - No individual names are shown...

Sorry Smudger, Didn't realise you lived in foreign parts. Most of us would like to revisit our Parents with what we now know - probably still won't get the answers we would like though! Brian

For a few pounds they can give you an emailed photocopy of the Burial Register. If you are a member, you can view it yourself on the computer in the Birmingham & Midland Institute, Margaret St, between Council House & Great Charles St, Mon-Fri 10-3 in the volunteer staffed room, though they may...

Smudger - Witton Burial Registers have been photographed and transcribed by The Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry - check out www.bmsgh.org Brian

Just seen it on the Teletext on TV - Utter Chaos - Crossing Brum by car will be a nightmare, Town for pedestrians will be a massive building site for years - And we are supposed to be making great cuts S OUR city IS 'Broke' !

I have seen other who were there when I was there - The Parry's amongst them, who lived next door to Pembroke Playing Fields. I'll have to have another look through as it's been over a year, and I haven't seen the new material added yet. BRi

Lyn, many records are obviously missing - I was in the the Life Boys, never missing a week right up until I qualified for the 1st A Seniors, even travelling from Lea hall every week after we moved there in my last year - and there is no trace of me on the attendance records! Brian

I understand Sir Donald was the last Judge to hang anyone in Birmingham, yet he was a very religious person and involved with the People Chapel in Hockley and helped start off Kingstanding Baptist Church, both with Boys Brigade Companies. he was a legend in our family when I was young, with my...

Many houses were declared 'slums' and although a lot were demolished in Hockley, Planners soon realised they ere knocking down faster than they were rebuilding, so ceased demolition as they neared Lozell's and introduced the 'Envelope' scheme. Terraced 'slum' houses were Reroofed, had damp proof...

Cheers Mike - absolutely fascinating! Brian

The things some people do for a little profit and to save some work! Yet the Coroner said they were free of Criminal Charge - Not even obtaining money by deception?

Terry, Good chance that by 1897 Witton was undercutting Key Hill & Warstone lane for price, trying to establish a 'Council Monopoly' over the privately owned Cemeteries. Also many people considered KH/WL to be 'Church' Cemeteries, and prefer a more 'neutral' Council owned Cemetery. If the...

Great pics Lyn - Cheers! Bri