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Sorry can't help you with above request but noticed one of the names you are researching Wigget,i went to school with a Brian Wigget his family lived 3 doors away from us in Acocks Green.Jim

Hello Astonian,we lived in Kenyon St from 1958 to 1963 my dad worked at Cannings on the corner of Gt.Hampton St. i can rememember standing outside the Gothic pub on a Saturday lunchtime waiting for him to have a drink then we would jump on the 69 bus to Lozells then walk to Villa Park Via 1 or 2...

Is there anyone out there who lived in and around Kenyon St in the late 50s till the early 60s when they started slum clearence in the area,also did anyone go to St Pauls school on the corner of Spencer St.Jim

Many thanks Shera,do you know of there wherabouts after 1955.Jim

Would it be possible to look up the address of a Mr Harold Robert Winsor & Mrs Elise Winsor,they lived in Hall Green in the 1940s.Many Thanks ,Jim

Looking for any information of Elsie Hill born 1900 in birmingham she married Frederick Rooker in 1924 and had 8 children,trying to find her mothers name[maybe Lilian]and fathers name,i know she had sisters called Dolly and Edith think she also had brothers who were entertainers.Many thanks to...

Could anyone help i am trying to find out any information of a Harry Smith b 1894 in Sheffield ,married to Vera Gladys Bailey in Sheffield july !917,lived in Birmingham for a short time ,he had 2 sons Vivian & Derek.He apparently died in New zealand in 1921,trying to find out his parents names...

My dad William Houston attended this school during the war years,he left at 14yrs of age in1943.

They will always be pikelets to me,here in Torquay they are referred to as crumpets served with afternoon tea.Jim

A true brummie knows that a crumpet is a pikelet

Yes Nick it was at the Stratford rd end of Stoney Lane,i remember being taken there by my dad when i was a lad ,as i recall uncle Jim was deaf and you had to shout loud to get him to hear you,his stepson Pat Hubble was a bit of a local entertainer and poet.

I remember my cousin William [Bill] Grieve going to this school from 1957 to 1963 he lived at 664 Stratford Rd opposite the park.

Does anyone remember an old junk shop in Stoney Lane Sparkhill,my Great uncle Jim Houston and his stepson Pat Hubble ran it in the 50's till the early 70's

LEN,you have waited a long time for this,couldn't answer your call earlier bad signal,as much as this hurts me congratulations,will phone tomorrow.Jim

The Yew Tree Yardley

what was your mother's maiden name iwent there from 63-67

Can anyone remember the name of the indian restaurant at the Swan shopping centre Yardley in the 70s,it was underneath the Cavendish Night club on Coventry Rd.

Epn Electrical was a motor rewind factory it was behind a parade of shops coming down the hill from the Bittania pub on the left hand side behind the co-op by the traffic lights at tyseley hill.Jim

Has anyone any recollection of a newsagents called V &A Smith on Stratford RD Sparkhill by Knowle Rd late 40s to 50s.Jim

Has anyone any recollection of EPN Electrical Warwick rd Tyseley,i left school and started work there in 1967 they had a sister company called Goodyear Transformers.Jim