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Hello Rowan, for one of our Heroes Joseph T Bott WW1 who gave all for us,,,the folks on here will do their bit,,,,, Joseph T Bott married Alice Clarke in the June Quarter of 1911, registered Aston volume 6d page 761, if ordering Cert. Ivy M Bott born June Quarter of 1912 reg Aston vol 6d page...

Re: farm stret Hello Ann, Best put the years that you want George & Susan Benton searched for and if you want other Census (1911) inc 1901 or Electoral Rolls///or both looked up ? Cheers John Y

Re: information on some1 who lived/died in digbeth 1970s-1980s Hi again Ree & Family, thanks for the update, The Dolphin Cafe was at 99-101 Coventry Street , Digbeth B,ham B5, the area is near St Martins(Bullring) close to City centre end of Digbeth which has always been a busy cosmopolitan...

Re: information on some1 who lived/died in digbeth 1970s-1980s Hello Ree from bonnie Scotland & Welcome, Could you supply a little more information about your uncle ? His name & age in late 1970,s might jog some folks memories of living/working around Coventry Street and the usually very busy...

Hi Ellbrown and good post showing there,s life in the old (Spotted) dog still, The pub has a long and chequered history so this new and welcome new habitat just adds vibrancy of modern format The "Graffitti" is very well done with superb artistic talent, no bad tagging eh! I hear (from...

Hi Sue,,yep seems the only 100% certain way but asking on here is always a good idea so leave your post to circulate on list so others may jog memories & come up with some Dangerfields, ps If you put "Dangerfield" in the advanced search box( top right corner) there are 8 hits(posts & replies)...

Hi SBS, probably best to obtain a copy of their marriage certificate as this will give you Arthur Dangerfield.s main details plus occupation, place married from and his fathers name and occupation, FreeBMD has Quarterly sections missing from 1952,,,can someone look up Arthur & Violet to assist...

Yo Maryt & good sleuthing fellow postees,, Just an addittion,, Lois N born 1933 would have been 20 in 1952,,, I think the Electoral(register) Voting age was 21 so she would not appear at Grandads address even if she lived there Or at her parents house, Cheers all John Y

Happyguy,,nice post,, this will be very useful for Family History searchers to link B,ham Civilian bombed casualties Another useful site on this subject is www.birminghamairraids.co.uk

Hi Mary, brave lass researching "Smith,s", equal to climbing Mount Everest (Without oxygen) The "Lois Smith" you mention may not have lived at her Grandfathers address,,or was not old enough to be on Electoral Register,, Lois may not be her "real" name ? could be a Middle name or a name she...

Hello John & Welcome,,hope you are not flooded down New Forest way, You,re certainly not flooded with replies yet,,thats unusual on this site, especially as you have some interesting Surnames (Kerrison,quite rare ?) but Fisher/Fletcher/Jones are in Surnames on here. Maybe if you could attach a...

Well said Phil, And with due deference to my friend Kandor (Les), a brilliant truthful article, A Blues fan that this Villa man respects. Last night a St Phillips (Pigeon Park to Brummies) a tribute was paid by many Relatives & Friends of OUR 21 so cruelly torn away from us on that terrible...

Re: 2001 death ? Hi Liz,, Check the records (telephone if possible) the Crematorium in West Brom and/or Check the Obituaries in "Express & Star" newspaper for 2001, You should get your info by trying either,, Cheers John Y

Hello Billbo, As far as I know the 2nd Btn Royal Warwicks Regiment were Fusiliers, front line riflemen etc so I can,t see how his trade (Annealer) could be employed in field of action (Unless tempering & rehardening bayonnettes?) Tube Drawer was (& still is) an all encompassing "Trade" to be...

Hi GazSutton,,,,,,,, Thank you for your posting which has jogged my leetle grey cells with a welcome waft of nostalgia,,,strange how certain smells can reactivate memories over so many years. I fondly remember your Nans shop on "th Lane" and the occassion that I as a nipper in 1962/3 collected...

Very sad and astonishing news, Rod surely was only early 50,s ? so this is very surprising news, My deepest regards for Rod,s family and his many friends from the early days on this Forum Condolences,,,John Y

Hello & Welcome Mary, I used to live in Aldridge 1973-79 but never heard of "The Grange" in any aspect (Mansion House ?)( Coaching Station) etc so could you supply more details of this W. Wiseman,,Male/Female Age 14 in 1908 have you 1901 census on this person? Have you looked at 1911 census for...

Hi Carolann, ,,No problem, its my pleasure to assist you to locate one of "our boys" to whom we owe so much. Historical Disclosures will provide you his complete Service Record & Medals List, their fee I think is £50 and will take about 6 months to arrive after you have sent the completed forms...

Hi again Carolann, your info as promised, Army Personnel Centre, Historical Disclosures Mail Point 515, Kentigern House 65 Brown Street, Glasgow G2 8EX Tel# 0845 600 9663, You will need to fill in a "Subject Access Request" and a...

Hi Carolann, WW2 Army records are at Historical Records Dept, Browns Street (I think) Glasgow, I will check out exactly tomorrw, too cream crackered to do it now, PS,,you will need to send off proof of your "rights" to even ask for your WW2 heroes records, How you are...