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The Giblin Brothers: Violence, Brotherhood, and the Fall of a Gang After six months of research I’ve just published the seventh and final chapter of my blog series on the notorious Slogging Gangs of Birmingham of the Giblin Brothers and their associates. The seventh blog focuses on Tommy...

Preview of Chapter Three – ‘Giblin Brothers Slogging Gang’ As I prepare my next blog post on the Welch and Walsh families, here’s a visual to set the scene. This is my own interpretation of how Brearley Street, Hospital Street, and Great Russell Street may have looked during the 1870s and 80s...

Hi this is the link - click here This take you to the front page of all my blogs. The Blog is a series of three Blog One - The Rise of the Slogging Gangs and what made children such as the Notorious Giblin brothers become such violent men in Aston & Birmingham (1850-1920) Blog Two - Kenyon...

Hi Blog Series: Birmingham’s Slogging Gangs – Part Three The Cunningham Family Just posted my third chapter on my blog series of the Giblin Brothers. This being the Cunningham family, an extremely sad tale of the life of Julia Cunningham https://wix.to/o5HKgSD Regents row image taken from...

Blog Series: Birmingham’s Slogging Gangs – Part Two Moran & Bates Families Following on from last week’s introduction post, this second entry dives into the lives of the Moran and Bates families—two households whose stories reflect the broader struggle faced by many in Birmingham’s Gun &...

Hello Eric, Once I have posted all my chapters over the next few weeks, I would be happy to share further information on The Giblin family. I have researched them for more or less a year now, so have an awful lot of information

Hello Lyn, Thank you for your kind message, I really enjoyed doing this blog and probably got a little bit carried away. It just seemed family after family were in such poverty that is no wonder the children turned out they way they did. Part one was just the introduction. I think you will like...

Hi, After six months of in-depth research into and about the families connected to the Giblin brothers and their notorious slogging gang. Following on from my two previous blogs, I have finally finished Part three, my research though has resulted in over 500 pages of writing, far too much to...

Hi, After six months of in-depth research into and about the families connected to the Giblin brothers and their notorious slogging gang. Following on from my two previous blogs, I have finally finished Part three, my research though has resulted in over 500 pages of writing, far too much to...

I have completed a major update to my Poverty Line Project, adding records for 48,829 individuals and 9,169 families for All Saints District. This now gives the website a total of 109,789 individuals and 21,141 families, that you can search and see what Poverty line classification would be for...

ah, was she a descendent of one of the seven families I found around Livery Street do you know?

Hi if you hover over mouse the word 'here' the link is appears, have put the long version below thou Cheers Andy...

Hello to all I’ve become completely immersed and fascinated by the story of the Giblin brothers, who became notorious for their violence and involvement in 'slogging gangs' (pre-Peaky Blinders era). I wanted to understand what drove these young boys to engage in so much criminality. There are...

Ok Vivienne thank you, although Mikejee has answered my question so all sorted. Cheers

Thats great perfect. Noticed you stitched them together for me, Thank you Mike. (Sorry if not Mike, but presumed is)

Good Morning All Currently working on Lower Loveday Street, and trying to number the buildings opposite the Hospital. Can someone check my numbering please and see if you agree. Normally kellys or Post directories with the census records, I can work more or less the order but as there are not...

I agree Richard, individuals don't choose to live in Poverty. Again and again the families I research into the story is the same, where they lived was where the work was. One of my blogs was the Councillor who complained that the poorer classes were in the position that they were in because of...

Strewth life was certainly not easy. Somebody on facebook sent me a 2022 map showing Birmingham's neighbourhoods by income deprivation that shows 30% are still more deprived. Similar to me, I can trace back to 1730s, where my 6th great-grandfather children went in two different paths. My side...

Finally completed my poverty line mapping for the 12000 households in the St George District. The map is building a picture and shows just how many families were living in Poverty in the 1880's. I have also shown a few examples and explanation of how to use the three new Poverty Line Group pages...

Thank you, its taken a few years to make but thoroughly enjoyable. Not sure if you have seen by blog, I post on various streets, using my data and research into various families and their occupations. https://birmingham1889.wixsite.com/birmingham1889 Cheers Andy