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Many of my ancestors were button makers, variously living in Lichfield Street, the Digbeth area and Lozells. What I find interesting is that as a child, living in Guildford Street, Lozells, when playing in the dirt in courtyards there, we often found shells with circular holes cut out of them...

OldMohawk has solved a problem for me. I now live 15 miles from Hay on Wye. In the 70s I was living in London but often visited there. I have been puzzled about where a particular bookshop was then but isn’t there now but now I know. Seeing the streets in Birmingham were I spent my youth and...

The electoral roll for the 30s gives Birds living at 2 back of 178. That is perculiar for me as I lived right at the other end. I did have a friend from primary school who lived up that way but can’t remember her name. The names on the electoral roll were Charles Albert, James Albert, Florence...

The name Birds of Guildford Street rings a very loud bell for me but nothing more than the ringing so far

Just found this thread. Cornelius Johnson a widower, married my Great Great Aunt Mary Ann Crompton in 1870. On the 1871 census they were living at the Porchester Arms. Living there with them was my Great Great Aunt’s son from a previous marriage, Robert James Moile and Cornelius’s children...

I have just discovered that I posted this after looking at the posts on the last page, not realising that this page was there. Despite the mix up I found it interesting to research my bit of the Street

The name of the family was the Martins. However, the house I identified was number 10. Certainly, from 1918 onwards there was no number 12, (looking at the 1918 and later electoral registers). It must have been between 14 an 10 where the wall and gate for number 10 was. How, why and when it...

Picture number 5 is at the end of Guildford Street with the corner at Farm Street. The photograph is a little deceptive as that part was level. Looking at my map, the yellow area is Eden place which was back of number 14. So I think that by the lower left corner of the yellow section, the house...

There is a picture of Evelyn Toon outside a shop which is probably it here https://astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/geachst.html

There was a grocers over the road from Paddington Streer

I lived at 26 Maurice and others in my family lived at back if 14 and around 23.

I am looking forward to those Trevor

That is the part of the Street where the Mansells (mentioned in the Burbury Street School thread - ref to the Astles) lived

A very strange coincidence: Family friends of my parents who lived in Guildford Street were the Mansell family. The parents were Herbert and Lily Mansell. They lived up at the top of Guildford Street (the 142 end) when I went to Burbury Street. Lily would often visit mom then. Later when Lily...

Your dad would probably have been in the year before me. I am sorry I don't recognise him from the picture; we would have had about 30 in a class. I am always amazed at how few people from the school go on line and how few photographs there are. The Harry Lucas School had little in common...

Great information Alan

That sounds likely Mike about them taking over Cockerells as that is the building I always thought my sister worked at. I know from my own family history that Trade directories were not always up to date. I had family members listed after they had died or moved their trade elsewhere. Lyn, I was...

Just found a 1949 reference in the London Gazette to Lingards Cothing Co (B'ham) Ltd, Hockley

I have just found the name Lingard associated with 27 Nursery Road in 1945. The name rings a much louder bell than Cockerell. Can anyone make any links to Lingards and Sewing?

Many thanks it looks as if it was Cockrells; many thanks. The name does ring a sort of a bell. Not from seeing the word but from the rhythm of the word