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What interesting comments veering from the complimentary to the derogatory. I also remember it and used it occasionally about 1976-78. What nobody has mentioned so far is that it was a hangout for "boy racers" who would hurtle around the inner city ring-road at outrageous speed. One I remember...

Hello Stephen, I agree with the comments made by MWS about the challenges with a common surname such as Green. However, if you have a look at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8C3-NFH you will find that at least two others are working on this family. They place Hannah as one of...

Hello Judi, I have spent the morning working on www.familysearch.org to find out if we are related. Apparently not, but I have expanded upon some excellent work previously done by others and now have a fairly good family tree for you as follows: James Lees (1760-1828) married Sarah (b 1780)...

Janice, How strange, as you may remember I am also stuck on a Frank lees, although mine is about 30-40 years earlier than Judi's. I will certainly join in the chase when Judi gives us some more information to work on. It is far from uncommon for a forename to be passed down the generations. Jason

There are endless variants of the "boundary" conundrum, apart from the fact that things inevitably change over time. When considering "Birmingham" itself it is usually reasonably clear what "Birmingham" means - where it was and where it is physically located. There are often issues with 18th and...

Janice, thank you, that is extremely helpful and pleasing that it agrees with Mike's suggestion.

Thank you. I will investigate

Thank you Mike, that is excellent information which I will pursue - particularly the Wood partnership. Samuel Grayson never married, so a forray into a Wood partnership may yield great information. But to answer your question - my late grandmother told me face-to-face (about 1970) that Samuel...

Samuel Grayson (1875–1920) was running a coal merchant business in Northwood Street at the time of the 1911 census. Does anybody please know anything about it, or even better have any photos? Looking at maps it seems logical that it would be at the north-east end junction with Livery Street and...

John Walsh-Walsh's Soho and Vesta Glass Works, deserves the greatest respect. It gave the Stourbridge glass manufacturers a run for their money and some of my ancestors worked there so it holds a place in my heart. I posted this potted history a few days ago on this board: 1816 William...

I have an update on the Woodward bookmakers of Aston. I have improved the genealogy and with the assistance of my son have found a period photograph. The four Woodward bookmaker brothers of Aston and Witton were: Charles George Woodward b 1898, married Florence Evelyn Johnson Sydney Thomas...

Hi Reelpro, I am on the case with some of my fraternity of glass afficianados. I have to admit that currently I am stumped. Percival Vickers in Manchester comes to mind - just because of the "P", but that doesn't feel right. They wouldn't use a Stafford knot either. Regards Jason

Sorry that should have said triangle, circle or diamond. There are bottle manufacturers all over the world who have used "P" as their emblem. Not just UK, but Spain, Turkey and Russia to mention a few!

A huge range of possibilities. I might be able to help you narrow that down: Is the "P" surrounded by a triangle, a diamond or a triangle? If none of the above, when viewed normally, is the "P" the right way round or is it a reversed mirror image? Jason

Hi Reelpro, Now you are getting to the nub of it. A sauce manufacturer would never dream of building their own glassworks, demanding enormous capital. Even Schweppes didn't make their own bottles - they initially purchased them from the Dial Glassworks in Audnam, Stourbridge. However, before you...

Pedrocut, you are of course correct about the county boundary. However, my research leads me to believe that none of the Birmingham glass manufacturers had any particular interest in bottle making. I have listed those of which I am aware in case anybody has a contrary view. However, I still...

Emma Jane Pryse is on Familysearch.org complete with a photograph at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MRHG-71Y

Mike, Excellent find with the sauce manufacturer. I would be cautious about assuming that the glassworks was a Birmingham one. I suggest it is more likely that a Staffordshire glass manufacturer would use the Stafford knot as their emblem than a Birmingham one. As I explained in an earlier post...

I also remember a very pleasant cafe in Needless Alley, but a bit later, probably about 1962 to 1967. My mother used to take me there while she hauled me around Birmingham on her shopping trips. I can't recall its name but if anybody has any ideas to suggest I am sure I would recognise its name...

I think that might well be the corner of Medina Road and Havelock Road, Tyseley. The architecture certainly looks familiar. But if it is, the contemporary title of "Medina Road, Hall Green" isn't right. If it is Medina Road, that is in Tyseley, not Hall Green. I am going to send this to my...