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Fantastic - I'll email in a bit!

I reckon Mark? How are you?

Are you one of my cousins - Sheila & Len's kids?

Thanks Mike - so if we looked at a map of the junction of Pretoria Rd and Bordeseley Green, whereabouts would be No. 451. I used to go to Pretoria Rd most weeks in the late 50's to 60's but cant remember a Plumleys

My dear old Mom - 94 with moderate dementia asked us to get a toe post from Plumleys - directly after mentioning that she met Mrs (somebody) coming out of her house in Pretoria Road, Bordesley Green (Mom left there in 1950). Was there a Plumbleys in Bordeseley Green? Likely a hardware shop. A...

Same problem - an 1821 burial citing Belmont Village as the address - an 1814 baptism and then another in 1832 for the same family show Watery Lane which is quite near. The burial was at St Marys (a chapelry of St Martins) whereas the 2 baps are under St Martins

I remember as a late teenager going into a New St show repair shop and asking the lady "do you sell segs?" The look I got!

See thread under Birmingham womens Hospital - closed records may be accessible but possibly not in person as you might see other adjacent records - The archive offer a research service

Response from the archive: You are able to submit a ‘Closed Records Research Request.’ There is a charge for this service of £16.80 per half an hour and evidence of death of all individuals involved must be provided. The charge is for the search alone and cannot be refunded once a search has...

Had a reply from Birmingham Archives to contact them regarding record access inside the 100 year closure - in my case, the lady and her 3 husbands are all deceased as are 2 out of her 3 children - the remaining child suffers from severe dementia and has no info - I'm hoping that the closure may...

Found this on TNA site: Collections Number Description Held by Reference Further information 1 1871-1968: minutes, annual reports, registers of patients and staff Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service HC/WH NRA 42383 Birmingham HW

Picking up the thread on the Showells Lane womens hospital, just found my Nan was a patient on the 1939 register.Was the hospital just gynaecology at that time? Nan wasnt pregnant at the time as far as I know. Does anyone know offhand where the records might be? Kew?

Alice Elizabeth Cooksey born 1874 Tipton first married William Henry Taylor 1893 in Deritend and then John James Knight in St Basils, Aston in 1910

My rellies ran a coal yard in Glover St in the late 1800's - its off Watery Lane and runs right alongside the cut

Happy Birthday Eric! Dad (Ken or Kenny) Knight) is sadly no longer with us but Mom was also 94 on Saturday!

So as the other side from where we are looking was not South View, is it likely that the 2nd house in (to the right of the plaque) was no.2 or wasnt numbering as simple as that? If it was, that was the house where my dad lived from 1929 to at least 1935.

That's brilliant, thank you. I have blown the picture up and the words "south view" can be seen on the white plaque. Would these be back to backs with the 4 windows facing Vicarage Rd being 2 houses as otherwise these are very substantial properties

Trying to identify where South View, Vicarage Rd, Aston would have been. Dad born there 1929 and trying to work out which school he would have gone to. Between 1935 and 1939, they moved to Audley Rd and looking for school records there too Thanks

Any joy on these photos? My dad moved to Audley Rd sometime between 1935 and 1939 according to electoral rolls and being born in 1929, would surely have attended there? Thnx

As a matter of interest, what was the best thing before sliced bread?