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My Great Grandfather and his father and other family members were all Hawkers according to census information I've gathered. I was aware of this as my Father has in his possession a payment notebook of his Grandfathers, he used to sell fish around Gosta Green etc. There's just symbols for street...

The design is loosely based with a Brum theme, check out the gallery ironwork in Highbury Hall second picture down.. https://www.birminghamconservationtrust.org/current/highbury-estate/ :loyal:

There's a couple of pictures and one is an aerial shot of that location at the bottom of this page.. https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/groups/birmingham on second thoughts that's a different location, but there's some good stuff on here non the less:loyal:

Thank's for that, sounds about right as i don't think he had it for long. Would be great to have a nose upstairs in that place to see if there's anything left to suggest it's former use.

Thank's Wendy, my Uncle was a great advocate of football in this part of the world, he was a scout for several big clubs and discovered Carlton Palmer, Carlton attended my Uncles funeral.

Just a bit of an update on this from my old Dad. He informs me that at one time my Uncle worked for SU in Edgbaston St and so did Gil Merrick who at that time was Personnel Manager at SU. When my uncle acquired the Cafe Gil Merrick gave some football lectures in the upstairs room of the Cafe...

Where was cattle slaughtered Bernie?, any ideas.

Bonus time at Ansells... https://www.macearchive.org/Archive/Title/midlands-news-27021957-bonus-given-to-ansells-employees/MediaEntry/1850.html

Inside HP before demolition, looks like there's been an explosion here but on closer inspection i think it's a painted on explosion:cower:.. https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/industrial-sites/16580-hp-sauce-factory-birmingham-08-07-07-a.html

A bit of a sad looking Gladstone Street Aston.. https://www.macearchive.org/Archive/Title/midlands-news-01041959-gladstone-street-birmingham/MediaEntry/2992.html

Cato Street.. https://www.macearchive.org/Archive/Title/midland-montage-24071958-cato-street-in-birmingham/MediaEntry/36052.html

Thank's very much Phil.

Phil, does it indicate what number or numbers the Express Cafe was?.

Yes that would be more like it, it was around about then..Thank's a lot.

Your sister appears to be the last Floyd buried in Warstone in 1952.. https://www.jqrg.org/page8.html

Thank's, not really. It may have been late sixties to be honest. It was the Deritend side though.

Thank's Dave, the Lorica rings a bell but wasn't that near Digbeth Nick?, i can't even remember what my Uncles Cafe was called to be honest. The shop called Digbeth news is at number 90 according google Street view which is roughly where the Cafe was.

No but nice info non the less, i think the building that housed my uncles premises are still in existence on the corner.

It had quite a sizeable dining area upstairs providing full dinners etc, with Digbeth coach station across the road i should imagine it would have been quite busy.

Thank's, hope you're ok. I think there's still a tool shop there...