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Most kind of you Shera, thought best to ask first as people are busy just now, but here goes Edward Martin born between the 8/12/1890 & 7/12/1891 joined the Royal Welch Fusiliers circa 1910 servied the Great war in the 1st Battalion RWF (based in Wrexham Barracks) and was still serving same...

Is there any kind soul with Ancestry subs who could do a look up for a WW1 war records/card for a individual who was a career soldier in the Royal Welch Fusiliers from 1910 to 1924 please. just asking as Christmas is nearly upon us and I know time is a valuable commodity just now.

i have searched for injuries & deaths for Montgomery Street & White Road and come up with nothing, BUT on the night of the 19th November 1940 (The BSA Raid) there were casualties in Grace Road, but alas no mention of a public house.

Exactly what it said on the tin... The rhyming slang linked cobbler’s awls with balls, that is, testicles. As was usual with such rhyming slang phrases, the first word later appeared on its own as a kind of half-disguised code, so cobblers! came to be used in the same way as balls!,

Q] From John Beaton, Australia: I am unable to work out the derivation of the rhyming slang phrase load of old cobblers meaning rubbish, nonsense, bullshit etc. Any suggestions much appreciated. [A] Just for once a phrase origin is easy to find and explain. It is indeed rhyming slang...

April the 6th was Easter that year Shera, hence all baptisms could have been free over the Easter Holidays... A useful tool for working out your holiday dates on your FH tree https://www.albion.edu/english/calendar/Welcome.html

How poignant David... MEMORIES” One half forgotten memory comes back by chance to you, And brings a wistful sadness, that could break your heart anew. Yet would you be without them friends, Those thoughts of yesterday, That sends a sunbeam through the clouds...

Steve, Wartime restrictions on reporting during the war were very severe, at most bombing raids and damage caused to Birmingham were reported as "Damage to a town in the Midlands" with no mention of the exact location, sometimes you can get an idea of the location from photographs in the...

Yes, I want a time machine too :-)

Just to let you know about the problems I encountered trying to get marriage & baptism records from Saint Mary's RC Church in Wrexham, The records they hold are not available for public inspection, the charges for the staff to do research at your request is as follows "look ups" are £5.00 each...

Thanks pmc1947, two great images, and just as I thought only half the fountain seems to have been restored, a great, great shame, there was enough room in the frontage of the library to have restored the Chamberlain Fountain to its full glory,I wonder what happened to the remaining masonry?

Not 100% sure of this, but I think this is one of the courtyards that backed on the Key Hill cemetery...

Dib44 Yes I'm sure Lyn is aware of that and its just a lapse of memory on her part, but then we have to remember that she is only a youngster. She probably is to young to remember in 67 there was no Centenary Square. pmc1947, it was a question, not a statement, hence the question mark...

Surely the wonderful image Lyn posted is Chamberlain Fountain also?

Great image, one I have not seen before... Those trees I am pleased to say are still there, gives you an indication as to where the church originally stood, not being a "Tree Man" they are quite impressive trees and I have always wanted to know what type of tree they are.

dave89. Here are a few images of Hingeston Street circa 1960. You can see the tarmac in the centre was to replace the road when the tram lines were taken up, not sure when that was, pre 1950 obviously, has any one got any images of trams in Hingestion Street? Dibs.

Thank you Suzanne for all your help today, brick wall well & truly taken down all thanks to you and Ancestry, must be really great for folk who have their ancestors in the smoke, what a great boon to genealogists having those baptism & marriage records put on line, thank you once again, greatly...

Snap. Just found that myself Suzanne... 911 census transcription details for: 27 Playfair Street Hammersmith W...

Then that was so, so lucky then, a truly eureka moment, we do not get many but when we do :thumbsup: Thank you kindly Suzanne. Dibs

WHOOOOOOO WHOOOOOOO B****Y Brilliant :) One thing about this wonderful site is no matter how much you think you know about FH research there is ALWAYS someone that knows a little bit more, over the moon fmtr, over the moon, sincere thanks. Onwards and upwards, I had been stuck there for over a...