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One other thing I forgot to mention, the street is spread over two piece numbers and although it is the same street, one is spelt Brearley and the other Brearly. FMP brought them both up as the same street, which they are, but that's not to say that Ancestry will act in the same way when the...

Mr Zippy, I've just had a look at Brearley Street by address, but there are over 67 Courts, each with many houses, and a total of 447 addresses in what seems like not a very logical order. Needless to say I gave up as the lowest number I came across was 68. Maurice :cool:

Janice, Apparently Catholics officially relaxed the rules in 1962, though it seems it was mostly ignored before that date in recent years. Whereas the restriction in the Church of England was only completely done away with as recent as 2016. But, of course, this applied to churchyards rather...

You certainly can on FindMyPast, not sure about Ancestry. On FMP go to the Census pape, select the Census you want from "All Record Sets" (top right), and the page will come up with the option to select by Persons or by Address. Hope that helps. Maurice :cool:

No doubt, Mike, but I did warn him. :) But not as bad as Bournemouth Courts when I tried to obtain a copy of divorce papers for my daughter - they arrived over two years later after she had passed away - and that was before the pandemic. Maurice :cool:

Yes, I well remember the fainting new recruits, Phil, and that merely upset several others in the queue. Ha ha, they had yet to do the gas training :) But needle technology has much improved today and no one should fear dental procedures due to a needle these days, and most dentists use a...

Birmingham Archives Catalog here:- http://calmview.birmingham.gov.uk/CalmView/Advanced.aspx currently holds references to only 20% of their Archives. It doesn't find "Gas, Street Preservation Society", but has over 200 pages of items if you insert "Gas Street", and 27 pages if you insert...

I was told by Birmingham Archives, that they have records for Western Road workhouse from 1880 onwards, but nothing before that date, the time in which I was interested. My great grandfather spent his childhood in one of the forerunners to Western Road, the Asylum for the Infant Poor, for which...

My late wife got polio when she was 18 months old, and whilst she was in hospital for that, also got TB. She was in hospitals until she was 16. Maurice :cool:

That would be great, Paul, providing it is not at the western end of the island! We have no trains and anything beyond Heraklion involves a change of bus. If your friend is a scientist he'll most likely be employed by either Heraklion University or Hospital or Rethymnon University as there is...

Lynn, In my humble opinion, Verdi was not in the top half dozen European composers, but he did write a few memorable tunes. But most people can associate a tune with a memorable event, even if it was a sad one. I would certainly be hard pressed to name just one favourite, and if I could name...

Well I have selection already prepared for tonight, Lynn, so we'll give it a break after tonight - I'm not short of other things to do :) - so hear goes with another operatic piece........ First, Va piensoro - The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Verdi's Nabucco:- Next, secondly, from my...

Smudger, I've looked at a few of my old ones and the column heading says "Age". I have one that was 9 days old. Another one says 6 months, but none give a date of birth. Maurice :cool:

And lots of Greeks have cousins who are as closely related as I am to William the Conqueror! :) Maurice :cool:

We even had a Brummie Goldingay living out here in Crete 16 years ago, but sadly she passed away a good few years ago now. When I remember her first name I'll pass it on. Maurice :cool:

Let's start with the rousing Triumphal March from Aida by Verdi:- Next we have Khatia Buniatishvili playing Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 And finally, something a little calmer to end the evening, the Andante from the "Emperor" Piano Concerto by Beethoven Maurice :cool:

Definitely too late to change your ways now, Johnny. :) Enjoy! Maurice :cool:

Peter, I've lived in north eastern Crete, Greece, for the last 16 years and previous to that spent 40 years in Dorset, so my time in Birmingham, the city of my birth, was a mere 24 years. I think I've been to Sheldon twice in my life. so there are people on here far more expert on Birmingham...

Indeed, Peter, my life now revolves around them. At 84 I am unlikely to make the journey to the UK again, but the memories are still there. Maurice :cool:

Thanks, Lynn, I will try and do another set tomorrow. Maurice :cool: