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Thank you Mike for looking into this, it really is very interesting I wonder why George Twittey was only there for a year ? The times I have walked down Allison St past the Brolly Works in the past on my way to work, I think the building is now converted into apartments. Best wishes Laraine

Hi all Does anyone have any photos of the White Swan Tavern which stood on Allison Street, or know anything about its history & licence holders ? Thanks Laraine

I have recently found out that there is a family connection to Martin Shaw & after watching Who Do You Think You Are the other night, it proved to be true ! My gt gt gt grandmother was Sarah Shaw, she had a brother called Joseph. Joseph is the gt gt grandfather of Martin Shaw ! Claim to fame at...

Just seen a photo of my late Uncle Don on post 285 ! Oh i love this website ! Laraine

Hi Brummieletts What a lovely suprise for you finding your two great Uncles ! George Twittey was from Lower Darwin St, Deritend having lived there with his wife Martha. George's family at that time lived on Garrison Lane. I think Thomas Twittey was living on North Road in Bournbrook, im...

I dont know if this has been posted before but its the War Memorial at St Basil's Church in Digbeth. My gt uncle George Twitty is named amongst those fallen, his brother Thomas Twittey also got killed in action but i dont know if his name is on a memorial anywhere else. Laraine

Jean, my Uncle Don sadly passed away a few years ago but thank Pete for asking about him, its nice that he's remembered. Laraine

Thanks so much for putting these photos on Ken, the photo with the group of 5 ladies where the lady on the left is drinking tea, well the lady on the far right Renee Cooper is my nan, never seen that photo before i love it. My grandad Cyril Cooper worked at Ansells too as did their son, my uncle...

Thanks again Sue & Lindyloo for your replies & for finding out all this information for me, im not sure what to think now about John W & whether he is the John Young im looking for as by looking at the electoral rolls in 1930 he is living with Alice Bick but if he was married to an Emily...

Sue thanks for sending me those death details, there is a good possibility about this one, ive just been checking out information on this John W Young on Ancestry, he was married to Emily with children & living in the parish of Yardley on the census i looked at, so whether that is just a...

Hi thanks all for your replies, the fact is, no one in the family knows anything about him, just that he was living with my gt grandmother Alice Bick in Yardley for about 12-15 years, Lower Darwin St Deritend before that. She is in fact buried with him having died 24 years later in 1970. All i...

Hi would anyone be able to help me find the death details for John Young please. I had a phonecall from Yardley Cemetary last week confirming that he was buried there on 31 January 1946 age 72 years. Ive trawled through Ancestry searching but there are no deaths in 1946 with the same age. Does...

Does anyone remember Lozells working mens club on Witton Road ? Pretty sure its not there now but i can't find anything about it anywhere, tried googling it nothing comes up. Laraine

Does anyone remember Lozells working mens club on Witton Road ? Well i think thats what it was called, if i remember it was more or less opposite the Aston Library on the corner of Albert Rd/ Witton Rd. I used to go to the kids Xmas parties that was held there, my grandad was on the committee...

Re: Alice Beatrice Bick / Twittey Its possible i suppose Sylvia but its just a gut feeling among the family that she was living somewhere else, i think we did check the address of her parents for 22/23 & she wasnt listed as living there. Put it this way, she lied:sneakiness: on my nans birth...

Re: Alice Beatrice Bick / Twittey Hi Linda Thanks for posting, i had seen that but its more the years 22/23 that interests me as she should appear on the electoral roll somewhere but we don't know where to start, why would she put Lower Darwin St as my nans birthplace if she wasn't living there...

Hi all, im constantly hitting a brick wall with this one ! Looking for the whereabouts of my gt grandmother Alice Beatrice Bick formerly Twittey in 1922/23. Her address on my nans birth certificate for Sept 1923 gives Curzon Place, Lower Darwin Street yet when i checked the electoral rolls she...

Willey if you wish to post it on here i would love to see it though really its just 105 im interested in as i know its no longer standing & im hoping there is a photo of it out there somewhere. But as you were saying you were born at no 200, my family eventually moved into no 207 & were there...

Thanks Jean that would be great Laraine