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Does anyone have a map of Graham Street please, i believe it was in Balsall Heath :)

Thanks Lloyd, i'm just going threw all my notes now, funny enough i know some of the Lawrences lived in Edgbaston after moving from thier origins in the lower class parts of the city so maybe they are linked, just wish i could find out which Lawrence it was. Would the Chamber of Commerce have...

Thanks for that Mike, shame it doesn't mention a first name for Lawrence, but i'll check it out and see what turns up for John Allday :)

My Uncle Bill lived by the Acorn, my mom lived by the chippy at 109.

Listed in 1855 Birmingham directory at 8 Mott Street, Jewellers.....can anyone find anything else on this company for me please, I'm trying to find out if it links to my ancesters who lived in Hockley and were all Goldsmiths, i can't find any other trade directory links for it, many thanks :)

Thanks Lyn, will go take a look now :)

Great Picture Lyn, thanks, i will be showing my mom them later, she grew up in Wheeler Street :) she has many happy memories from there.

Thank god there's some smart people around here lol

It could be mike, i do like that table though, don't see those around much these days sadly.

I'm just glad i didn't have to turn the PC monitor over on it's side lol lol lol

I am still staring at my laptop on it's side, hoping looking at it from a foot away will help lol nope, not working lol

Sorry Jayell, obviously as you can see i'm having a very bad brain day lol lol lol

How he got Chiropodist from that i will never know! i thought it said Char or Chief something, i'd be in serious trouble if i lived in those times lol

Wow Shera how the devil did you manage that, makes more sense then what i put lol think you could be on the right track! i only know for sure lodging, the rest well it might aswell be chinese lol

I tought my writting was bad! gosh Looks like first allowed in floor sitatuation as office Ennumerator would not access?? it says lodging and office but other then that sorry can't help you anymore Sharron :)

Oh they probably did Jayell, most of the pics i have of them they have an alcoholic drink in their hands, uncle Sammy and Grandad were real cases, always playing up and larking about, funny enough he was a Hanson, I see you are researching the name :) I hope so Lyn it would be interesting to...

Here you go Lyn..... As you can see there isn't much background, but to the left it looks like a wooden panel section, hopefully someone will recognise it, not that i'm saying your all alkies lol but i date it around 1944 as thats when Grandads brother married and his wife is in the pic so it...

My Nan and Grandads family lived on Gt Russell Street, Nan and grandad were neighbours and married 1947 at St Matthius, i've got a pic of Grandads Parents and some family in a pub i think could have been there, there isn't much to the background but it's got floural seats and curtains and looks...

Icarus that's fabulous, i'm sure her book will be of great help to many children, it is so hard for them to understand what is happening, I used to work in a school and we had a child aged 5 diagnosed as type 1, so sad, but he coped wonderfully and the other children were so good with making...

Many thanks for that Shera, Claire :)