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Re: Alfred Henry Sewell Hi Barrie. Thank you so much. It has actually answered a couple of questions & confirmed a family story or two. Another family member lived in Branston St so that makes sense. Wonder why they never married. No wonder I couldn´t find a marriage for them. Apparently Alf...

Alf was born in 1874 to Thomas Sewell & Esther Crowder & was my gran´s older brother. Can´t find him anywhere in 1901 or 1911 by which time he was married to his first wife. The family knew her as Millie, but she was probably Amelia. he was an electro plater & as far as I know lived in...

Can´t help with the Roll of Honour but are you sure it´s the Mons Star that you have. My Gran´s brother was killed at Mons on 28th August 1914. I have his Mons Star which is engraved on the back with his name, regiment, service number & date of death,

Re: Baptism look up please Thank you Leslam. That looks like the chap I want. Marion

William Davis & his wife Sarah had their daughter Caroline bapt 2.3.1818 at St Martin. Am hoping that there may be some clue to father´s occupation on the original entry, because I think it may be William Davis who was a soldier with the 40th foot & brother of my 3xg grandfather John Sanders...

Adam Faith & Robert Horton (Flint McCullagh from Wagon Train). Wonder what happened to those pictures??

I actually asked for a scan a couple of months ago because my father died young of an aortic embolism. It turns out I have the start of one. It´s very small at the moment, but it will now be monitored regularly. Everyone told me I was being paranoid because of Dad. Thank goodness I listened to...

She wasn´t from Birmingham Leslam. On the 1851 census she & John Morris are living in Studley & she says she was born Congleton, Cheshire. Have found her baptism 7.11.1805 to John Thornecroft & his 2nd wife Amy Potts in Gawsworth which is betweem Congleton & Macclesfield. The surname Bindloss...

My Gran Esther Sewell was born at 3 back 35 Lennox Street in 1890. She was the youngest of 10 kids & orphaned by the time she was 8. She was brought up by her sister Flora Hughes nee Sewell & before she married, they all lived with Flora & Elijah & their children in Ninevah Road.

We lived in Primley Avenue & two of my oldest friends had their wedding reception at the Comet in the very early 70s. Sadly, she died last year, but her husband still lives in the area. Trever Hockey had one of the first flats on Castle Vale on the top floor of a tower block (can´t remember...

Thanks very much Leslam. That´s saved me a tenner. They are actually related through a cousin´s family & we have both given ourselves severe headaches looking for a birth for Margaret Bindloss until it occurred to me that she could have been married before. Happy to say we have now found her &...

Re: gun trade fatories Well,that´s my paternal family´s heritage down the pan. My 4xg grandfather is recorded as being a gunmaker when he enlisted for the army in 1805. He returned from the Napoleonic Wars & started up his own gunmaking business in Deritend, later moving to Newtown Row & later...

Please could someone give me the details of the marriage between John Morris & Margaret Binloss 14.7.1840 St Martin, in particular, fathers names & whether either of them was widowed. Marion

My brother bought his first house in Sutton from Dave Pegg. I believe lorna is still living in the Kings Heath area. People think I´m potty, but I remember seeing Chris Christofferson at the Jug when he was in Engand avoiding the draft to VietNam. He was a singer in those days, not a film star...

I was wondering the other day if anyone else remembered the Jug o Punch. I never missed a Thursday night there for about 5 years & have several vinyl LPs by the Ian Campbell Folk Group which I still play. I´m a great fan of UB40 too although I´m old enough to be the Campbell boys mother. Never...

Think the pork butchers near the Gate was Perrys. My Gran used to take me there in the early 50s. The dentist from hell was probably Warwick & King. I worked in Highfield Road for most of the 60s & spent my lunchhours wandering up & down Alum Rock Road window shopping. (never had any money) but...

Thanks Teresa. Am now busily exchanging info with Clarkie. My real interest is that one of Nellie Clarke´s sons married my Dad´s cousin Muriel Hughes. Suppose I´m just being nosey really, but Muriel´s paren´ts died before I was born & her Mum was my Gran´s sister, so I´m keen to find soneone...

Hi Clarkie. Yes, it certainly would. Ellen Kirby Clarke b 30.9.1875 86 Northwood Street Birmingham. Bit of a puzzle. She married John Babbington & they moved to Sheffield where Helen 1899 & Rosie 1900 were born Nellie moved back to Birmingham after John died & in 1911 is still Babbington, with...

Please does anyone have any memory of Ellen (Nellie) Clarke who died 1938 at 4back19 Alfred Street Handsworth. She had several children who would have been adults by the time she died,3 with the surname Babbington, Ellen, Rosie & Ernest, plus Lilian & William Clarke. There may well have been...

My Gran got a job at Faccinos after my grandad died. must have been the mid 50s. Don´t remember seeing a whole biscuit until I was about 12.