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Thanks Mike, I noticed a earlier thread of yours in 2010 that listed the licensees of the Legge Street pub which clarified things for me. It amazes me where you get all this info from. I also noticed someone else with the same interest in 6 Legge Street. Last year I had a DNA test with...

Thanks Janice. Life may have been harder in those days but they were never short of a drink. Frank

Does anyone have any knowledge of a pub at the above address? A relative of mine, Thomas Allen, appears on the 1851 census as being a licensed victualler at this address.

Thanks Lyn, I knew there were two or three pubs in Watery Lane but I did not know the numbers. Thanks again Lyn, Frank

I am interested in Alfred Alan Nicholls. The 1911 census shows him as a licensed victualler at 222 Watery Lane. Is this a pub?

Steve, 1A Albert Street was the RAF Recruiting Office. I went there in 1966 to join up.

Great photo Superdad

I used to live in Newton Road and so I know a few of the people in the photo. There are a lot of children in the photo, many more than lived in our road and so I can only assume that they came from nearby roads. The entertainment must have been the chap at the back with the accordion.. . ...

Sparkhill Commercial School was situated on the corner of Stratford Road and Newton Road. I think the photo is a kids party celebrating the Queen's coronation.

This is great. Thanks to everyone for all their help. This certainly gives me food for thought. It's amazing how the spelling of surnames changes over the years. Frank

Thanks for this. Now I'll start digging under the name Leak. I wish they'd have stayed local. It might have made tracing them easier. Thanks again. Frank

Thank You

I have a police whistle made about 1905 by Joseph Hudson of Barr Street. The whistle has been stamped C202. Enquiries with the West Midlands Police Museum show the collar number C202 was allocated to John Lake. John was born 1877 and lived in the Glebe Farm/Lea hall area. In 1897 he joined...

Maybe she had been sampling her father's wares and became a young alcoholic that needed rescuing.

Great work Pedro, where on earth did you dig this up from?

Thanks Pedro, Richard Davis was Bertha's father and the 1881 census shows him as a carpenter and beer retailer at 76 Highgate Str. I think he must have moved around the Midlands to get work. In 1871 they were in Tewkesbury and their children were born in Gloucester, Radnorshire, and Hereford...

Thanks Janet. That's a nicer way of looking at things

Thanks for the above. I'm learnt a lot about fallen women in the Victorian era. All I've got to do now is tell my neighbour that one of her relatives went bad ways.

Yes, the last of their children would have been 34 yrs

Thanks to everyone for their help. Pedro's report explains a lot. It appears to be a well meaning and caring organisation without a man is sight. I've had another look at the census and it shows 14 girls present at the home. Their places of birth included: Oxford, Northampton, Rhyl...