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Thank you Mikejee for the London and Birmingham Railway Timetable for 1841. My wife's maternal ancestors (Frosts) all moved from small rural village Cuddington in Buckinghamshire to live and work around the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter in the 1860's. They must have caught the train at Aylesbury...

Good morning Janice. On behalf of my wife, we would like to thank you for all your valuable help In finding location of her parents who were married 'the day war broke out' in Handsworth on 3rd September 1939. My wife can remember the Basons next door at No 26 and the Lees next door at No 22 in...

Yes the Industrial Revolution in Birmingham a very interesting period in history. The original Curzon St ,Midland Railway station and Goods Yards (on the map) in the mid 1800's was a hive of activity. This is now the site of the new Birmingham HS2 high speed railway station where they recently...

The National Trust look after the last remaining examples of 'Back to Back' housing in Birmingham near the Bull Ring and St Martins church. If you are ever visiting Birmingham it is well worth seeing how your ancestors might have been living in the Back to Back Courts. We have ancestors who...

Thank you Janice and MWS . Your extra information is very helpful. Yes we agree it seems that No 24 might not have been quite finished, as it was a 'new build property' on 29th September 1939. Which means that my wife's Mum and Dad who married 'the day war broke out' on 3rd September 1939 did...

Trying to find 24 Greenridge Road Handsworth Birmingham on 1939 Register taken on September 29th 1939. Most of the houses were new builds around the outbreak of WW2 and about 45% of other numbers were missing. No 24 is missing whereas Nos 22, 23, 25 and 26 were listed but UNOCCUPIED on 29th...

Again my wife remembers the name Tony Such in Research at Cannings. Her father Wilf Lowe used to work in the labs for many years and often talked about Tony

Hi Everybody (just found this site) Wilf Lowe, my father- in- law, worked at Cannings most of his working life (1933-1976) mainly in the Chemistry Dept and he knew Sir Ernest Canning. Later he specialised in Pollution Control Processes in conjunction with many of the well known companies in the...

In his book ,Prof Carl Chinn mentions stated following that as part of their attire:- '...they sported a silk 'daff' as it was called, twisted twice round their necks and tied at the ends. It was then called a 'choker' ' .. they wore flashy silk scarves' The mug shots of Samuel Sheldon in...

Did you watch 1st Episode of The Real Peaky Blinders on BBC2 last night at 9pm with Prof Carl Chinn? I thought it complemented his book 'Peaky Blinders The Real Story' very well. Made me realize how our family ancestors who moved from rural Bucks must have felt and why most of the children died...

Hi Everybody In 1986 I was working as a consultant sometimes staying in Busan (was orginally called Pusan probably during the Korean War). It is and was a major port in the south of Korea. One weekend when I had some free time I went up the local hill at the back of Busan and came across the...

Richard sorry for any confusion on my part. The initial success of early producing small thin gauge tin plate for items such as cans in the early 1800's in the Forest of Dean was to produce a low carbon iron (Fe /0.1%C) which is sufficiently 'malleable/ductile' to be hot rolled and subsequently...

I hope that you will be able to publish your book in Black Countryman in near future. Always wondered about the origin of the naming of Steelhouse Lane.

Once again Eric thank you very much for your excellent link and helping me to extend my working knowledge to the social history associated with my family origins in Lydney and Yorkley .Yes I am very interested in the development of tin plating and tin plate rolling in the Lydney area as some of...

Richard, I am very interested in early and later development of Iron and Steel Industries in the South Staffordshire areas including Handsworth which originally was in South Staffordshire before it became part of Birmingham which is part of my family history. In answer to some of your questions...

Hi Eric Thank you for this very informative link to the Forest of Dean History Society especially relating to growth of the iron and steel industry in the Forest of Dean. My initial specific interest is the early development of the tin plating and rolling industries in the Lydney area where one...

I have traced my family history back to iron making in Gloucestershire and Forest of Dean along the River Severn in the late 16th and early 17th Centuries. Then the family moved to Maddeley, Dudley, Sedgley and Bilston areas further up the River Severn . Coalbrookdale of course was the sight of...

I am starting to think about writing a personal history including favourite stories to relate to family and friends . I want to thank everybody involved in their contributions to the various forums because they have started to help me focus on specific times and places in early childhood and...

Thank you for checking the 1921 Kelly's Directory for businesses at 100 Vyse Street in 1920, much appreciated. Our Arthur Lowe (Sea Stone Engraver) on the 1921 Census put down his place of work as 100 Vyse Street. He was not demobbed from the Reserves after the end of WW1 until 1919, so he...