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Thank you so much, Mike. Looks like my great grandfather ran that shop most of his adult life "selling up" when he was in his mid '60s. My mother recalls him as hard working but comfortably middle class. Would so love a picture of the shop if anyone has one?

Thank you so much. That's great, John!

Hi My great grandfather William Pugh had a tobacconist and newsagent shop at the very start of Washwood Heath Road in the 1930s. This got bombed out in 1940 and he moved to Alum Rock Road. I was always told he was one of the first people in the area to have a motor car! Does anyone have any...

Hi Does anyone have any information about a newsagents / tobacconists / sweet shop called W Pugh right at the start of Washwood Heath Road in the 1930s? This was my great grandfathers hop. I believe it was bombed in 1940 and he moved to Alum Rock Road where it later became Markwells

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This is fascinating. I knew some of this but not all. John Townend went to WW1 and came back with medical issues which is apparently why Winifred Mabel Townend was born blind. I am in touch with her son through Ancestry. I came across the 1939 newspaper advert seeking out Florence Mabel. Odd...

That's fascinating. I learned some of this history from a grandson of Nellie's that I met on Ancestry (Chris) - but you have filled in some more gaps for me, thank you. Living in Melbourne Aus makes me want to keep my links with my Brummie history in Ladywood and Edgbaston alive. In earlier...

Pleased to e-meet you Bobbee. We sure are. My great grandmother was Florence Mabel Harrison, his fifth child and second daughter. I never knew her as she abandoned my grandfather in 1912 as a 5-year old.

My Great Great Grandfather John Harrison was an "Axletree maker" and ran The Hope Works at 144-146 Sherborne Street from the 1870s. They made axles and other components for hose-drawn vehicles and even motor vehicles before they went out of business in 1921

My great great grandfather John G Harrison owned Grice & Harrison at the Hope Works at 145-146 Sherborne Street and they made cart axles and did some automotive engineering after that. The business was established in 1858, the family lived at the works in the 1871 census, but by 1881 when my...