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Mike, Your a genius! I think you have just pin-pointed where my Grandfather was born and where he later lived. My Grandfather's birth certificate of 1889 shows he was born at 20 Bartletts Building Key Hill and his parents, my great grandparents, marriage certificate shows them living at 29...

Hi Mike, I've also found this entry in the 1881 census for my great grandmother Hellan Norman who is living at 20 Bartletts Building Key Hill. Is this different to the number 20 you've found and 20 Cop Inn Key Hill. Have you got a street map identifying each address? Phil

Here's another thread, for The Flat (local shops) which continues on from Park Road. The thread is titled "The Flats". https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/the-flats.5490/

Just to add another name to the Pub on the corner of Key Hill and Cemetery Lane from the 1881 census. See attached extract. The Pub's name was "The Cop". Can anyone substantiate this? I came across this when researching my ancestry, my surname is Bird.

Re: Land Army Girls Award Just to add another bit of history to this thread I've put to-gether a collage of pics showing my mother when she was in the WLA. I believe she spent some time in LLandudno during the war. She too has missed out on receiving the WLA badge, shame.

Hi Carolina Here's another photo of coronation day taken either in Park Road or close to it. I'm the one in the middle aged 18 months, in the sailors suit holding my brother's hand, who's dressed as a cowboy. No laughing please. Do you know any one else in the pic?

Hi Astonian, I see from your threads you knew the Fisher family. When I lived in Park Road one of my Dads friends was a George Fisher. He and his family lived in a terrace house like the ones in the attached photo (copy from one of Astoness posted photos). Would this be the same family you knew...

Thanks to all. I 'm surprised I didn't know where Little King Street was because I worked for Lucas at GREAT King Street from 1977 to 1993 then transferred to Lucas at Holford Drive, Witton. Once again thanks.

Thanks to all. I 'm surprised I didn't know where Little King Street was because I worked for Lucas at GREAT King Street from 1977 to 1993 then transferred to Lucas at Holford Drive, Witton. Once again thanks.

Does anyone have an old map showing where Little King Street was? I believe it was perhaps in the Hockley area, as Great King Street still exists here. Thanks

Does anyone have an old map showing where Little King Street was? I believe it was perhaps in the Hockley area, as Great King Street still exists here. Thanks

Hi Paul Thanks for the reply. Your reasoning could be true. I went to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment Museum in the summer, where I got most of my information from, and they gave as one possible explanation that he could have been in a hospital, and was later captured by German forces, died...

Hi All I was wondering if any one knows what could have happened to my uncle, private Harold Leslie WEBB, 5111390, 8th Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He died of his wounds between the 19th and 21st May 1940 defending the retreat of the B.E.F. at Dunkirk. Apparently he’s mentioned on the...

Hi Bowdler, I'm sorry but I don't know much more about Mr & Mrs Jefferson. Yes I think his wife's name was Else and I remember Mr Jefferson to be fairly tall and thin and Mrs Jefferson to be the opposite. Mr. jefferson was one of the few to own a car in the street. I think it was something...

To Mike and Phil Thanks to you both. The web sites are great. Both do exactly what it says on the tin. Thanks again Phil

Can anyone tell me when "Ben Hur" was shown at the Winson Green Rd Cinema. I can just about remember been taken there, with my parents, to see this film.

Can anyone please help with providing an old street map of "Snow Hill" (not Birmingham) and "Springs Mire" in Dudley around 1870's. I believe I may have some ancesters from these two areas. Many thanks.....Phil

Everyone seems to remember a bag of chips costing just 3d. I can't recall asking for "3 a chips" but "6 a chips" just rolls of the tongue, perhaps our chippie over charged or was he a better class of chip master? Our chippie was opposite Abbey Street in Park Road does any one else remember him...

I remember "two and a kick". We also called half-a-crown..."half a dollar"....because at one time there were 4 dollars to the pound. I also remember when you could get 6d o' chips with batters.. those were the days...how old I'm I ?

.........from the Oxford ENGLISH dictionary pikelet • noun a thin kind of crumpet. — ORIGIN from Welsh bara pyglyd ‘pitchy bread’ ......................everybody's right!