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Thank you so much Lyn. What a great find for my family history. If I had got in earlier I could have bought my ancestral home for £350,000!!!! But now it's sold. Shame!! It did apply for planning permission for conversion to 3 flats in 2020. But has now been sold for light industry. Is this...

Thank you for all your replies. If the building is still there I can come and see exactly where it is or was if it has been rebuilt. I really appreciate maps and Google map link and the numbering explanation. I must try to find a street name for where the family lived in Hockley on the 1841 and...

Sorry. Just double checked my Ancestors were at no. 7. Not fully awake yet!

My ancestors, the family of George Hope, lived at 7 Hylton St in 1861. He was a German Spoon Maker and his sons were in the jewellery trade. The 1841 and 1851 census just give his address as Hockley, no street name just a number. No Idea if this was next door to no 8 not sure how the houses were...

Next time I will look out for you. Hope we will meet up again at next forum meet. Carolann

I used the service this morning and was able to download my great grandfathers death certificate. This gave me his cause of death, place of death, address at time of death and who registered his death. All of this information was new to me and was not the story passed down through the family! We...

I spent another day in Brum yesterday. Started off with a visit to New St station to see Ozzy, waited to see him in action. he is really impressive and a real visitor attraction. We then walked up to St Phillip's cathedral to see the newly cleaned and renovated Burne-Jones windows, spectacular...

Happy birthday Carolann

Happy birthday. Enjoy your day. Thank you for all you do on the forum. Carolann

My husband received two of these scam texts last week.

Happy birthday. Carolann

Have you tried wob.com? they often have out of print books. i managed to get a book that was out of print that had members of my family in it. There is also abebooks.com. You can check on line if they have the book. Another could be Oxfam books on line.

Thank you. I now understand

I have never heard of rag pudding. What is it?

I hope no one thinks that was me. I am a retired Sociology teacher brought up in Sutton!

Neither did I. We used to play with old ones in my Nan's attic as kids in the 50s

I still have a scar on my elbow after falling over whist being chased in the playground of St Joseph's, Sutton Coldfield during a game of Kiss Chase. It was 1957/8 and I was being chased by Robert Hurley we were both aged 7 or 8 and it was great fun as a playground game. We got into trouble with...

I sent for and received my fathers National service Army records. There was no indication on them that he had been sent to Korea. He had, because he had a Korea medal. He never discussed his experiences. The only photos I have are of him in barracks and with the dogs he trained. I have no idea...

Beautiful Burne-Jones windows

Have a lovely day. Happy birthday Carolann