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Thank you. I had no idea it was there and don't remember the Old Square. That's a great help.

Janet: I hope that you weren't disappointed after all of your research. If only I had been there more often when the old market hall was still there. By the time I was old enough to go on my own, it had gone. I'm glad my story gave you the inspiration to follow it up though.

I remember my mother taking me to Greys to get packs of stockings at 1s11d. That must have been when I was about 11 in 1963 as I had to go to Barwick Street for braces for my crooked second teeth. So while we were in town we had to make a diversion to Greys to get some new stockings for her.

On reading these posts again today (30th March 2026) I have had a flashback to when I used to be taken there by my mother. Haberdashery items (as I said she was trained as a tailoress in pre-war Belgium) were here favourites- such a suspenders for ladies' corsets as she was always needing new...

So is it safe to say that it ha gone by then? Or perhaps the use of the building has been changed?

Very true. Most "locals" do have an unofficial name.

It's almost as though it disappeared leaving no trace. Very odd as we have a date of it being there.

Thank you.

Sorry, I post that last post in the wrong place.

That was my next step to check the censuses. It sounds as though it wasn't there very long but if that's the case, it must have had quite a extraordinary "end" and that would have been reported in a newspaper. I have even been checking the property sales (some have been held in that particular...

I have wracked my brain and neither do I. PMJ: There is Wroxall Abbey which is between Solihull and Hampton in Arden. It was turned into a hotel but closed down last year. https://www.wroxallestate.co.uk/wroxall-abbey

If the magistrates sat in the public hall, the Seven Stars would be in the row of buildings across the road. Thank you!

I don't know if you are familiar with Poplar Road in Solihull. The old council house is still there and the police station used to be next to it so as I read that piece from the newspaper again, I wondered if the Magistrates could sit either at the police station or what we know as the...

Sorry, I jumped to a conclusion which is something I shouldn't have done. You are right, it could have been long gone by then....

Gosh! You have all done very, very well. Thank you. I think that sometime between 1888 when The Seven Stars public house was there and 1940 when PJ says Seven Star Road was built, the pub was demolished, I imagine. At least Geoffrey Martineau (of Martineau Sq in Bham fame, I presume) confirms...

Do you know if Cold Lands Wood is still there? On the map that PJ has provided and drawn a green circle around the cottages, I would imagine that's where Seven Star Road is now. I could be wrong though. I often am! PS Thinking about it. I wonder if Bryanston Road is now where Cold Lands...

Thank you. I have sent an e-mail to the local history part of Solihull library to see if they have any information.

Thank you. Aren't these old maps fascinating. No, I'm sure it didn't exist then. It could well have been named after the pub called the Seven Stars so I shall have to see if I can track that down.

Thank you, all, for your help tonight. I much appreciate it.