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Having visited the NT Back to Backs yesterday, and having relatives who we know did living in such housing, I'm struck by the thought that back to back housing would have been built in specific areas of the town as it expanded in later Victorian times. So are there any maps showing which areas...

We understand from family stories that a family business was bombed in Spiceal Street during WWII. I can't see anything online in newspapers at the time. Where else might I find any information about it, and particularly the compensation that is said to have been paid to the owners?

I'm interested in a couple of Printing businesses in Birmingham in the early 20th century. What records might I find about ownership, for example, and where might they be, please? I only know of trade directories at present t, and they say very little.

We have a relative for whom there are no attestation papers and no war medal records, as far as we can ascertain. We have search long and hard! However, we know for certain that he was in the Devonshire Regiment at some point during WWI - we have a photo of him in uniform and a card sent from...

A family member recalls a relative, probably having the surname Partridge, having a shop in Washwood Heath Road in the 1960s or thereabouts. Can anybody recall any details, please, or provide a photo? Thanks.