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    Railway engine fitter

    I have a ggfather who became an engine fitter around 1870. Any ideas or theories of what this might mean, I've guessed he was on the railway but this is just a wild shot in the dark. regards Alan.
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    Kellys in Acocls Green

    Hi folks, not sure if this is the right place to be asking this and if not then many apologies. Could someone look in a Kellys for Dudley Park Rd in Acocks Green any time in the late 1950's. The house I want will be occupied by a John Wild, solicitor, and his wife Minnie. Also Francis Cook or...
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    Union passage

    The 1871 census shows Thomas Burgess and family at 9 Insurance Buildings, Union Passage. He is an "ostler hotel". I know where Union Passage is, but anyone with a map or Kellys who can identify those insurance buildings or make a guestimate as to the hotel where he worked with horses.
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    William or William Edward St?

    Silly little query really but it matters to me. An ancestor gives his address in the 1911 census as Wiliam Edward St. That's what he wrote so I feel he was right. The cover of a book I am reading "Living Back to Back" by Chris Upson is a photograph of William St. No "search and find" facility...
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    Henry Moon & Sons Ltd Clockmakers

    Hi, I am chasing moonbeams, or at least a company called Henry Moon and Sons who were clockmakers from around 1850 to 1920 at Banbury St then Suffolk St. I am interested because three generations of my Lees family worked for them. Grandad completed 54 years then the owners called him in and...
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