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I found a street in Birmingham called Cark Street. It was mentioned in the 1861 Warwickshire census image no. RG9 PN:2133 FN: Page:116 Does anyone know where this street was? Many thanks

I am aware that there is a Jennens Road in Edgbaston and that this was probably named after the Jennens family business of making papier mache products. I have been trying to find out as much as I can about the Jennens family because my great grandfather was told that his grandfather was...

I have found my 3xpaternal great grandmother at 2 Court, Upper Trinity Street Aston in 1851 when she died at the age of 39 from TB. Does Upper Trinity Street still exist or is it a demolished wasteland and if so, whereabouts is it? I have googled it but have only found this...

My great, great grandfather John Gossage was born in November 1837 with his birth certificate showing he was born in Bradford Street, Aston. I know Bradford Street is a very long street but I while I was told it was a court house that he lived in, I wondered if at that time, Bradford Street was...

When I was a small child which would have been from about 1955 (I was born in 1952 and lived in Shirley) my mother used to take me on the bus into Birmingham where we would go to her favourite place to shop - The King's Hall Market. I vaguely remember being taken around the indoor market and...

Today I had to go to City Hospital Eye Outpatients for a check up after a cataract operation on Saturday 5th November. While sitting at the traffic lights on the Hagley Road waiting to turn into Monument Road with the Ivy Bush on the right hand side and a building on the corner of the other...

I wonder if I could ask a question, please. I have tried to find the right thread and forum but still am not sure that I have found it so please forgive me if I have got it wrong. My great, great grandfather, John Gossage born 1837 in one of the court houses in Bradford Street, moved with his...

My great grandfather, John Gossage (born 1862) married Eliza Burton and lived at No 4 Albert Road, Kings Heath which was a provisions shop with an off licence. There is a large piece of open ground on Alcester Road South between the corner of Albert Road and Howard Road. It has been open...

My grandfather was a pupil at the Central Secondary School in Suffolk Street (he was born in 1895). Following his time at the school when he played sports and athletics, he went to work at Chamberlain & Hookhams. I have a few photos of him there and two of them are now here. I hope they are...

I wonder if anyone on the Forum knows of a pub that used to be in Moor(e)'s Row in Deritend/Digbeth areas. My ancestor, William Gossage, was victualler of food and drink there for over 20 years from the end of the 18th century. It wasn't a very wholesome place as the district was home to...