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That’s great thank you, much appreciated.

My fellow local historian (Brumbirder) and I are writing a piece for the Sutton Local History Research Group (https://sclhrg.org.uk/) about the man behind Chess Magazine that was produced from Sutton Station. Please could we have your permission to reproduce the image in our document? We would...

Thank you for posting this picture of the Chess store. I have memories of going there with my Dad in the mid to late 1980's. He was a headmaster and I went with him a couple of times to buy replacement chess pieces for the school team. From memory, it was quite small inside and packed with...

https://sclhrg.org.uk/serendipity/artefacts/2505-sutton-park-pedestrian-gates.html?highlight=WyJzdXR0b24iLCJwYXJrIiwiZ2F0ZXMiXQ== One of the gates into Sutton Park off Chester Road is named after Saltbox as the (apparently distinctive) building was visible from there. From the above link...

Hi Chris, I appreciate your post is nearly 8 years ago but noted the names George Martin and Sidney Winkley. They are commemorated on both the All Saints Church, Four Oaks memorial and the Sutton Coldfield War Memorial in King Edwards Square. Stanley Ellison and his brother Douglas are also on...

Hi Graham, what year was this? My Dad (Bill Harrison) trained at St Peters in the late 1960's. He moved from Widnes to attend the college.

Here's the factory shown on mapping from 1957, the magnificently named Jaffarade Works.

I think you're right, the ages look right, it says mother alive and (I think) father unknown. They were at the Cottage Homes, Shenley Fields. Thank you so much for your help!

I thought I had. This is a bit complicated....I found a 7 year old Frederick Pagett living off Wills St in Smethwick, that's the address Rose gave on Albert's birth certificate in 1918. The head of the house is a Richard Pagett who I believe was Rose's brother (his age ties in with the 1881 and...

I haven't seen that. Need to look again, having trouble viewing some of the 1921 records again.

Had another look at the 1921 census, found record of a 3 year old boy called Albert Pagett in the Selly Oak Workhouse as an inmate. It says his mother is alive and he was born in Birmingham. Could well be Rose's youngest who was born in 1918. There is another twist but it's hard to explain and...

Thanks for this! I think this could be my great gran, apart from the age, there's enough coincidences to be her. Plus she likely told a lot of fibs!

You were right!

Thanks both. I spoke to mum again last night. She said her Dad never spoke about his upbringing so that's a dead end. She said Albert was the youngest so Walter could be older than Fred and the chap you found in the 1911 census could be the right one. Mum never met Walter, all she knows is that...

I have her marriage certificate to Barrett. The only clues I have about her being married to someone called Price are the details on her sons service record and the 1935 electoral roll. It may be she lived with James Price and took his surname but didn't actually marry him. I'm told she was a...

I can only look at the transcript and not the original copy of the 1921 census at the moment. Interestingly, it says her place of birth is Nineveh Road (though misspelt), West Bromwich. Rose's family are recorded as living on Nineveh Lane (Handsworth) on the 1871 census. I think they're the same...

Ah thanks for that. I'm currently struggling with accessing the 1921 census on FMP. I asked mum last night if she knew whether her Dad was actually lived with Rose as a boy and she genuinely didn't know. She said the name Price was familiar too. Anyway, digging through some old records and I...

Thanks for your help with this by the way!

If James T is the son, he'd be around 26 years younger than Rose, that's why I thought it might be James C she'd married as he was about he same age as Rose. Looks like you're right though, the family at Guildford St might be a red herring.

Ah I missed the Guildford St address too.