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Hi Janice (@pjmburns) - sorry I missed this, I thought I had notifications for replies to this post switched on but I didn't. I really appreciate your detective work on this and you may be correct in your conclusion. I can so some more digging with the info you provided. Peter

A newspaper notice of the marriage of my grandparents reports that their wedding reception was at the Gaynor Rooms, Sparkhill. I've googled this and I can find no reference. Does anyone know where the Gaynor Rooms were? This was in 1931. Thanks!

Thanks @superdad3 that's helpful. However, if the birth certificate in, for example, 1842 says born "at Union Workhouse Kings Norton" I assume that must mean the building on the Green, extended in 1837. Yes, the family was from Northfield, but if they were assigned to the workhouse from any of...

Sorry for the late reply - it seems I didn't get updates for this! I do have birth certs. They just say this: 1842 at Union Workhouse Kings Norton 1847 Union Workhouse Kings Norton And the burial record for their grandfather says this (my transcription): 16 Sept 1844 St Laurence Northfield...

Thanks again Mike, appreciate it. This tells me where the Lombard Works was, which is great progress, but other than that 1879 directory reference I can't find any other mention of it. Does anyone know anything else about it?

Thanks very much Mike! Where did you get that map? And what year was it created?

My great great grandfather Henry Faulkner (1846 to 1888) was listed as a "general brass caster" in several censuses without further detail. He lived in Bishop Street South. The 1879 Post Office Directory clarifies that he was a brass caster working at the "Lombard Works". Does anyone know what...

I'm also interested in info about Grice & Harrisons Motor Engineering company. My grandfather worked there around 1920 as a turner for axles. Thanks for the catalogue image snellingj!

Thanks for the tip Janice

Hello bee! Yes, I'm very interested to hear the details. My own notes had supposed that Margaret Jones was his first wife but I had only guessed that maybe he had got together with Mary Faulkner before she had died. Thanks! Peter

You people are incredible! Thank you so much, especially Mikejee for the photo and Kelllys entries and Astoness for being so active on these forums. I really appreciate it! Peter

Does anyone know anything about this business? I can see they appear as Tool Hire specialists in the 1940s and that they were sold to Hewden Stuart in the 1990s. My father worked there between 1948 and 1953 and I'd like to get more information about what it was like then, where it was based...

Thanks for the picture diphort and for the info Ladywoodite! Now that the 1921 Census is released I checked my great grandfather and it shows that he worked for James Archdale and Co of Ledsam Street, so I assume this is the same place?

Thanks @MWS although frustratingly the photo is pointing the opposite direction so you see No 720 and down! It's great to give an idea of the look of the road back then but I was hoping for a photo that includes No 726.

I'm trying to find an old photo that might show J W Cook Grocers at 726 Stratford Road (near the junction with Formans Road). Joseph Cook ran this from at least 1911 to 1945 so it was around a long time. Today it is a hardware store combined with #724: It would be wonderful to have a period...

Thanks to both @pjmburns and @mikejee! @pjmburns I did see this Faulkner entry in 1871. Job Faulkner was not a sibling or aunt/uncle or first cousin but may have been a second cousin. His grandfather Charles had a son John in 1759 and my GG grandmother Elizabeth's grandfather was John born...

It's been several years since this thread but... does anyone know if records from the original location of the Kings Norton Workhouse (The Green location, before 1870) still exist? My GG Grandmother and her siblings were born there 1842-1847) and her grandfather died there in 1844 so any records...

...and Mary Oates, her sister, was informant and present at death

@mikejee it's interesting that 22 was a button manufacturer... Elizabeth Faulkner's (my GG Grandmother) brother-in-law was Charles Oates whose profession in multiple censuses was a button maker. In 1881 they were living in Lancaster Street. Maybe it's coincidence, maybe he got his sister-in-law...

Thanks for all your replies! The death certificate actually says "Back 22 Newhall Street"... so I am guessing this means there were some poorer houses at the back or in a close?