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thankyou for that, do you know if they had any special part to play in making parts for the second world war

I recently found out that my Father worked at T D Cross and sons ltd between 1935 and 1947 and would like to know more about the place, what they made and the type of work done there, all I know is that it was in Vesey Street and made cycles. So does anyone know anything at all, especially what...

Thanks very much Astoness, these pics are brilliant, as the street no longer exists I have been unable to view it, also many thanks to everyone else who put pics and stories on about Asylum Road

Thank you Rosie, have not tried the Archive at Smethwick yet, but will do. I had a look at the books available from the people at the Smethwick History Site, but nothing so far, will keep on trying.

thankyou for that information, it is slowly starting to come together, the daft part about it is that I lived in Galton Road until the late 70's, but of course at that time I was not interested in the history of the area, what a pity, it would probably have been easier to find out about it then

Thankyou for your reply, I was aware that the Church had suffered subsidence, the first time in the mid 1960's when it had some work done to stabalize it, and again a few years ago when it was demolished. The School was built in 1910 and I have an idea that Barclay Road, Galton Road and Park...

Hello everyone, I wonder if there is anyone out there that remembers the original Warley Woods Methodist Church in Bearwood, it used to be my local church and I have very fond memories of it, however I know very little about its history and would love to know when it was built and any other...

Thanks Moss, great to see more photos of the now infamous Asylum Road, I have never seen it in the flesh as it were, so any and all pics are most welcome, you certainly get the atmosphere of the place

Bit of a late reply to this thread, but my brother was born at 1b Raddlebarn Road Selly Oak in 1938 I always wondered why he was listed as being born there, but if it was to become Selly Oak Hospital, when did it happen?

This famous explosion was on 17th November 1870, and I believe one of my distant relatives was killed in it, either this one or the one at Ludlow and Co on 9th December 1870. Does anyone have any further information on these events, and does anyone know if there was a list of casuaties...

Thanks for the link John, very interesting

Thankyou Wendy and Mike, my Great Grandfather lived in Asylum Road in the 1870's with his wife and family, he worked in the gun trade. My grandfather was born in Asylum Road and until recently I had never heard of it, and then I could not find it, however I purchased an old Birmingham Map from...

thanks for putting the picture on it is the only one I have ever seen, interesting to see that it still existed in 1960

Thankyou both very much, at least I now know what happened to it, as with much of the area, demolished and built on.

You can order discs from www.midlandshistoricaldata.org the earliest directory is 1770 listing the streets and inhabitants of Birmingham, they cost about £12 and are well worth the money, the list if Directorys available are numerous.

Please please can anyone help, I have an address for a ancestor dating back to 1878 stating that he lived in Asylum Road, I know that it no longer exists, but what happened to it? was it completely destroyed or did it only suffer a name change?. I know that it ran off Summer Lane, it is also...