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I trained and worked there as a registered nurse. Much was already derelict when I was there in the 1980's - 1990's. I knew they had turned part into apartments but had no idea about all those houses. If ghosts could talk!!!

Frederick Charles Wiseman was a distant cousin of mine. He was born in Handsworth in1862. He did OK as he left £6432 in his estate! Never married or had kids!

Many thanks Stokkie I am in touch with Samantha now on ancestry and have filled her in on what I could and come up with ideas for her to try, such as a newspaper request- slim chance but the Brum Mail might do it. Plus buying the Highcroft book. She did private dna but I have suggested sending...

I saw a post today on the Ex Highcroft facebook group asking if anyone might have had a photo of Elen (Nellie) Cowan who worked there as a daily domestic 1945 - 1951. She was born in Ireland in 1917 and died in Brum in 1951. It is her granddaughter who has never seen a photo of her grandmother...

That is brilliant thank you. My mom, my aunt, my mom's two best friends all worked here after leaving school The skills they learned were taken forward into their married lives My aunt, after her children arrived, made wedding dresses at home My mom, when we were in Port Elizabeth South Africa...

I have just had this conversation with my aunt on my mom's side I was at my dad's brother's funeral last week whom I had lost touch with The celebrant said my uncle had met his wife at my parents office I rang my aunt as she was at the wedding Mom and my aunt in law met working at Lingards and...

I am currently writing a short article about James Cook and the Pitman Health Foods history. I used to walk past the factory (by then no longer Pitman, from 1957 for five years on my way to Hill infant school. Later my mom worked at Lucas at Mere Green. I started my research in 2009 but it got...

No idea it was what someone else in the thread posted! I was researching some old Sutton pubs for someone who is writing a book will email you

Brumbirder is me Yvonne Moore!

I did a history of all the people who lived at the Duke Inn, Duke Street Sutton Coldfield if you are interested

Hi Janice Many thanks for your reply. I have checked both men again and agree about the Atherstone death. So far it is hard to link the other man to a regiment. I have played around with just putting T Mercer in but nothing jumps out as obvious! I hope you have some luck or bright ideas! We have...

Think we are looking at Thomas Daniel Mercer b 1879 Minworth Greaves S/C 1881 Minworth Greaves parents Edward and Elizabeth 1891 Tamworth Road Sutton Coldfield 1901Birchley Heath Ansley Warks father farmer Thomas farmers son 1911 39 Marsh Lane Erdington Thomas Daniel 31 farm bailiff b Ethel...

Have info on William Collett Goodwin RGA 109975 d 31.12.18 buried St James Mere Green The Green boys from Bruton George Edward Francis Jeans RWR 1/7th 268201 d 2.3.17 William Herbert Johnson RASC S4/042129 Edward Middleton Knott as already noted William Mercer kings royal rifles 9th A/1970...

There are a group of researchers - including a teacher at Bishop Vesey Grammar School, members of St James and St Michaels chuches (Mere Green and Boldmere), YMCA, Cricket Club, Hill Allotments, plus others who have formed suttoncoldfieldgreatwarproject. We are willing to share the work freely...

Tom William Green also on the memorial was the brother of Herbert William Green i have his details too their mother went to live with George Stanton in Mere Green in between 1901-1911 but I did not find the marriage think they must have met in Northamptonshire there are no other links for the...

Hi to Trish et al i too as part of the Sutton Coldfield Great War Project have been researching these names. we have a lot of research combing the Bishop Vesey School work Boldmere Church St James work plus several individual contributors. I have sent pdfs out widely and to the libraries and...