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I attend a spiritualist church in Birmingham, it has recently been donated a large framed picture from the Aston National Spiritualist Church, it was based on Six Ways in Aston and has lots of small pictures of what I would Sumer to be the congregation? I had never heard of it before, the style...

Can anyone tell me what Arsenal Street used to be like? One of my ancestors died at no.32 Arsenal Street in 1883 and would like to understand what the housing was like. Think the only surviving building there now is the Marquis of Lorne / The Roost.

Wondering if anyone has any recommendations for oral histories from this period - ideally I would like to hear people from Small Heath and Bordesley (especially those who lived in the back to backs) talking about their lives. It seems to be weirdly difficult to track these oral histories down...

Hello Brumies it is Shirley Kent here introducing my book WITTON. Witton is a fictional detective story set in Witton Aston in 1945. The enclosed pictures show the book. Inside I thank the Forum members for their help on several factual questions I asked. Checking on my own memory and being...

I'm writing on behalf of my nan Shirley Hare (previously Shirley Cooley). Her and my grandad John David Hare were the publicans of the Aston Tavern in 1970-71 and then of the Beggar's Bush. I've been trying to find news articles and pictures for a present to her but had no luck so far. Would be...

I'm hoping that I can tap into some collective memories of Birmingham between and after the wars. The family story goes that my grandfather, Fred Pearson (b.1908 in Heanage Street to Howard and Lily) had an uncle Will who went on run nightclubs (or possibly working mens clubs) in Birmingham for...

Please can anybody explain something to this dunce. The court system of housing I can understand-I think Number# at back of# also makes some sort of sense but when you get a mixture of both on one street how on earth do they all fit in? :confused:

All: Attached is a photo which shows the employees of a metalworking factory where many of my ancestors worked and lived. Indeed, several of my ancestors are probably in this photo but I don't know who and probably never will. It was taken on Hanley Street in Birmingham and the company was...

Hi I'm researching my mother in laws family. The Roberts family lived at 72 Tintern Road & 64 Upper Thomas Street, Aston Birmingham. Just looking for anyone who may have known the family. Mostly interested in Alfre Roberts who served in the army. I have found out a lot on ancestry but Alfred is...

Dear All I have a passion for the First World War and as an ex soldier serving with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers I wanted to create a electronic diary of the the events of the first world war. I created a facebook site to honour our fallen from WW1 for the Aston & Erdington area however it...

Does anyone remember any of the Tidmarsh family that used to live in Aston. My father was born Cyril Tidmarsh on Park Lane in 1921 and left at about 18 years to join the RAF at the start of WWII. He had a half sister Annie, and two sisters Beatrice, born 1914 and Edna, born 1923. His father, my...

can anyone assist me in finding some photos of aston sheds ? its almost as if the place didn't exist ! . there are a few very old ones but none whatsoever of the sixties when most of ex western britannias were allocated to aston , I recall the old sleeper fence at the top of holburn hill...

I wonder if anyone can help. I have a couple of Family Photographs from 1903/1904 season of my partners Gt. Grandfather William Edgar Juggins. We understand he played for Aston Villa and have one photograph of him in a team photograph with a ball at the front with 1903/1904 painted on it...

Hi I'm new to the forum and love old images of Birmingham. I'm a dab hand at Photoshop and wanted to blend the old and modern outside my work (Capgemini) of Aston Road North. I'm also looking for any more images of Avenue Road in Aston as people where i work would be interested in how it...

Im researching early Aston football teams and would like to pick up on a 2006 thread when the location of this football ground was described as being between the Bartons Arms (my local) and the Theatre Royal. Can anyone tell me exactly where it was, and whats there today. Would it be the police...

I am researching my ancestors and looking for any information on the Birch family from Aston. My 3x great grandmother is Emma Birch born: abt 1871 in Birmingham died: June ?? 1901 in Aston, Warwickshire, England. Looking for birth date, what was the date of her death in June ?? 1901 and burial...

My Grandad worked at the Co-op Dairy on Vauxhall Street, Aston for about 2 years. I'm not sure of the exact dates but I know he left school at 14 which would have been 1934 and he had a job somewhere else before working at the Co-op. Unfortunately, my Grandad's memory is not what it used to be...

I am researching my Harrison links in Birmingham and I would be grateful and interested in any information on the family: My four-times Great-Grandfather is Henry Harrison (1786, Birmingham and died 1864, Handsworth) married Sarah (1791, Birmingham and died 1856, Handsworth). Henry was a...

I am new to this site and found it through CC's Brummagem which I subscribed to after seeing a copy on my parents coffee table! Im a member for life now :). My family born and bred in Birmingham at least 3 generations back and then Ireland (Roscommon/Galway) so here i am looking for any...

I am new to this site and found it through CC's Brummagem which I subscribed to after seeing a copy on my parents coffee table! Im a member for life now :). My family born and bred in Birmingham at least 3 generations back and then Ireland (Roscommon/Galway) so here i am looking for any...