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  1. JenResearcher

    Roller Skating at the Tower Ballroom

    Hi all! I am currently working with Bertz Associates on a community documentary about the history of roller skating at the Tower Ballroom. The Tower was opened in 1876 as the Edgbaston Roller Rink, advertised as the ‘largest covered skating rink in the Kingdom’. It was a popular and beloved...
    • JenResearcher
    • Thread
    • edgbaston reservoir edgbaston roller rink gay tower ballroom ladywood roller skating tower ballroom
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: BIRMINGHAM NEWS
  2. JenResearcher

    Mural, St Vincent Street West, Ladywood

    Hello, I'm currently researching local Ladywood history. I noticed the mural on the wall outside the parade of shops on St Vincent Street West, opposite the school. I was wondering if anybody knew anything about this mural - who made it, and when? There doesn't seem to be any information about...
  3. TonyP61

    Help Please! Any images of The Birmingham Guild on Grosvenor Street West, Sherborne Street or Ryland Street (1920s-1970s)?

    As part of on-going research I'm conducting into the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft / Birmingham Guild Ltd. I would love to source an image of the exterior of the Grosvenor Works in Ladywood. This was formerly the home of Hart Son & Peard and was taken over by the Guild in 1919 the site being...
    • TonyP61
    • Thread
    • birmingham guild birmingham guild ltd. birmingham guild of handicraft grosvenor street west ladywood ryland st sherborne st
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Neighbours & Streets
  4. S

    Beasley Blythe Street

    My mother was born at 4 Blythe Street and on her birth certificate her mother is named as Rose Beasley. No husband is listed but on my mothers marriage certificate there is a William Beasley (deceased seaman) appears. Can anyone throw any light on the Beasleys of Blythe Street?
    • Scibod
    • Thread
    • beasley blythe street ladywood
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: A - D
  5. fellowkev

    Fellows, William and Olive

    Hello, I am looking for anyone who may be related to the following: This is a wedding photo of my Grand Uncle William Fellows and Olive Henderson, married July 12, 1925 in St. Mark's Church, Ladywood. From left to right: Ernest Fellows age 21 (b. Aug 22, 1903). He is the younger...
    • fellowkev
    • Thread
    • fellows ladywood st. marks church st. marks street
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: E - H
  6. K

    Pubs in Bartholomew Street (Little Italy)

    Hi all I have just found my ancestor listed as a publican at 24 Bartholomew Street, Ladywood on the 1901 census. He is George Nutbrown. I can see from the census that next door is a lodging house and everyone in the lodgings are organ players/grinders from Italy, so I can see this is Little...
    • karenmurphy
    • Thread
    • bartholomew ladywood little italy pubs
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Pubs and Hotels
  7. C

    Coplow Street

    Does anyone have any memories of Coplow Street in Winson Green/Ladywood? My family, the HARRIS's, lived there from the 1920's to the late 50's.
  8. R

    Kirby family (between 1891 and 1911)

    I have only recently started to research my family and with the help of the 1911 census have found that my Great Grandfather James Kirby and his brother John Kirby spent time in Winson Green Prison. It would appear (waiting for confirmation) that they both had been in trouble with the police...
    • Ryan
    • Thread
    • kirby ladywood winson green
    • Replies: 99
    • Forum: I - L
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