40 Coldbath Road Kings Heath

[Carol Kennedy]

Hello from Massachusetts,

I am looking for Electorial Roll info for the name Rawlins
40 Coldbath Road Kings Heath from 1920 onward.

Also White who lived at 119 Swanhurst Rd Kings Heath.
Thank you kindly
Carol

 

[ladylinda]

40 Coldbath Road
1920 Reubin and Alice Rawlins
1925 Alice Rawlins and a Charles Harry Adkins (abode 6 Trafalgar Rd Moseley)
1930 Alice Maria,Sidney,and Ethel May Rawlins
1935 Alice Maria and Ethel May Rawlins
1939 Alice Maria, Reginald and Ethel May Rawlins
1945 Sidney,Alice Maria and Ethel May Rawlins
1950 Alice Maria and Ethel May Rawlins

 

[ladylinda]

119 SWANSHURST LANE
1930 Samuel George Buffham and Norah Jane Swift
1935 Samuel George Buffham and Norah Jane Swift
1939 Samuel George Buffham and Norah Jane Swift and Elsie Cartwright
1945 Samuel George Buffham and Norah Jane Swift
1950 Samuel George Buffham and Norah Jane Swift and Barrie J F Swift
No White,I'm afraid, at 119 Swanshurst Lane.I didn't find a Swanhurst Road.

 

[Carol Kennedy]

Thank you very very much. That helps a lot.

My assumption that the White's lived on Swanhurst Road was wrong.
Mary must have been a nurse maid for them. now to search for a Denis
White, Farmer in 1935 - ha ha!

I appreciate your taking the time to help me.
Kind Regards
Carol

 

[jmadone]

Hello from Massachusetts,

I am looking for Electorial Roll info for the name Rawlins
40 Coldbath Road Kings Heath from 1920 onward.
Thank you kindly
Carol

I know this thread is nearly 11 years old but whilst working on my family tree today I came across the following picture featuring a distant cousin (very)
Originally uploaded onto Ancestry by Margaret House
The caption reads 39 Coldbath Road, on the back is written "George and dog" We're guessing this is George Forman. The shop was run by his aunt Alice Firkins nee Forman.
I wonder whereabouts on Coldbath Road number 39 was located.

 

[pjmburns]

c1954 map - red marker is 39. The island is at the junction by the Billesley pub.


The grey house with the door on the side is no 39.

 

[pjmburns]

It is actually 2 flats. Planning permission was given in 1998 to change the ground floor layout (including former shop) into a flat.

 

[superdad3]

Hello from Massachusetts,

I am looking for Electorial Roll info for the name Rawlins
40 Coldbath Road Kings Heath from 1920 onward.

Also White who lived at 119 Swanhurst Rd Kings Heath.
Thank you kindly
Carol

Hi, just a very small point. Swanshurst [Road] ie Lane is in Moseley rather than Kings Heath. Historically ie before 1912 it was in Yardley Parish.

 

[jmadone]

c1954 map - red marker is 39. The island is at the junction by the Billesley pub.

View attachment 161406
The grey house with the door on the side is no 39.
View attachment 161405

Thanks for you prompt reply, very good information. There is also a picture showing a family wedding at the Billesley Hotel which would have been handy for everyone from about the same era but I can't upload it as the file is too big and if I crop it it means cutting people out of the picture.

 

[pjmburns]

There are some instructions for resizing images withut the need to crop.

Uploading Pictures

I want to and have tried to upload a few newspaper cutting from 1968 & 1992 that will be of interest to you all but it just keeps telling me that they are too big and I don't know how to make them smaller, any help would be appreciated :))

birminghamhistory.co.uk

 

[jmadone]

Thanks to both pjmburns and Mohawk for the tip. Heres the picture I mentioned in post#9

The caption to it says "William's Index says it's the "Outside Billesley Hotel". This could be the Billesley Arms."