Hi Sandra,
Can't help you much, and you don't give any dates, but when I was tiny, before WW2, I can remember my Mum's mum had two or three lodgers, one of whom was a Mr Musson. This would have been around 1938-1940, lodging at 57 Grasmere Road, Handsworth, and I think he must have worked nights, as I had to keep quiet so as not to disturb him. I don't think I ever saw him but I am certain of the name.
Peter