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  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Rea Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here, for completeness, we have the front and back of 54,55 Rea St, probably around the time of the 1880s map. The photos even show the...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Navigation Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Five houses in court 14 Navigation Street. Would be the ones in blue on the map below
  • M
    [email protected]. replied to the thread Birchfield Road Perry Barr.
    Thank you Lyn I could not find a picture of num 142 so have moved on to 58 quest street in 1956 to see what I can find
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Navigation Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Five houses in court 14 Navigation Street. Would be the ones in blue on the map below
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Nova Scotia street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Below are houses in Court 5 Nova Scotia Street, long gone. The map shows the court in blue, with what must be the houses in red
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread sheepcote lane with Appreciate Appreciate.
    How old Lyn?. Here are houses , including no 11 in 1961 and Funeral directors W.J.Gane from 1967
  • N
    No27 reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread D.N.A. TESTING with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Currently Ancestry won't accept raw DNA data uploads from other company's tests, so anyone with 23 and Me could download their data and...
  • N
    No27 reacted to williamjukes's post in the thread D.N.A. TESTING with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Ancestry does have the largest DNA database, and if you test with them you can upload your results to other sites for free - Gedcom, My...
  • N
    No27 replied to the thread Watton Family.
    Hi Macdog. We share the same roots. Edwin Francis Watton's (1869) parents were Edwin Francis Watton (1839) and Eliza Bowen; his parents...
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread sheepcote lane.
    In not sure. I just had it in the sheepcote lane folder
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Navigation Street.
    I agree they don't look that ol, but dont know how old the photo is. They could have been renovated just before WW1 , when a lot were...
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread sheepcote lane.
    How old Lyn?. Here are houses , including no 11 in 1961 and Funeral directors W.J.Gane from 1967
    • Ladywood Sheepcote Lane 1961 showing no11.jpg
    • Sheepcote Lane - W.J. Gane & Sons Funeral Founders 1967.jpg
  • mikejee
    mikejee posted the thread Nova Scotia street in Neighbours & Streets.
    Below are houses in Court 5 Nova Scotia Street, long gone. The map shows the court in blue, with what must be the houses in red
    • Nova Scotia Street Birmingham - Court 5..jpg
    • map 1880s showing court 5 Nova Scotis Street.jpg
  • S
    sally Harrison replied to the thread H Harrison Coventry Road Small Heath.
    Hi Yes . Harry Harrison was my grandfather and Victor Harrison was my father. The shop was 476 Coventry Road. My father passed away in...
  • S
    Stokkie reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Rea Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here, for completeness, we have the front and back of 54,55 Rea St, probably around the time of the 1880s map. The photos even show the...
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