OLD WEST BROMWICH PHOTOS

hello,

       I hope i have got this post right have not done this before. I am tracing my family history and find they all came from west brom.

I have been trying to find out if west brom has a family history society but not much luck,

my father was born in brearly st in 1907 but sorry to say i know nothing about west brom can anyone help?

                                                                                                                                                                     chris

chris at 08:10AM on Feb 07, 2010

hello,

       I hope i have got this post right have not done this before. I am tracing my family history and find they all came from west brom.

I have been trying to find out if west brom has a family history society but not much luck,

my father was born in brearly st in 1907 but sorry to say i know nothing about west brom can anyone help?

                                                                                                                                                                     chris

Hi Chris, Yes we do have a West Bromwich Local History Society, I am a member, What do you want to know, This site is full of wonderful people who will answer any questions.

Cannot find and do not remember a Brearly St though,  I think more info is needed.

Barbara

Mrs Moreen Wilkes is, I  believe, the  chair on---

               bbrianwilkes@aol.com

 Hope this helps, by the way does Powys  have one as my paternal grand mother was once  a cook at the castle there?

          regards J.E.M.

j.e.m. at 11:34AM on Feb 07, 2010

Mrs Moreen Wilkes is, I  believe, the  chair on---

 

               bbrianwilkes@aol.com

 

 Hope this helps, by the way does Powys  have one as my paternal grand mother was once  a cook at the castle there?

 

          regards J.E.M.

hi Barbara thank you for your reply as I said I do not know west brom at all, the only thing I have got are the addresses of my ancestors maybe you will now if they are in the same area,It seems they all worked in the iron works.the adresses are

1907 brerley st my father, 1902 roebuck st my grand father. 1891 florence rd 1881 back to roebuck st 1871 moore st 1861 barton st 1851 bromford lane 1841 littleton hall farm house.I will send Mrs Wilkes an email ,

                                                                                                                      chris

hi j.e.m

  I am sure powys castle has its own history society i do not have an email addres for them but you could write to powys castle welshpool.powys.

                          chris

chris at 12:36PM on Feb 07, 2010

j.e.m. at 11:34AM on Feb 07, 2010

Mrs Moreen Wilkes is, I  believe, the  chair on---

 

               bbrianwilkes@aol.com

 

 Hope this helps, by the way does Powys  have one as my paternal grand mother was once  a cook at the castle there?

 

          regards J.E.M.

hi Barbara thank you for your reply as I said I do not know west brom at all, the only thing I have got are the addresses of my ancestors maybe you will now if they are in the same area,It seems they all worked in the iron works.the adresses are

1907 brerley st my father, 1902 roebuck st my grand father. 1891 florence rd 1881 back to roebuck st 1871 moore st 1861 barton st 1851 bromford lane 1841 littleton hall farm house.I will send Mrs Wilkes an email ,

                                                                                                                      chris

 

hi j.e.m

  I am sure powys castle has its own history society i do not have an email addres for them but you could write to powys castle welshpool.powys.

                          chris

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Hi Chris, still can't find Brerley St but some roads have vanished in the area although I have usually heard of them,

The other addresses are in 2 areas, Roebuck St and Florence Road are by the Motorway Junction not far from the West Bromwich Albion ground ,

The other 3 addresses Bromford  Lane, Moor St (in census as moore possibly) and Barton St are within 100 yards of each other near the centre of the town.

All these roads are still there at present although many have been redeveloped.

There were many Ironworks in West Bromwich last century and a lot of the houses were quite poor and often had several families in them, and a lot of them tended to swap addresses quite often sometimes by only one house number

I do have Censuses if you want to pass on names.

Barbara

Barton Street ran off Richard Street South it formed the Junction were the Rising Sun pub was. Moor Street ran (still does but for how long?) into Bromford Lane and Richard Street South,

i was born in roebuck st in 1925 chris,what was your grandfathers name

There does not seem to be a Brearly Street actualy in West Bromwich. I have checked a few old West Bromwich maps from around that time and asked an old relative who was born in West Bromwich and found that there was a Bailey Street in he town centre which might have been translated diffrently on the census form . I have however found a Brearly Street on the out skirts of the Handsworth and West Bromwich border towards the New Inns pub.