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If you have News or other Events you want to post, THIS IS THE PLACE !!

If you have a question about this forum or any part of the Birmingham History Network, heres the place to do it!

Sub-Forums: General Forum Inquiries     Forum Updates     Help with Forum Problems     Forum Tutorials     Username Changes     Forum Practice Area

Links For History Based Podcasts

Whats in this months Carl Chinn Magazine

What books or CD-Roms would you recommend to other users of this forum? Would it be Brum & Brummies by Prof Chinn or do you have other ideas about reference books.

Genealogy / History News & Events and general chat DO NOT POST RESEARCH REQUESTS HERE

Do you have advice you can share with others researching their trees. You might have tips to pass on. Maybe you have a question you want to ask, or maybe youve hit a wall in your search. Please dont post surname requests here.

PLZ POST YOUR LOOK-UP REQUESTS IN THE SPECIFIC YEAR SECTION, UNLESS YOU WANT A GENERAL LOOK-UP

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Please post only one surname per enquiry and please make sure it is posted in the relevant forum. Note: You must include the surname in the subject line of your post.

Sub-Forums: A - D     E - H     I - L     M - P     Q - T     U - Z

Genealogy enquiries regarding a specific trade or business can be made here.

Sub-Forums: Factories     Shops     Public Houses     Misc

Genealogy searches relating to a partiular church should be posted here.

Sub-Forums: St Martin's Parish Records

Sub-Forums: Homes     Workhouses     Hospitals

If you happen to have your own genealogy website that is a focus on your own research, you can post a link here please.

Sub-Forums: Place Related Inquiries     Occupations     LOST FAMILY

Sub-Forums: Memorial Photos

Please use this section to post useful links to online sites & postal resources. Plz Check the links before you post yours?

Plz Enter Your Look Up Request In The Nearest Year Available

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Sub-Forums: 1858

Sub-Forums: 1845     1878     1879

Sub-Forums: 1849     1855

Sub-Forums: 1815 to 1840

Sub-Forums: 1841

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Links to various havens of research for Birmingham and its districts.

If you are doing research and need information, posts your requests here.

We have a few historic map sections of Birmingham which you might find helpful. Plz Post requests for help here. If you have map sections you can help other members with I'm sure they would be grateful!!

What was your first car, motorcycle, or even cycle!! What buses did you use frequently, and where did they take you? Post your transport topics on this forum.

Sub-Forums: Airports & Aerodromes     The Trams     The Buses     The Railways     The Canals     Coaches     Commercial & Goods Vehicles     The Car     Cycles & Motorbikes

Sub-Forums: Army Life 1900-1914     Sweetheart Brooches     Links     Photo Roll Call     WW1 Memorial Photo Requests

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Please use this forum to post photos of your family, friends, and relations, who served in WW2

Please Post Your Requests For Grave Or Memorial Photos For WW2

Was you in the Army, Navy, or Air Force. Do you have a story to tell about National Service? Heres the place to post you experiences.

Please use this forum to post thoughts of those that have fallen while defending our country.

Sub-Forums: Pen Room Website     Alternative Pen Room Website

A collection of photos by John Houghton& ColinB

What pub did you frequent, there were many in and around Aston, and Heartlands. There were some colourful characters that drank in them, we would like to hear all about them.

Sub-Forums: The Onion Fair

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Sub-Forums: Lucas Memories Home     Lucas Sports     Branch Works 3. 4. 5.     Great King Street     Formans Road     Grt Hampton Street     Lucas Transport     Lucas Children

Sporting History and Nostalgia Please do not post news or topics with regard to current events.

Post your memories here. From time to time we will use some memories on the mainsite.

Do you have a story to tell about any of the Brummie markets?

What are your memories of the great parks and recreation grounds of Brum

Sub-Forums: Public Baths, Swimming Baths & Lidos

Was it Woolies or the House That Jack Built that you shopped for household goods? Where did you buy your food, The Co-Op or the Home & Colonial??

Where did you work, was it a small factory in amongst the houses, the Gas Works maybe, or one of the bigger Industrial establishments. We want to know if you worked at HP or Ansells!!

Where did you live? who were your neighbours? tell us about your community.

This forum is for sharing your medical memories. Did you have a kindly old doctor? What old remedies can you remember? Herbal Medicine was quite popular although not always legal!! Some of the doctors were colourful characters too back then, and some were heros!!

If your searching for your schoolchums, or have a story of your school, then maybe we can help you with this forum?

This is the place to post your old sayings, and discuss how we talk.

We'd love to hear about your eating habits of years gone by, or maybe you have a mouth watering recipe of yesteryear you can share.

Heres a place to post the memories of your childhood. For some childhood was a brilliant time, a time of fun and much love. For others, it may have been a time of great pain and anguish. You may want to share your childhood here with us?

Sub-Forums: Aston's Pictures     Bob Houghton's     Catkin's     Di Poppit's     WallyB's     Greywolf's     Mayfield's     Mariew's     Stitcher's

Use the sub forum catagories to post your relevant pictures. Because of space limitation I will have to delete older posts weekly or monthly depending on the amount of pictures posted. Plz can you try size them so they dont go outside the forum boundries, if this isnt possible I will do that for you.

Sub-Forums: Your Family     Your Home     Misc Snaps     Old & New Brum Pictures     Life Experiences     A Victorian Photo Album     Picture Restoration

Post your own poems here. Please post only those poems you have written yourselves!!

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Please share all those wonderful stories your children told you, and dont forget the Porkies!!

Sub-Forums: Looking For Old Friends & Family     I Found An Old Friend

Post your Birthday, Anniversary, Special Occasions & Best Wishes here, it doesn't have to be another Forum Member it can be for anyone in your thoughts.

Use this forum for Personal Announcements

TV, Film, or Video share your thoughts with us here, of whats good and bad!!

This forum is for discussion of music. Recommend a CD or MC to our members.

Can you recommend a good read? Maybe or do you have a favourite book from yesteryear?

Did you keep pets when you lived down the "Old End" Do you have a funny or interesting story we might all like to share.

Sub-Forums: Bye Old Friend     Your Pets Pictures

General Advice post your queries here, hopefully some helpful soul will have advice they can give.

Have you got a problem with your PC, Mac or any other system for that matter? Post a message in here and one of our community will help you if they can.