Hi My family grew up in the Ladywood area and there's a great website for the area - or Brookfields as it was also known (Ladywood being part of Brookfields) and Summerhill is mentioned on it too. (Ted Rudge does another site on Windsor Green too). Google Brookfields and you'll get the following. When in Brookfields site click on 'Streets' and there's an A-Z of streets with personal memories from people, old photos. (below is the google link you want) Historically Brookfieldswas part of BirminghamHeath, a great expanse of ...BrookfieldsSchool Pitsford Street built in 1877 by the BirminghamSchool ... www.ted.rudge.btinternet.co.uk/id12.htm - Cached - Similar Hope that helps. I could spend hours on this site, brings a lot of history alive to me. Also, I left a message on the site re anyone who had known my family and got replies. (Hands up, who else knew that the film 'Cathy Come Home' was partly filmed in Prescott Street, Ladywood?!) Lesley ________________________________

On 21 Nov, lesley hampton <lesley.hampton1@btinternet.com> wrote: > (Hands up, who else knew that the film 'Cathy Come Home' was partly > filmed in Prescott Street, Ladywood?!) Was it indeed! My Wheway great grandparents lived there for the 1891 Census! -- Chris Pampling researching: BARRATT, DANCER, FELLOWS, GOODES, HOLDING, ROBINSON, TUCKLEY, WHEWAY, MAHER all in and around Birmingham/Smethwick, 1850 to present day PAMPLING Cambridgeshire - Sheffield, 1800 to present VARNDELL Wokingham - Birmingham, 1800 to present