As a child living in Northfield before the War I remember Pigeon House Hill being known by that name. On the right at the top of the Hill was a very old house that eventually became the Northfield Labour Club and was reputed to be the oldest building in Greater Birmingham John S Sermon On 1/6/08 16:43, "Rob Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mike > It is a stretch of the Bristol Road South (A38) just below the Black horse > pub on the junction with Frankley Beeches Road, running down the hill > towards the junction with Steel Road as you approach the bottom of the hill > (there is a post office symbol * marked on the A-Z of Birmingham which is > roughly the bottom of the hill). > > It is an old name for the location and you would probably not find many > people who live in the area refer to it as this name. I was doing some > research on that stretch of Roman road a number of years ago which is how I > know about it. An old book in Northfield library mentioned Pigeon House Hill > but I can't remember the name of it at the moment. > > Hope this helps > Rachel > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Fisher > Sent: 01 June 2008 15:06 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [B'ham] Pigeon House Hill Northfield > > Hi All > > Can anyone tell me the location of Pigeon House Hill, Northfield. > It is on a postcard and google can't find it, but Travel West Midlands > mentions it. > > Mike Fisher in Droitwich > my family tree is at > http://mjfisher.tribalpages.com > 05602 868256 > > > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on www.freebmd.org.uk > , giving your contact details? Other researchers will then be able to make > contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on www.freebmd.org.uk , > giving your contact details? Other researchers will then be able to make > contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message