Hi Ken This has made me look it up, and on a current map it's not particularly short, but I don't know if it was longer. I will look on one of my other maps later - looking at the other streets there, they have all been re-built, so I guess you could be right. As Jan had grouped the streets together, Allison St etc, and Darwin was in with them, I thought they were all together, but Darwin Street is a good walk away, but still not too far from a railway at Bordesley. I will come back to you later, probably tomorrow and let you know what my other map has revealed. Pauline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Poole" <kpoole01@rochester.rr.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 4:53 PM Subject: [B'ham] Re Darwin Street > If I read the maps correctly Darwin is a rather short street, has it been > shortened over > the years? > Ken > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Neil Hearn" <neil.hearn3@bigpond.com> > To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 7:56 PM > Subject: Re: [B'ham] Allison/Bartholomew/Great Barr/Darwin Sts > > > > Thanks for that. I thought, after reading some of the previous messages, > > the area may have had railway workers, Irish immigrants or some other > > minority group living there which may help with their research. > > > > Jan > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Pauline Roberts" <secserve@wilnecote.fsbusiness.co.uk> > > To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 7:01 AM > > Subject: Re: [B'ham] Allison/Bartholomew/Great Barr/Darwin Sts > > > > > >> Jan > >> > >> What kind of things? The streets were full of ordinary folk, they were > >> not > >> wealthy places. Some of my ancestors lived in nearby streets, one was a > >> brass worker, one was a tailor. > >> > >> Pauline > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Neil Hearn" <neil.hearn3@bigpond.com> > >> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 2:00 PM > >> Subject: [B'ham] Allison/Bartholomew/Great Barr/Darwin Sts > >> > >> > >> Relatives lived in these streets of Brum between 1841 and 1851. Does > >> anyone > >> know anything about the folk who may have lived there then? > >> Jan > >> > >> > >> _____________________________________________ > >> Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > >> http://www.bham.de/ > >> > >> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > >> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > > > >