Moseley Meeting

After spending the morning doing the boring things like shopping and collecting gear from 6201 - Lizzy - we managed to get to Moseley for our meeting,
We had a great welcome from the Centre Manager and J, who were waiting for us and immediately started to show us round.  When we opened the pictures they were blown away and the men immediately went off to try and trace where abouts the pictures had been taken.  The ceiling was stil the same although modernised slightly and they managed to make out the pillars -

On this photo I have discovered that Grandad is at the back - not that you can see him but he is in the circle!!!

Although it looked totally different as you can see, it was recognisable and we even tried to find the half moon window but decided it had been bricked up as there was eveidence on the outside of the building of several window blocked up.

We then went upstairs to meet with the local History Society and gave them the photos and news clippings to copy for their files. Everyone was just soooo interested and it has made me want to renew my quest for more information about this remarkable man. 

 So this morning I have been researching the Manchester Ship Canal and found out that it was completed in 1894, a year after Grandad left to get married.  I found a few photos taken at the times -

Not the best quality but it shows what he must have been going through as a yound man -

Certainly makes you think!!

He must've thought he 'made it' when he became a postman and his living conditions and quality of life so improved after coming to Birmingham.