Month: November 2019

In May 1859 William Conroy was charged with inflicting a serious knife wound on Thomas Taylor, Ostler Castle Inn, Castle Bromwich. The Castle Inn was unpopular in the village due to the rowdy behaviour of its working class customers.

In 1883 William and Jane Bradley, of no fixed abode, were imprisoned for 14 days for begging in Castle Bromwich. The 1824 vagrancy act made it an offense to sleep rough or beg.

Mystery sailor killed after exiting train through window after drinking bottle of whiskey with soldiers at Castle Bromwich Railway Station in 1915. Sailor was David Bradbury from Walsall identified from found ticket and unusual tattoos.

William Albert Flowers was the son of John Chester Flowers and Harriet Barret who were the farming...