This was briefly referred to on the Aston Park thread by sh and Phil, but thought it needed a thread of it's own for easier reference...just been back through the 7 or so pages here and can't find one.
I was very pleased to find a picture of the very back to back that my granddad, (Martin Brislin) was born in, (or at least the front one).
His parents were Thomas and Bridget, who came from Ireland with Thomas's mother, Mary, (widow?) probably in the 1840's during the time of the potato famine.
I had this information from a census
79 Page 1365,
Bk Of 72 Staniforth Street, 1,Thomas Brislin, Head,M,48,,Bricklayer's Labourer,Employed,\- Ireland,,
,,,Bridget Brislin,Wife,M,,44,Button Cutter,Employed,\- Ireland,,
,,,Mary Ann Brislin,Dau,S,,17,Warehouse Girl,Employed,Birmingham Warwickshire,,
,,,Elizabeth Brislin,Dau,,,15,Glove Button Closer,Employed,Birmingham Warwickshire,,
,,,Catherine Brislin,Dau,,,12,Scholar,,Birmingham Warwickshire,,
,,,Edward Brislin,Son,,9,,Scholar,,Birmingham Warwickshire,,
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Martin Brislin,Son,,1,,,,Birmingham Warwickshire,,
66,73 Staniforth Street,1,Patrick Brislin,Head,M,60,,Bricklayer,Employed,\- Ireland,,
,,,Eliza Brislin,Wife,M,,50,Hawker,Neither,\- Lancashire,,
,,,Lizzie Brislin,Dau,S,,22,Brass Polisher,Employed,Birmingham Warwickshire,,
,,,Annie Roddy,Niece,S,,38,Press Button Maker,Employed,Birmingham Warwickshire,,
,,,Ellen Roddy,Niece,,,10,Scholar,,Birmingham Warwickshire,,
and then found this on a B'ham website showing that 72 Staniforth St. was still used in the 1960's.
Joys of living back-to-back-By Carl Chinn72 Staniforth StMrs Barbara Chambers and her four-year-old daughter Helena are looking out the window whilst her two year old daughter Zeena is watched over by a neighbour, Mrs Vincent, at 72 Staniforth Street in the early 1960s.