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Please do not worry PaulStaffs - it is good to hear at any time. 

That is fantastic news re the graves - I had thought that there might be graves there as through research I have discovered that Paul Cashmore and his brother Edwin were Beadles at the local church, and what was called Sidemen, maybe the same. 

A photo would be great ..... if the world opened up I could travel back to see, but I live in France.   

There were indeed many, many Cashmores.  For instance there is a famous William Cashmore of Newton Street, Birmingham who was a gun maker - in his case rifles I think - who exported to Australia.  I have yet to find a link to him. 

My Cashmores were all West Bromwich and bizarrely Newton Street (too) West Bromwich where they had a small ammunition factory producing pistols.  Paul Cashmore won the contract for guns for the RIC and worked with a man sometimes by the name of Pyrse - their guns - which they produced - go under the name of Daws guns which are famous - but Mr Daws only presented and sold them, he did not make them. 

Paul and Edwin I think both had patents for the guns they made.  And Paul presented gun as an award in shooting competitions which were recorded in the newspaper.  One of Pauls sons, also an Edwin, moved to Canada with his family.  I don't know Virgins End, but I have come across an address for Churchfield and for Old Church.

I have come across so many gun makers, even some of the daughters of my ancestors married gun makers - also locksmith - but I see a reference to a lock on a gun, so maybe the same.

I see your ancestor is a Mr Holland..... are we  linked in anyway?

Hi I have just spotted your message from 2018 and hope I may be able to contact you.  I have just discovered that I have the Cashmore family in my ancestry.  It would appear father, grandfather, and all the brothers were involved in the pistol trade and lived at Newton Street, West Bromwich.

Unfortunately I have not yet found a connection with the famous Cashmore gun maker from Birmingham as it would appear many of mine went off in the the Engineer field.

I am amazed that the property is still standing today as much of Langley, Oldbury, West Bromwich I know as been redeveloped over the last few decades - I was originally born in Langley.  My grandmother was a Cashmore.

If anyone has a list or any information on the actors/actresses at this or other local theatres I would be grateful.  My grandmother was a dancer before her marriage in 1911. Her name was Selina Cashmore and she was from West Bromwich.  I have no other information on her or her career, but I do know that there was a painting of her in her dancing outfit.