Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 8 Feb 1958
Place: Lodge Road, Winson Green, Birmingham
The body of a newly-born child was found in a canal at Winson Green on Saturday 8 February 1958.
It was first spotted by a woman that had been standing in a queue for coal on a wharf off Lodge Road.
It appeared to have been newly-born and was thought to have been wrapped up in brown paper.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Birmingham Daily Post - Monday 10 February 1958
