Looks like they lost the first Joseph Binns, doesn't it .. only to have another boy within the next year. Yes, those are the parents I came up with.
Pretty sure this is him .. no other male comes up with this name in the U.K. when you search with name only.
Just a quick look at the 1881 census .. could be that the grandfather had the Great Eastern in Dowry Street.
Where does it show that he was born, Retlaw ?
The History section in the Coventry library seems to have had some sort of flood and works going on there, so your friend could be helpful.
Have street-viewed the whole of Queen Mary's Road, and nothing there that would credit the name of 'house' ... however, they may not have been built before 1918. Think it may have been changed to Punjab house anyway (whoops .. hope that doesn't sound racist. LOL).
Thought about the Nori bricks myself Bob .. the father is listed as an Iron Works Polisher.
Mind you, (if we are on the right lines), the lad could just have had a sense of humour.
