Katrina,the reason is that my grandfather used to visit his sister who lived in a cottage on or near Spon Lane,her name was Vera.
My mom used to visit there too,i would say mid to late 40s,she says that they were definately rose's,so you see i am trying to find the West Brom connection,there was also a brother called James/Jimmy who was a well known boxer in the 20s,its strange that most of his fights were in and around W Brom