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Hi Radiorails, i was born in Brum but have been in Canada for 50 years. My aunt was a home child who was sent from Brum to Canada in1920 by Barnados homes. there is a site in Canada called British Home children which has great details of the kids who were sent here, including ship passenger...

My wife and her siblings lived in St Lukes road in the 1950's and attended Hope street school. Her maiden name was Eunice McConnell and she was there with her cousin Nina Mohammed. She mentioned Margaret Ali among others. Anyone remember them?

Hi Lloyd, thanks for the info on the fire in Lennox street. The person who is mentioned in the newspaper clipping with my sister Carol was Mrs Irene Caulkin so you are on the right trail for sure. The two kids who died were named Salmon and the fire was in a terraced house in Lennox street...

Hi Pete, my family lived in Sparkhill and Sparkbrook between 1911 and 1958. There was an uncle named George who eventually moved to Tyndale road, Tyseley. He worked at the SERCK radiator if I recall correctly.

I just noticed that the newspaper clipping is from the Evening mail, so I guess that would be the Birmingham Evening Mail. Are there archives online for this newspaper up to 1967/8?

Hi Maurice, we lived in Dolphin road, Sparkhill, just off St John's road and near Warwick road. I went to Percy road school in the 1950's. We had relatives all over the area between Stoney lane and all the way down to Tyseley. I did have an uncle Jack (John) who was born around 1892 or so and he...

Thank you very much for trying to find info on this. I thought that the Birmingham library might have a newspaper archive but as we live in Canada that is a problem for us. Hopefully, someone will remember this incident and post online. thanks again for looking.

Hello all, I am a bit off topic with this post with a very sad incident but it is worth a try anyway. My sister was with an other young woman who tried heroically but in vain to rescue two children from a fire in a terraced house in Lennox street, Lozells sometime around 1967. My sister was...

Any relatives out there, my Dad was Charlie Birch and we lived in Solihull, Yardley and Sparkhill

A.E Morton was my grandfather Alfred Edward Morton, he was married to Florence Foster and as far as I know was a moulder by trade. He was 32 when he was KIA. I dont think he was one of the "fighting Mortons mentioned,his father was also named Alfred,

Hello, does anyone know of or have pictures of Russell square, Angelina street please. Thanks. Charlie

Hi, I worked there from about 1966 to 1968, in the dispatch deparment. Eunice McConnell.

Attached is apicture of Exeter place. In the right hand corner of the picture you can see a brick building wiht a slit window in the wall. This was the back corner of Normansells main factory

Christine, see my replty to this thread. Charlie

Normansells had two buildings, the main 3 story one was on the corner of Windmill street and Exeter street and the passage ran around the back and into Ernest street.This building had lacquer shops and polishing equipment and also the offices. The other building was on the opposite corner of...

Hi Mike, I only knew him as Lennie but I would bet it is him.Benny Mills was a little old grey haired guy, looked one of the seven dwarfs and he worked on the 1/4 machines next to Les Truscott, right in front of the canteen stairs. He had an ulcer perforate at work one day and there was blood...

I think that you have the right Lennie Cash. If I remeber correctly he did leave to become an apprentice electrician somewhere.It would be an amazing coincidence if he ended up working with you but I would bet money that it is him. I didn't know anyone at Heath Street GKN so would not have known...

I started at Bradleys right out of school, I left school on a Friday in July 1964 and was working on the Monday. I went to Lea Mason school and the assistant headmaster, Mr Stephenson, knew Mr Clark so he got two of us into Bradleys.The other one was Lennie Cash, he only lasted a few weeks and...

:fat:The split die was a 3/8 Greenbat Universal, could run either solid or split dies but ran split dies most of the time. I trained with Douggie Matts on that one and also the other two machines that you mentioned.After Doug left Bradley's Les smith and I ran the 3 machines as we were both...

Hi Mike, Yes I would have bumped into you for sure as I went through the toolroom. Les Smith and I ran the 3 headers at the bottom the canteen stairs at the entrance to the barrel shop. These two pictures were of my buddy Les Smith sitting on the 3/8 Greenbat and the other is Les and myself...