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Hi Big John, I was at Aldridge, What is your second name?

When I was young I used to play on the front of Davenports and watch the bottles being filled through the window. We lived at 3/21 Pigott street.

Does anyone remember the Ansells strike of 1980/81 or is this another Birmingham memory that's lost forever.

Hi, yes i attended Pigott street school from 1952/1958. I lived at 3/21 Pigott street with my mom dad and two brothers, Terry and John. I left school and went to St Thomas for a couple of months then our house was pulled down so we moved to Stirchley where I attended Wheelers Lane SMB. When we...

Hi, I lived in Pigott street for ten years, where Latimer street joined Pigott street there was a school for up eleven year olds called Pigott Street school. If you search on this Forum you will find it.

The rooftop playground was for girls, i think.

Yes, i went to St Thomas's in 1958/59 they had a great pottery class room.

Yes spot on, my brother has one of the brass squirrels that were fitted to the front of 1970s Dray. I have quite a few Ansells Argosy. ( a magazine that was given to the workforce every now and then) in the 1970s.

Hi all, are there any Ansells ex-employees still alive and kicking, it would be good to hear from them.

Hi all, Does anyone remember Brian's cafe, it was run by himself his wife and his sister, it was used mainly by Ansells transport in the 1970s. Great food and good company.

You could be right but i thought it came from ( the son of Han )

Yes my great great grandad was Joseph and my great great grandmother was Hannah Mobley. I'm sure our name is Hanson because I have had my DNA tested and a man contacted me from Denmark claiming we share the same ancestors, He is a Hanson. I have a photo of Joseph's son Richard who is my great...

What a coincidence, my great grandmother's name was Hannah.

Hi all, i am trying to find anyone who is related to the Hanson family of Kings Heath Birmingham. I understand that in the 1800s my great-great grandmother was married to two Hanson brothers, her first husband died, she went on to marry his brother, consequently there are two branches of...

Notice they haven't touched the old Ansells pub.

Yes, spot on, you see them little squares in the middle of the yard, well the the big one was my friends wash house and he used to store his Arial Square Four motorbike there. Been in there many times.

HI, yes i remember a family called Dawson who live in the top end of Silver street, not sure of the number though, my friend was Eddy Dawson, he hung around in Kings Heath park with lots of other kids.

I didn't see it because of the beer.