Recent content by frederick

Hi Lynn, From what you say about where you lived, did your house face Stoney lane and we would have our bonfire on that bomb site every year. As there were no bomb sites on the left coming from Ladypool rd but there were two on the left coming from Stoney lane.

Hi Lynn, Did you live in Leamington rd, if so at what number.

ploody, I do remember the TV shop on Stoney lane and Douggie Orde now lives in Sheldon very close to his sister Sheila. is Dennis Hobdy still with us if so say hello from me I do have a photo of him taken at a wedding. It looks like we are being told off, and I thought this was Birmingham history.

Banjo, I live to far away to attend, It sounds like you live close to the Birmingham area so you will know what has been done to were we grew up and how it has turned out.

Banjo, What meeting is that.

Banjo, I've been told that when the forum was hacked it lost all the photos and if you try to put the photos back on the forum won't let you.

Banjo, I have a photo with Dennis Hobday on it, if I remember he did have other siblins as most families did. I have got it now which house you lived in it was one of those big three story houses, and to people that sold shoes from their house was the Shepard's I have a photo of them and their...

Hi Banjo, I started at Clifton rd in 1948 aged 5 so I must be around the same age as you, in 1954 I was 11and then went to Dennis rd school.

Hi Banjo, The shop was call Hastings,would Dennis Hobday be the older brother and if you can remember his mother had a guytor on her throte. I think I have a photo with your house in the back ground, but you will have to wait for me to get back home for that. My cousin Graham Webb has a very...

Banjo, You are right the shop was number 64 and 66 is where Tany lived the other side of Grafton Grove. I lived at 58 so you must have lived oppersite me, you must have known the Shepard's as they were oppersite where I lived as you lived there the same time as me I must know you, you will know...

Hi Tanysgafell, I also now live in Wales, Pembrokeshire been down here for 30 years wonderful. I have very fond memories of growing up in Laemington rd and being in your grandparents shop all the time. I have just resently got intouch with my cousins that used to live in Grafton Grove after...

Phil, I didn't know that, was that about in 1957/8 mind you I didn't mind going I had got used to it by then. Going to work was something new and differant, and then I went back to school/collage for quite a few years.

Re: missing farther Thanks also to Bren for his research into the unknown for me, my head was in a spin when he put up that I had two older brothers and two younger sisters which I new nothing about. And thankfully for us all, it has been a wonderful experience and we all get on well together...

Re: missing farther Thank you all for your support and wishes, I would have liked to have been in the photo shoot but living over 200 miles away from Brum it was not viable to go all that way for a 10 minuet photo shoot, if I had have been there it would have been a much better photo of me I...

Re: missing farther Did anyone read about my story in the Sunday Mercury 5th January or in the Daily Mail or Birmingham Mail. My brother said the magazine "Take a Break" want the story my half sister is sorting it out with them Read more...