Recent content by Alberta

Happy birthday Lyn. Have a great day.:)

Weight restriction 7.5T. on Water Orton bridge. Most of the problems on the bridge are from people, whose vehicles are too wide, trying to cross. Incidently when you cross look at the river on your left and there is often a beautiful white Egret sitting on the bank. The bridge on the 4114...

Some great posts of days gone by. We have just had a new car, it reads road signs and pings if you exceed the limit, if you get too close to the car in front it has a red character of a red car crashing, it tells you to check your tyre pressure ,it tells you how many miles you can do with the...

Erics funeral will be held at Woodlands Cemetery, Birmingham road, Coleshill , B46 1DP on Tuesday 21st October at 2pm.

I am sorry to tell all members that the lovely Eric , a longstanding member of BHF has passed away. Lyn/Astoness noticed he hadn't posted for a while and asked if i could see if he was OK. I knocked the neighbours door today and he told me the sad news . Eric was taken ill a few weeks ago and...

1939 at 16 Beach street Thomas Hick b 1882, assistant shopkeeper Alice Hick b 1882 , General grocery business at 15 Beach street,, Alice Whitaker b 1904 (Alice Hick married Harold Whitaker 1928) daughters Irene Whitaker 1929 June Whitaker 1933 Their father Harold Whitaker died late 1932...

We visited yesterday, what bliss ,no motorway, no HS2, lots of birdsong in her garden, and plenty of country walks. I may even call an estate agent myself, :)

Today my sister leaves Erdington, my family came there 76 years ago, my sister is 80. In the past my mom and my sister loved going along the village choosing goods from the many shops but the high street is now very unkempt and sadly my sister no longer feels safe and most of the much loved...

No.10 High street, Erdington in 1911, Gilbert McCullough, Fishmonger.

I visited an inlaw in 1958/9 who lived in Cooksey Road, it was the first time I had seen a house with no windows in the back and no back garden but I think they had a few flowers in a small front area.

I lived at 262 from 1961 to 1966 then the larger flat at 260 until 1967. 262 was the first next to the railway and it was over a carpet shop belonging to Ernie Lucas , 260 was alarger flat also owned by Mr Lucas but the shop downstairs was a babyware shop. I don;t know what the buildings became...

was it john Robert Hill you refer to in post 9 Lyn. On 1901 census he is at No,9 Road leading to Martley,Doddenham with wife Alice and young son George

1911 4 Summerville Terrace Joseph Charles Green , 51 Ellen Louisa hill 52 Ellen hill 73, widow , wifes mother John robert Hill age 40 , married, visitor George victor Hill 13 visitor Johns wife Alice and daughter Rhoda May age 4 are at a different address in 1911 but all the family John ...

Thanks Pete I had a lovely restful birthday, looking over the ocean at Beer in Devon, eating goodies that are bad for me:)

Jim ,we have seen the downside, my husband went tothe local Tesco and whilst he put the shopping bags in the boot a Seagull pinched a large pizza and flew off with it, lol.:)