Recent content by Astonian

Hi Mike there was never a coal yard in inglby street i lived right around the corner to inglby street the nearest to us meaning those in inglby street was new spring street of clissold street up the dudly road and the option Was to walk down he big kingedwards road which was one hell of a road...

Hi Mike Many thanks for putting the map up i knew it was 34 a parliment street i have all the old info from our old bhf site before stating this one of the conncections best wishes and thanks again Alan, Astonian;;;;;;;

looking for information o jennings family parliment street aston birmingham 6

We lived by the hippo and walked a thousand time passing it only went in once and that was a young lady teacher from the infants side went around and came to our houses and asked would she let her take us in there to jack and the bean stalk there was about 12 kids i was about 8 years old and...

Hi Crinmeister thats very good news. to hear they are still operationional i found one in a shop up at upton on seven And it waas branded one of there she was asking price was 1oo pounds i spoke to her about how i knew the factory and living close to it but she was not going to...

Hi Guys Just b elisebeth courts een readin about the county courts and people asking the question what are they actualy doing Well i can tell you yes they are very old and falling apart inside that building and i had the unfortunatly moment Of Attending there for a crimminal case agaist a...

HI Gerry yes its great to bring such memories back yes over thhe years on this forum and our olld forum people have put there memories and pictures of the good old onion fair and yes i was a regular kid on the gaff and associated with quite afew of the lads on the gaff and with the girls whom...

Hi have now found the picture i was going to put on and i am in the procceding it and pointing it out about the tram Shelter stuck in the middle it also shows you in the photograpgh the springhill libary at the junction on ickneild street and monument road would be facing and of course the right...

Wellpedrocut yes there is many of uswhom are correctly right in maintaing that is personaly and know its springhil Andfor myself growing up on the springhil as a kid on the block and roaded the eight bus every sunday around the circle for a tanner there was six of us kids went round both ways...

Yes i would dearly like to know whom ever they was they was a god send to our family of eight of us And with the clothing we got lets just sat a big thank you for the good honest working people of that era whom made the contributions and a extra special thank you for our good old birmingham mail...

Hi as far as i know these people aint related to my family of bertha victoria jelf whom was my mothers mother and my mother was the only child at one point in time i beleive there was a jelf living in small heath and years before that in the thirty period mom said the jelf around that time was...

Hi astonwoodie To be honest astonwoodie of recent 12 months alot of them have past away the goodmans family i recall i beleive they was living in bordeley green by the hospital they moved from wainwright to mannor road stecherd ther was dolly and Albert And sammy and the sibblings and there was...

Hi Phil jusst what is the questian of this route and this bus and which picture of the bus thats in question we are trying to seek out and resolve ? . becaus ridgee i am getting confused here . May i had yes the info on your previos thread above mine is true it did excactly go the course it...

Hi Astonwoodie Yes i recall the aston birmingham boys brigade i st company as it was and ran by captain roberts My two older brothers was there in there about the same ddperiod of the late fortys and early fifties...

Hi Alan if that picture is looking down george street and if so it is where the waggon is that would be where the hewitts House up by the qwas from the corner of Hindgestion street and just around the corner there on hingestion street there was a paper shop and theres where my other mate...