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Ta Alf I google mapped that spot and you could be right Den

hi Astonian no need to opologise the thread has created a bit of interest - they are dressed up for something special. gt.grand pop died in nechells in 1924 so the photo would have been taken early 1920's thanks all for your ideas. sorry to hear that your snowed in a bit happy xmas / new year

I've just had my "rounds of the kitchen" My wife saw what I typed and said I was a old nong and presented me with her recipe book with heaps on pig trotters and sheep brains - she is also a fan of Nigela. She said she is going to make bubble and squeak for me Sunday morning Boxing Day. Happy...

G G Jean No your having me on. Lambs fry maybe - pig trotters, tripe, sheep brains never - I'm feeling ill just thinking of it - no one eats that stuff anymore - well not down under. Den

I remember as a young lad waking up to the smell of dads B & S on monday mornings - the left overs from the sunday roast. I had rice bubbles. dad also liked sheep brains - pig trothers - lambs fry - and tripe !!! Den

Anyone know where photos were taken.?? They are my great grandparents who lived in Nechells up to 1927. Den

This is a photo of my great grandfather take abt 1885. Can anyone please identify the uniform? His name is William Eggington b. 1858 d 1925 I have no record or account of any war service. I understand he worked most of his live at the witton gas works

Hi astonian i'm not sure. i'm still finding out stuff on my uk side. the hicks side of my family tree is still in the very early research stage. my great grandma phoebe hicks married william egginton from birmingham and from what shera has just given me, phoebe's siser sarah married william's...

thanks Shera i very much appreciation that.

im interested in if possible, 20th century census details. Enoch died in 1916 - where was he in 1911?, also his children Mary Enoch and Sarah where were they living, after phoebe moved to aust. thanks Den

hi all I'm looking for the family Hicks. My great grandma was Phoebe Hicks b. in 1868 in Newinvention Staffordshire she moved to Australia and died in 1954. I know her father was Enoch born abt 1841 he was married to Ann Tarbuck. regrads Den

Re: Surname - Paintain Thanks ladylinda and others I just wonder now if anyone knew the family? I assume the children grew up in Aston / Nechells area. Den

Re: Surname - Paintain Thanks everyone great info & service you provide. Do you have info on death date on Frederick R Paintain and his wife Ellen ? Did they have children ? Den

Thanks guys. Den

Hi what does the word "pop" mean? Is it beer, or other alcohol, water or tea ? Is it a birmingham word? from a letter written by my grandmother to her sister living in nechells. "... it was so hot today that Bert drank all the pop." Den