Recent content by Elaine Tuck

Hi, my great grandmother died at Western Road, she was buried in a paupers grave at Heath lane cemetery. It is possible to find where your relative is buried, I went to the crematorium and asked to see the records for heath lane cemetery and the date or year and they brought out a huge book and...

Hi Peter, I now have the book one hundred years of shenley fields, there is a picture at the back of the reunion they had in the 70's. My grandfather did not attend, but his twin brothers did, so I was amazed to see the two of them in the middle of the picture, I bet they met up with people that...

My Grandfather and his siblings were put into Shenley fields in the early 1920's so they may have known each other. My grandfather didn't really talk much about his time there. regards Elaine

Re: shenley Fields or Erdington cottage homes So i guess you were taken back to the home ,did you not like it there?I only been looking into two possible homes i didnt realise there was so many.

Re: shenley Fields or Erdington cottage homes Thanks for that Jenny i will look at that site and see if there is any information to help me, you dont realise how hard all this is espesially when my Grandfather didnt talk about his life in the home much never said which one it was, all the...

Im trying to find ouy if my grandfather and his siblings went to Shenley Fields,If he did it would have been from about 1920 onwards they may have known each other, My grandfather didnt speak about the home he was in but his brothers daughter said it was Shenley Fields, I dont know if any of...

Hi im trying to find out which childrens home my grandfather went to. His name was Cyril Broughton born in 1913 he had three brothers and a sister , they were all put in the same home, there mother Georgina was taken ill when my grandfather was only eight years old she went to the hospital 1...