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I don't remember it at all - may have been after we'd left there. I remember a fire in a house further up the road towards Golden Hillock Road - it was to do with a parafin heater - everyone was OK and got out of the house from what I remember. There was a little shop nextdoor to our...

Hi Ann I was living there till 1974/1975 and there were still residents there when we left to move from there. I have a couple of Savages in my tree a George Savage born c1780 was father of Sarah Savage born 1818 she Married a John Clifton 16/10/1837 Sarah's father was George Savage a...

I lived at 393 Bolton Road before the houses were demolished in the early 1970's - while I lived there all the houses at the back had already been knocked down when I was living there and it was like a bombpeck area. If I remember correctly these houses were pulled down around 1974.

You could explore sites like these which explain about the Home Children & Families etc.. - lots of children and families emigrated to Australia, Canada, USA etc.. in the hunt for a better life etc.. there were lots of programmes where people signed up to emmigrate. These may be a starting...

John and Eddie Is there any chance some of your Knights people connect to my Knight family? Is their anywhere I could view either of your trees? I know I've a lot of Knights my gt Grandma was Lily Knight born 1881 - they are a big family so I am just wondering whether there may be...

my mum used to work there in the early 60's

John My Gt Grandparents were Knight's I am still researching these people. My Grandmother was Lily Knight born 1881 (she married William Clifton - I think they could have been cousins cause Cliftons & Knights come into my tree twice in same generation) - her father was John Knight born 1832...

I've got some circus/fairground/gypsy/travellers stuff in my tree too that I need to research soon. This site might have some info on it to help you - it's interesting reading in there about these trades and shows etc.. and the people in the trade...

I do laugh when I think back to selling the golf balls back to the golfers (some cheek? ha ha ha) My parents would have gone mad had they known we did that ha ha BUT I suppose they had their money raising scams in their days too? I used to do a paper round from Perrins Post Office on Gospel...

My mum used to buy boxes of broken biscuits off the milkman I am sure (in the late 60's and 70's) we had a milkman called Dennis for years - and it was really weird cause when we moved house and then got doorstep delivery of milk etc.. we had same milkman again - it was like he moved with us...

I never knew that!! I used to walk up that way to Pitmaston School. I used to live Tavistock Road at Broomhall Cresent end. I can remember what Stitcher was saying about all those lovely houses on St Bernards Road and the Solihul end etc..and the golf course - spent hours there collecting...

Can I have the details of how to order these please? This is absolutely fascinating reading!!

What a shame this is - I used to know this area quite well during the late 1970's - it never seemed a bad area then at all - I have some very fond memories of this area. I'd bet they'll build on the site - if they've just redone the pub and trade has declined etc.. the land will be worth more...

Thank you for that - how interesting that is. I was only talking to my mum a few days ago and asking about my Grandad and she mentioned he'd worked at Fisher & Ludlows for as long as she could remember - but she wasn't sure what they did - mum thought engine parts or something engineering ish...

My Grandad used to work at Fisher and Ludlow - does anybody know what they did by any chance?