Recent content by Keith R

2 relative brothers aged 7 and 10 were sent by Middlemores to Canada in 1903 as mother had left home...as it turned out temporarily.....and even though they travelled together they were sent to different farms.I would like to think they had a better life and both fought in WW1 for...

They have been "holding on to" the mail to concentrate on parcels...this as well as not paying anything to the Post Office scandal victims I can see them going Bust.

Hi Bev. When we was looking for Wife's Mother her Birth Certificate said 88(think) Dudley Road in 1923 but a few years later a Cert for sibling said Weston Road. To view records we had to go to Library of Birmingham and join up to book an appointment. The record books were awesome and we found...

Too many pop up ads...I'm out..

Thought that might be the case after I posted...lol....

Fathers name please ? Villa won 4-1 and Ron Wylie got hat trick...but cant find a headline for Argus or Evening Mail.

Blimey is that Bath Row up by 5 ways ? If so what a change. We had to go to the hospital last week and it's all ultra modern.

HA HA....... no chance..........Toilets I know are in the station ......on platform corridor....on 1st floor of the shops in the corner by Cat Cafe.....on the ground over by Wetherspoons and Wetherspoons itself. Wouldnt go near Maccies (yuk) . In Bull Ring centre theres some top floor and...

My neighbour had the Flying Scotsman trip for a present and went into town by train and walked to Moo(r St.He said exactly the same ( before it was online) that town was disgusting.He only rarely visits town and said will steer clear from now on. This takes me back to the old outside markets...

Looking towards Coventry St..used to work around corner to the right....it wasn't pretty in 70's but all these back streets now are terrible.....might get done up now the Peaky Blinders have moved in.

Only knowledge of this street was that I had to go there to register as a member of my union late 60's at their headquarters....it was the NGA..a printing union.

What a brilliant thread and love All the horses. When I were a lad at Green Acres Road then in Kings Norton we had milk delivered by horse and cart by farmer Morris from Hawkesley Hall Farm.....the council estate was built on the fields in mid 70's. This was in late 50's.All his farmland was...

Confused about this.....lol

Wow thanks for this. I always thought the 1st ground was where Alexander Stadium is. You live and learn....

Unusually for me (ha ha) I have been know to moan for years about the state of walkways in Brum....they get a few blocks up and either just leave them piled up around holes or put them back all over the place......with all the uneven surfaces and the bikes/scooters it was safer when you shared...