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Thank you Pedro for the Guardian Journal write up and Heartland for the very useful map. So Bilborough was his home and he was returning to his base at St Athan's which I understand is near Barry, South Wales. From the article Pedro, is seems that he was doing National Service as he joined at...

Thank you all for your input. Really helpful. Still wondering why he was buried in Sutton or why he had an RAF stone but I'm not sure where to go for this information. He was stationed in Wales so he may have been back to Nottingham. It may be that his parents had died and the RAF buried him...

Some help as usual please. I'm looking into the burial of Leading Aircraftman Michael Terence Newton who was killed in the crash aged 21. His grave, on Findagrave, is an Air Force Memorial. Is this usual for serving airmen who are not killed in action? There is also a shot of a newspaper...

So sorry to hear the news Warren. Jim was a lovely man, very approachable and helpful. He will be missed.

Looks like a ghost in the back row eight from the left Pedro? It's probably a sign of some sort, definitely not a man's hat!

Could it be Darlaston? Or somewhere else. There have been several misnamed photos in the past. I have one of 'The Bell & Cuckoo' Erdington, taken around 1900 and (a) it's on the wrong side of the road and (b) the pub was demolished around 1850.

Sorry, I think it should be Brimfield not Brimstead.

Hi PJay, I think I’ve gone as far as I can with your document. I’ve done a bit of digging and I think you’re up against several problems with this document. If you want to progress it further you will need to consult someone more expert, a palaeographer (handwriting expert) or at least someone...

We know that Graham has Irish ancestry which didn't show up so I expect it was the Vikings who invaded Ireland who left a strong bloodline.

Forgot to say that the orator is the plaintiff, referred to by himself in the Bill of Complaint.

Stokkie, I bought my husband a test for his birthday last year and he had a high percentage of Norwegian. Bit of a surprise except for the fact that he has severe Dupytren's Contracture (in his hands) also known as Viking's Disease.

There's a programme on BBC Sounds called The Gift which tells of the effects on some people and their family of the results of DNA testing. Some have found out that their father isn't their biological father and some discover that their babies have been swapped at birth. Worth a listen...

We often went to the shop on Stockland Green. Any mention of Co-op brings memories of smells - sawdust in the butchers, bacon, cheese and coffee (ground) in the grocers, wet fish and vegetables in the greengrocers and lotions and potions in the chemists. Smells and the angle of sunshine take me...

Back again, I agree with Stokkie and for clarity I have numbered all lines. Second line of the heading has a word at the beginning Em.ght which I thought at first was Eight but that doesn't make sense to me. 1. Complainings .......... ....... yr good lordship ye/yr poor orator Thomas Croft...

Hi Brumbirder, We were involved in a project to put forenames to all the men on our church memorial (St Michael's Boldmere). These were incorporated into a folder for the whole of Sutton assembled by a lady called, if I remember correctly, Yvonne. There was a folder for St Michael's at the...