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I was looking for old photos of All saints School and tried to join A facebook Page called Hockley History but have not been accepted yet. I was pointed to that page by people from Handsworth Secondary Modern School face book page to get more info about the area.
Nan Mabel had a really long life which attribute to her strength of Character surviving WW2 and the time after the War. I think she was shaped by the death of Her Dad, Lance Sergeant Alfred Lovell in Galipoli after he was Shot and died from his wounds in The Field Hospital in 1918. Nan Mabel...
Hi Caroline, My Aunty Sheila Bunn Nee Jackson is Still Alive and turned 90 years old in April 2026. I am so sorry if i mis represented any info regarding her.
The only members of my family who passed are :
Grandad John Jackson 1988
Mom Wendy Turbill nee Jackson 2011
Uncle Eddie Bunn
Nan...
Hi My Name is Mike and my Mom was Wendy Jackson and i think mom is the last girl on the Right bottom row with Blond Hair. This is a clearer photo of Mom
My Great Grandparents ( my Grandad John Jackson ) John & Florence Jackson worked for Blanckensie Ltd Silversmiths in 1921 Census and i wondered if it was run by Soloman Blanckensee and where the business was located. I have enclosed the 1921 census of my Great Grandparents and my Grandad and his...