Recent content by mollie cross

I remember Randalls, it was on the Lichfield road, Aston Cross, My Aunt worked there for about Forty years as a Binder.

Yes I'm sure I remember an organ grinder in The Bullring, just seeing your post jogged my memory !

I think it was Albert Road Christopher.

I remember that chemists shop, it was taken over by a lady pharmacist some time in the fifties. Her name was Elizabeth Hudson, Her mother used to help her in the shop. I also remember that the road just on the corner of Lodge road and Witton Road was where the bonfire was held to celebrate the...

Can I add to the list. Able Seaman Sydney George Bromfield . MPK March 1942.

Oh yes, we had a couple of quite sadistic female teachers. One of them had a particularly nasty habit of walking up and down the aisles between the desks and hitting any miscreants on the back of the hand with the edge of a ruler. I was on the receiving end a couple of times, usually for talking.

My Father worked as a waiter there in the 20s,so thanks for all the info about it. I will steal some of the pics for my Family History records.:cupcake:

Does anyone out there remember the Co Op on Witton Road? I recall as a kid being fascinated by the container for the money.THe cash was placed in the container,then the assistant would screw the lid on give the cord a yank it would go sailing across the shop to a cashier perched in a glass...

Hi Golfer, you can obtain info at this web address https://www.navyphotos.co.uk/vrtgrn1b.jpeg also uboat.net for the details about the sinking, date, place, etc. Hope this helps. Mollie.

Hi Golfer, glad to hear that your Grandad survived.My poor Uncle wasn't so fortunate.He had survived another sinking two months previously.

As an addtion to my 2009 post re HMS Vortigern, thanks to this wonderful site I was contacted some time ago by another relative of Sydney George Bromfield who has supplied me with lots of info and photos of Sydney. The best of all was he was able to send me a DVD taken from an old newsreel of...

Hi Karenza, I got a heads up re your posting about HMS Vortigern.I see your queries have been answered already. I do hope you will be able to find all the info you require. If I can be of any further help, please post me. Regards, Mollie Cross

I so remember The Onion Fair on The Serpentine.It was one of the highlights of my childhood.I think it used to be in October or November.I lived on Witton Road at the time. droves of people would be making their way down the road,on their way back they would be carrying large stuffed toys which...

Hi Jean, I remember a family of Martins, don't know if they are the same ones, it's not an uncommon name. there was a Billy , Jean, Joyce, Janet, & Jimmy. Their house was about midway between Lodge Road and Trinity road.

Hi Bumbellini, did you know the Bunce Family? They lived about opposite Lodge Road. I lived further down, just a few houses up from Billy Hill's Newsagent, but I left to get Married in 58 so I was gone from there before you arrived.