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My wife new a gypsy family in balsall heath in the 1960s called the kellys. She says the Kelly's were a lovely family and everyone liked them

hi sue, love to have been there to see that. great photos regards rick

when i was a child in living in alum rock. the next door neighbour was moving house and she offered me a pair of wooden stilts. i used to play on them for hours every day until they finally broke. great memories

was harwood her maiden name. rick

a further note. cyril's middle initial is j. it could be james. food for thought regards rick

on wikipedia it has gary pendrey b 09/02/1949. in b'ham. on freebmd it has a garry pendrey born in first quarter to gwendoline wood & cyril pendrey. hope that helps. regards rick

cine cameras

Hi kate the parrot rings a bell, if you'll pardon the pun. I used to go up there every week to the record shop at the back of the fox & goose. Regards rick

Does any remember the newsagent which was a few or so doors down from wright rd. It was run by an old lady. I'm talking about the 1960s. We used to always get our comics from there. I also remember the greengrocers on the corner of wright rd used to have turkeys hanging up around the shutters at...

Another job you don't see anymore is roadsweepers meaning men sweeping the roads.

Another job that doesn't exist anymore (although there's probably a lot of women that will disagree with me) is a "skivvy" or otherwise known as a maid of all work. These women would do all the work in the house for middle class families who couldn't afford more than one servant. They would work...

the fire stokers on the steam ferries

do lift operators exist anymore, i haven't seen one for years..

Here's a picture I found on the internet, I don't know if it's been before. A bombing at the bull ring.

I've found this photo on the web, don't know if it was shown before. Its a picture of news st after a bombing raid