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Hello, I'm from Australia so please excuse my ignorance in relation to Birmingham/Coventry. My mother was born in Birmingham and then in 1948, her family moved to Coventry when my grandfather got a job at the Danish Bacon Company. It's the reason I associate both places together ... so if this...

That's very cool. Thanks Pete. Would you have any idea what year that was? Sharon

Hi Lyn ... no, my Pop wrote a few pages in 1987 about his early life in Birmingham and mentioned the excitement of getting a radio (battery set). He said that one of his jobs was to take the 'accumulator' to the radio shop to get charged. He then went on to say 'Two doors away from the radio...

I realise this is a very old thread, but I'm delighted to have found it. My grandfather worked at the Danish Bacon Company before the second world war - he learnt to drive the company truck, and then became a driver in the war with the RASC. The DBC held his job for him and he went back to it in...

Hello ... I have some written memories of my grandfather who was born at 158 Balsall Heath Rd in 1917. His parents and older brothers and sisters had lived there for many years. Five of his brothers and sisters had been born there. My grandfather mentions that his mother - 'a strict and very...

Thanks very much Mike. I really appreciate that. Regards, Sharon

Hello @Two and @pjmburns ... this is a great photo! My great-grandparents lived at 158 Balsall Heath Rd (my grandfather was born there). Do you know if this is in the vicinity of Kensington Gardens? Any help is greatly appreciated, Sharon