Recent content by Pat Sattar-Jennings

Went to Somerville Road and the only one I remember is another pupil called Olive Horn and her mom used to look after me after a while and I also had my tea there.

I've taken DNA tests on Ancestry & MyHeritage and have been researching since 2004 and recently discovered I had a birth father who was born in Ireland who came to Birmingham in the 40s. So I had spent all those use researching the wrong family, although since my Irish paternal family...

During the mid sixties I used to live at 20A Overpool Road, the maisonettes next to the community centre and went to Ward End Hall School in the late 60s and stayed on an extra year.

My two oldest children went to Wyndcliffe school in 1972-1973 (John & Monica Sattar).

I am researching my family history too and my birth father Cornelius 'Con' Duggan was a conductor, who lived at 24 Park Road, Aston & emigrated to Australia in 1951. My mom Dorothy Clarke/Jennings was a conductress too.

Thank you for the interesting history of Ward End.

I went to Ward End Hall later sixties & with the first group to stay on an extra year and got my CSE's. I still have my school leaving Certificate signed by the head teacher, Mr Hayne.

Cheers, will do.

I went to Ward End Hall from 1964, as we had just moved home to there when I was 13years old. I left after staying on a year to get my CSE's and still have my leaving school certificate from Mr Haines, who would get me to cover the secretarys job when she was away. I was a prefect, sporty and...

I lived in the maisonnettes in Overpool Road adjacent to the community centre and went to Ward End Hall school from 1964 as we had just moved there when I was aged 13years and stayed on a year and got my CSE's.

It would be great if someone, one day, recognised one of the girls as being one of their family.

Glad you liked the photos, just glad I kept them Tinpot. Happy memories I hope.

Can't work how to do it, can you advise me please Astoness? Will have another look before I log off. Cheers.