Recent content by PeterDawkins

Hi John, dad had a number of ex customers he would do gardens for. One was Stan the butcher on Kings Heath High St, Stan lived near Solihull and who had a number of rented houses dad would visit for him. Dad would also help out for Stan to do deliveries around Christmas time.

Hi Sue, thanks for getting in touch. My sister Jeanette who now lives in Brighton is probably who you got in touch with, her husband Jim Andrews is well up with the family tree and does a lot of communication about it. Jeanette is actually 82 today as I write this. It would be a pleasure to get...

Hi Fred Dawkins was my father, one of 11 children born to Louisa and Arthur Dawkins. My dad who ran the cafe shop with my mom Rita, eventually he owned the cafe after it was left to the children of Louisa Jane after her death. My dad bought the shop from the other members of the family in the...

Not sure if this is still active, but my mother Rita Loveday was left this shop by her Auntie and lived and worked in it. It was a newsagent and a record shop then my mom sold it to ( if I remember correctly) Coopers and then married my dad Fred Dawkins and worked in the cafe on Highgate Road.