Recent content by Robert Goodby

I remember the lovely smell when they reached in the back of the wagon to bring the bread toward them with a pole with a nail through it, great days....no crappy wet sliced bread in those days, wet bread that goes mouldy quickly.

Just found your post re. Coop Belmont Row. During 60's 70' I was working as a service engineer for a cash register company named 'Cash Machines Ltd' who distributed 'HUGIN' cash registers mainly to Cooperative Societies around the UK. We were based previously along with CWS scales at the CWS...

Further to my previous message. As a 'Hugin' cash register Service Engineer we were based in the CWS cycle factory Kings Road Haymills, later at the CWS factory in Belmont Row, which was unused at the time.

141670 and 36150. I was a service engineer for Hugin cash registers, mainly installed in Coop shops all over the UK in the 50s 60s 70s.

Yes that is the house (the white one with the caravan). Your Dad, me and Cousin James had our bedroom in the back attic to the rear of the attic room you see at the front. We attended Slade road School. Your Dad worked at a builders/plumbers on the corner of Frederick road just to the right of...

The only Photos I have (see attached) of Your Mom and Dad were at our wedding in 1968.

Hi Milkybar kid Your dad was my Uncle Bill my Mothers Brother. My Mother was Evelyn Dodson. they lived at 10 Frederick road Erdington, that was their home, which is where I grew up, with Gran. I used to give your Dad driving lessons in his work Ford Thames van.