Recent content by RRJ

No known ancestors.. ( thank gawd ) :p

Thanks for reviving a thread I hadn't seen before Mark, great photo's. Unfortunately I don't have any of my own parents or grandparents wedding photo's but I do have this one. My great uncle Bertram Johnson to May Aston in March 1914 in Aston. The older couple in the front row are my GG...

My wife's miniature Daffs making an appearance..

Ha! I should add, they give you a 7 day time limit to answer the message so it needs to be answered to avoid potentially being omitted from the list.

Recently had a text from a third party NHS portal 'Drdoctor' which I initially ignored as a scam ( what a daft name) . Googling the number given, 07860 039092 a few days later it seems it's a legit organisation. As I've been on a waiting list for more than 12 weeks they want a yay or nay from...

My grandparents in 50/60's Erdington.

Maybe this one?

Which is why I chose Findmypast over Ancestry to do my research a few years ago. Even with a subscription they still charged £2.50 to look at individual records, them another £3.50 to look at the original record. I've recently signed in for another months worth and notice they are now not...

https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/velodrome-inside-aston-villa-fc-ground.53478/post-763354

A Merry Christmas to all Brummies near and far.

My brother and his son have just popped round to see how bad my flapping fascia is. The wooden board behind it has gone missing, looks like scaffolding and a chippy will be required.

Pretty wild here on the North Devon coast too. Got the government klaxon warning on the mobile last night to not leave the house. Only damaged so far is some plastic fascia has come loose on my gable end and is banging on the outside wall as I type this. We've had plenty of windy days in the...

A few images of his vintage cars.

Many thanks for the photos and news clips. As in the second photo, I was in assembly dept. Hopefully this thread will find a few former employees.

My first job when leaving school aged 15 in the summer of 1971. I've long forgotten where the factory was actually situated but would have been a shortish walk after getting the 65 bus into town from Short Heath. It didn't seem much later that the factory moved location even further away down...