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That's very interesting! It must have served her well as Mum went to be a Land Girl with Fred Archer who wrote a number of books about Ashton-under-Hill. I don't whether she's specifically mentioned, but she worked alongside Joyce who became his wife, and used to tell of falling from the hay...

I'm now wondering whether Bishops refers to Bishops Croft? Bishops Croft, Birmingham, Birmingham (britishlistedbuildings.co.uk) Mum said that they used to regularly collect waste food for the pigs from the big houses in the local area There are other photos in that series that feature Mr...

These two were taken by the Sunday Mercury who did a feature on the Young Farmers Club in May 1947. One is labelled "Collecting pig food from Bishops" - not sure whether that was one of the big houses locally. Not sure where the second photo was taken, but some might recognise the view!

I've managed to find one album - most of the photos are just family snaps in gardens or wedding groups outside St Peter's Church, but I came across these. The seated girls are when Mum won a medal for running - it's not dated but I think it's about 1940? The others are labelled Vicarage Field...

I remember being terrified in the house in Lordswood Road - it was a three storey building with an additional cellar/apple store and you had to walk past the (very dark) entrance to the stairs to the top floor to use the toilet. I much preferred the garden which had a very steeply sloped lawn...

Oh my word - looking for something completely different, I happened upon this page! My mother (Beryl)'s father owned Beaumont's removals. Her sister Joan worked in the office, and her brothers James (Jim) and Charles (Bill) used to work on the vans. They sold out to Jay's in the end. Another of...