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Hi Lyn and John, It is great that these photo`s are now in the public domain and recorded for posterity - snap shot in time of life of life as it was in Brum, much of the entertainment focussed around the pub. The pub is no longer there: it is a tool-hire shop. Chris

Hi Marjorie, Do you recognise any of the faces in the "Western" photo`s recently added by John "Winterbrun"? Chris

Dear John, Those pictures could be really promising. Marjorie`s mum worked in the Western and I am sure that she would be very interested too. Marjorie lived in the house next door and the Western was just across the road to me, when I came out of our entry. Thank you for taking an...

Your dad and mine would surely have known each other. I do recall a Bert Taylor who drove with dad. His nickname was "Spud" and I got a slap from dad for calling him Uncle Spud.

Hello Berniew, My dad used to work for D&M from 1946 to the 1960`s. He left Camp Hill and went to Whitepost Lane Hackney. I started a Dowding and Mills thread because I found a photo of him and thought it should be recorded somewhere. D&M`s were a big employer in Brum and I wondered whether...

Hi Marjorie, Here is dad with the truck. Regards Chris.

Hi Marjorie, I started a thread today "Dowding & Mills" and posted dad`s picture there. Dowding and Mills is now called Sulzer Dowding and Mills at Camp Hill. I will put a photo of me on somewhere. I am feeling my way with this site currently. Best wishes, Chris.

Photograph of my dad, Hugh Melanaphy, who was a driver with Dowding and Mills, Camp Hill, Bordesley B12, taken c1951.

Dear Marjorie, I am so pleased that you replied. I have really good memories of your family. Your mum was a lovely woman to me. When I played with you all, she treated me as one of the family. Dished me up a bread and dripping - lovely! I really liked Pat Ravenscroft who was a good mate to...

Hello Marjorie, On thinking about it, I must have lived up the entry opposite you. Did you know the Smiths as Mrs Smith was kind to me? If you did live opposite me then would you have known Pat Reynolds who lived in the house at the front (54?) and does Charlie who used to sell seafood at the...

I would love to see these photos. I lived at 1 backa 54 from 1946 -1953.