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I have installed Windows 11 about a month ago on my home laptop and it's fine. Things look a bit different but nothing really. Windows 11 won't work on all computers, mainly older ones. But I've heard that the new version of Office will be quite different, which I'm not looking forward to as...

The good days in the 70s as teenagers when life was simpler. And of course being here in Australia it's always hot at Christmas yet mum and dad still used to roast a turkey, cook hot vegetables, plum pudding and custard, mince pies (I would kill for a mince pie at the moment!). I miss those...

One of my favourite Christmas carols is Silent Night. It reminds me of my father-in-law who passed away in 2010 from Alzheimer's. My husband's family are Hungarian and he used to play it on Christmas Eve on his violin just before we unwrapped our presents. This is Andrea Boccelli singing.

As a teenager in the 1970s I loved Noddy H and Slade!

Hi everyone, my 2nd great-grandfather (James Wakeling) and family lived at 17 Ct 6 House Lower Tower Court (1861) and my 3rd great-grandfather before that (1841) (but no house number).

Yes it was my grandmother on my father's side, Beatrice Wakeling, lived there as a child with my greatgrandparents and her sister. She passed away in 1939 when dad was 9. I don't know the circumstances. He seemed to have moved to Icknield Port Road (Kenilworth Place) then Shenstone Valley...

Thanks Lyn. I'mso glad you had great memories. I didn't know my grandmother as she passed away quite young in the 1940s. My 89 year old mother, now in aged care, didn't want to leave her house either. It needed repair and was old but she has brought up her family there. I shed a tear...

Thanks for that. Yes they were really awful living conditions, from the pictures I've seen and your description of your family's house. We really are lucky these days. Here in Australia, we live on a large block with a huge garden and a modest house. Lots of windows, lots of birdlife, lots...

How does the court number and house number work in Unett Street? Some addresses say "back".

My grandmother (Beatrice Wakeling) lived in Unett Street (according to the 1911 census).

I'm running Windows 11 on my home laptop and have been for about two weeks with no problems. It looks a little different but seems to run faster. My work computer has Windows 10. But 11 won't work on older computers.

Have just discovered I am related a long long time ago to Lord Thomas Boughton (13th great grandfather) on my father's side. So far I've only turned up commoners! Here's a link to a bit of history about him. Apparently the family owned a lot of land in Warwickshire, Birmingham...

And some more pictures ..

Some more pictures from dad's album. I wonder if these men are still with us. Dad would have been 91 this year. :(

Hi Carolann, my father was also born in 1930 and served in the RN from 1947-1955. He too didn't talk about serving in Korea.

Here are some pictures from dad's time in the RN.

I am starting this thread as I can't locate anything on the subject in any forum. My father fought during the Korean War. He was in the Royal Navy. He and my mother's family were born and lived in Birmingham for many generations back. They came to Australia in 1958. When he passed away many...

Hi everyone, I wanted to tell the story of my parents who left Birmingham for a better life in 1958. Mum was born in 1932 in Aston, dad was born in 1930 in Dudley. Both from working class families. Both went through WWII as children. Mum often recalls going to the air raid shelters as a...

Thanks so much Janice. Yes I might do that. When dad passed away 19 years ago, we found all of his navy pictures and records. He didn't ever talk about it. I'll keep hunting for the missing Palmers and hopefully one day we may find them.