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Florence Wiggett, the mother of Robert Wiggett, was my grandfather's sister. Her maiden name was Rowland.

Soho Hill did not stop at Grove Lane, but at Villa Road. From thereonin, it was Soho Road. I think the photof of the National Provincial Bank was Soho Road.

In 1964 I worked for a short while at Barker Ellis which was Barker Brothers and Ellis and Co combined. Their showroom, which was huge, was packed full of the most beautiful silver, some was plate, some was pure silver. Ellis & Co had a small office tucked away in a corner of this very large...

I don't know about lack of respect - it seems to me just a case of greed yet again. Not wanting to pay parking is a common think in the JQ. The lower end of Pitsford Street is free, they should get to work earlier if they want free parking. I worked in the city centre for 13 years and I had...

I know where the tennis club was, as the house we rented when we were first married overlooked the courts. We lived in Philip Victor Road, and the Tennis Courts were off Church Lane. Between Hinstock Road and Grove Lane, the entrance was between some houses.

Sent you a little pm Alan. Regards Shortie

Firstly, St Philip was from Bethsaieda, Gallilee which at the time was part of the Roman Empire, and WAS one of the twelve apostles. (In 2011 his tomb wqas found in Turkey, and archaeologists say it is clear it is the tomb of the martyred Philip. He was crucified upside down and preached from...

I am not absolutely sure I am right, but St Phillip's was built on land given by the Phillips family - perhaps that's why it's called St Phillips rather than it just being dedicated to a saint? The projecting part where the Burne Jones window is was not there originally, that's a 'new'...

By the late 1980's the bar that was underground at the Grand was called Colmore's. I used to work opposite St Philip's and we used to go there for lunch fiarly often. No sawdust by that time, it was not like the Grosvenor Suite, but it was relatively posh.

It is indeed a beautiful photo and I just LOVE those shoes!!!! I am given to thinking it was not just a random photo, I think it might have been staged, perhaps for an advert.

This photograph shows Section S of the cemetery which can be clearly seen if one enlarges the photograph. Current beliefs have Section S at the top near the new memorial, but this shows that to be incorrect. This is the section in which my gt grandmother was buried in 1896. Some years ago I...

Re: Cadbury's Bourneville Actually, Viv, they typing pool had made a come-back by the mid 1990's. I left my job in late 1995 as I wanted a bit of a change of scenery but did not know what I really wanted to do. I did some temping for a while, and had about a month at Peat Marwick (now KPMG)...

Perhaps she had dyslexia? Funny though.

So do I Brenda, plus I measure in feet and inches, however, I am just about able to understand centimetres because 30 is one foot and 60 is two feet. It makes small measurements such as fabrics reasonably easy. I still prefer feet and inches, but then I am English and prefer all things English...

The best car I have ever owned was a Triumph Dolomite Sprint, bright yellow with a black Webasto roof. Brilliant to drive and with a high seating position it was just right for someone short like me. Most cars since have been a disappointment because of the seating position. Currently I...

Well Phil, I know what you mean, but Google are Amerians, and that says it all!!! Let me say what I know to be absolutely true. Warstone Lane is not the original name of the cemetery, but one that became the proper name because that's what the locals referred to it as. It was The Church of...

Phil, I don't come from that side of town either, I was born in Warstock and then lived in South Yardley, but later, for four years I lived off Soho Road and got to know a bit of the Hockley area thanks to a friend of mine. Hockley, whether Brookfields or not is mostly Birmingham 18, with some...

Phil, I think Brookfields refers to the opposide side of Icknield Street to the cemeteries and it touches Winson Green as far as I can make out. I know Crabtree Road was Brookfields. I don't think it reaches as far as the City Centre, in fact I don't believe it crosses Icknield Street, but I...

The flats there look like very early ones to me. My friend lived in Dymock Street until around 1964/5 ish, when her parents were rehoused in a new flat, high rise in Southacre Avenue. I remember visiting her there around 1968 and the flats were nothing like these. I would think that when...

I think you might find that Southwark was never pronounced any other way, same with Bicester, but I think Smerrick is just how some families pronounced it, rather than it be the 'proper' way. I used to work in Smethwick (at GKN) and don't remember anyone ever calling it anything other than...