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THANKS FOR THE ADVICE CROMWELL, WILL DO MY BEST

HI CROMWELL, THANKS FOR YOUR REPLY AND PHOTOS . I'M BEGINNING TO THINK I AM VERY LUCKY NOT TO BE LIVING IN BRUM ANYMORE GEFF

HI JERRY, REF.B,HAM PLANS, IF YOU CAN TELL ME HOW TO GET A 30"X30" PLAN ON TO AN A.4. SCANNER I WILL DO IT FOR YOU WITH PLEASURE. GEFF

SOME 50 ODD YEARS AGO MY FATHER GAVE ME A COPY OF A PLAN TITLED "HOW SHOULD THE CITY BE REPLANNED" IT IS 30" SQUARE AND THERE ARE 2 DESIGNS ON IT, ONE IN PINK AND ONE IN BLUE. THE PINK ONE WAS DRAWN BY A SURVEYOR, FRED. J. PEPPER IN 1918. IT WAS VERY FUTERISTIC IN DESIGN I.E. BUILD AN AERODROME...

HELLO BERYL M, I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN YOU ARTICLE REF. THE ATLANTIC CONYOYS. HAVE READ QUITE A FEW TIMES THAT THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC WAS OVER IN MAY 1943. MY BROTHER ALONG WITH 7 OTHER BRITISH SAILORS SERVED ON THE POLISH DESTROYER O.R.P. ORKAN THEY WERE THERE FOR LIAISON WITH THE ROYAL...

MY FRIEND AND I TODAY WERE DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM OF THE PRESENT DAY DESERTERS FROM THE ARMED FORCES IN IRAQ. HE CAME UP WITH THE SOLUTION THAT THEY SHOULD DO WHAT THEY DID IN THE 2ND. WORLD WAR, THAT IS SHOOT THEM. I SERVED NEARLY FOUR YEARS IN THE ARMY DURING AND AFTER THE WAR AND HAVE NEVER...

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Hi Postie, very nice poetry wish I could do as well. at present I am reading a book.called " the Last Post" its about last the few men from the great war who were still alive when it was written a few months ago, it is worth reading. Geff

Hi Dennis,  ref. your message about the book" Royal Engineers 1930/1963."  As an ex R.E. I would be interested in reading it.  My local library will get it for me if I have the authors name and the publisher.  Have enjoyed reading the National Service stories, didn`t they have it...

As a very young member of the Home Guard one of our nightly jobs was to light the oil drums and keep them burning to create a smoke screen over the Spitfire factory at Castle Bromwich, we would finish at 6a.m. go home have breakfast and then go to work for 8 a.m. it`s a good job the duty came...

No one has mentioned the trams from Navigation street to the Licky Hills on Bank Holiday Mondays. No cars in those days for the working man. There was an exodus from the city, hail rain or shine to get some fresh air. the trams had open fronts on top deck, the younsters always went for those...

HI ALBERTA, MY MATES AND I DID THE SAME AS YOUR OLD MAN , WE CYCLED TO THE WOODS IN THE EARLY PART OF THE WAR, ALSO FROM ALUM ROCK. BY THE TIME YOU GOT THE BLUE BELLS HOME TO MOM THEY WERE DEAD GEFF

I WAS BORN IN FOXWELL RD. BORDESLEY GREEN EAST. DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE BENNETT FAMILY, 4 BOYS 2 GIRLS, WE LEFT FOR A LARGER HOUSE IN 1938. BROTHER VICTOR WAS KILLED IN THE WAR GEFF

I STARTED WORK IN THE BUYERS OFFICE IN 1940 AT THE ATCO LAWN MOWER CO. I.E. CHARLES H. PUGH LTD. TILTON ROAD ,GARRISON LANE I GOT THE SACK BECAUSE EVERY TIME THE BOSS WANTED ME I WAS IN THE JOINERY SHOP. I THEN WENT INTO SHOPFITTING AND REMAINED A JOINER ALL MY WORKING LIFE. GEFF

GUN SITE CAN ANYONE REMEMBER WHERE IN YARDLEY OR STECHFORD AN ANTI -AIRCRAFT GUN SITE WAS IN 42- 44. I SERVED ON IT WHILE IN THE HOME GUARD. I CANNOT PLACE WHERE IT WAS EXACTLY . I WAS SWORN TO KEEP THE SECRET THAT IT WAS A ROCKET SITE. I CAN RECALL CATCHING THE OUTER CIRCLE BUS BACK TO ALUM...

IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO WENT TO ALSTON ROAD SENIOR BOYS SCHOOL , BORDESLEY GREEN EAST, I LEFT IN 1940 AFTER BEING ON HALF DAYS THROUGH THE APPROACH OF WAR MESSING US ABOUT. IN PARTICULAR I AM LOOKING FOR BILLY WEBB, LEWIS FOX, HARRY WOOD, JACKY DAYTON. GEFF

I REMEMBER BROTHER VICTOR WILLIAM BENNETT, AGED 20 YEARS 1943, TORPEDOED NORTH ATLANTIC CONVOY, THINK OF HIM EVERYDAY, NO GRAVE TO VISIT.