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  1. Keith R

    My site name

    I have just tried that and it said changes saved but it still says I am Charli.
  2. Keith R

    My site name

    well now...having the memory of minus 10...I have flicked backward/forward to this page and the new conversation one and give in....why is it so complicated to get rid of a name that I didnt even choose ? I give up........and while i am here why are there hundreds of pop up ads etc that I have...
  3. Keith R

    My site name

    Thanks...will give it a go.
  4. Keith R

    My site name

    Just a quickie.....can I change my site name....currently Charli.....dont know how i got it. Thanks
  5. Keith R

    Coventry Street Digbeth

    p.s. Frank Gregory was indeed a creep and when he bought the pittance around as late as possible I swore he thought it was his own money....lets say very old school......
  6. Keith R

    Coventry Street Digbeth

    I think Graham died years later from alcohol related trouble......and yes he bought the label work in...they had there own (smelly) dept with Ralph, Colin Dawson, Edna and think Laura.Think Pam worked on the small Litho machines and left shortly after I started - I think maybe because they...
  7. Keith R

    Coventry Street Digbeth

    Hi there Georgina, I started in Sept 68 and we were probably not there at same time. I liked Gordon, Michael and Graham but couldnt stand Cliff. I suppose Shelia and Mary were in the offices so wouldnt know them.I worked above the offices at 1st with all the ladies in the finishing.....with all...
  8. Keith R

    Any old boys - Turves Green boys sec mod 1960 -1965

    I was there from 63-68......name Keith Reilly......I have been on Facebook and B4 that that Friends Revisited thing and not managed to find many names I knew.....Remember being assaulted by head Bridge on one occasion.
  9. Keith R

    Any old boys - Turves Green boys sec mod 1960 -1965

    Think Tony Coleman in the pic could be my Sister in Law's younger brother.
  10. Keith R

    Coventry Street Digbeth

    I worked in the printers next to The Old Wharfe pub on the corner of Coventry/Oxford Streets from 1968 and was told that not long before they used to have their Tea etc bought over from houses on opposite corner by the lady of the house.There were still a few dwellings around at that time but as...
  11. Keith R

    Use of genealogy section

    I dont understand........if theres a Genealogy section and people ask for help in this section how does it impact on other sections? Surely people who dont like Genealogy questions are not impacted when someone uses the section.
  12. Keith R

    St John’s Chapel Deritend

    Hi, Is there a thread on here for Deritend, St John the Baptist Church. Nearly all Wifes older relatives were married there. Think it was somewhere around where Coach Station is now.They all lived around Cheapside.
  13. Keith R

    Birmingham Workhouse Dudley Road Western Road opened 1852

    Yes we always heard and said " if you go in there you wont come out"......always thought they meant Selly Oak Hospital as it always happened to relatives.
  14. Keith R

    Birmingham Workhouse Dudley Road Western Road opened 1852

    cant see any maps and the links dont work ?
  15. Keith R

    Kings Norton Workhouse

    I lived in 1976 in Kings Green Ave just off Rednal Road just around the corner from The Green and everyone in and around the back gardens area said this was the site of the Workhouse. At the bottom of the gardens was substantial brick walls and was told this was the perimiter of the grounds.
  16. Keith R

    D.N.A. TESTING

    My Daughter did Ancestry - just for fun at 1st. But as she knew I had started to try and find out about Wifes Mother and line she found a very close match for my Wife - a child of her Moms Uncle. This opened up a whole new chapter to search which turned up 4 more children and so far 4...
  17. Keith R

    Harborne

    Born in Lordswood in 52...no idea why though...selly oak must have been full...lol
  18. Keith R

    Bradford street

    Not sure if all are Bradford St or who took them - hope OK to put on here. Update....Credit University of Birmingham
  19. Keith R

    Bradford street

    I worked in the building on the corner of Bradford St and Alcester St called Miller Works on the map.....This was from 1980-84ish and we knew it as the Old Chad Valley building ...there was a tower part about 6 storeys...it was mainly hollow and think had something to do with making plastic for...
  20. Keith R

    Does anywhere know where i can get local milk delivery in Brum? Preferably from a small business, non of this supermarket chain rubbish!

    If you are around South Brum theres Grovewood Daries......straight from the farm on Redditch Road just past Longbridge Lane West Heath.
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