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Re: Hats off to Witton cemetary!!!! Thank you Pollypops for the tip. I thought that I had done something wrong again. I am not 'computer minded' - I think my hard disc must be getting full!

Re: Hats off to Witton cemetary!!!! I had just written a long message with details of the Grant I have in front of me for Witton Cemetery and when I posted it I had an error message - I was logged in but have had to log in again so, sorry, the lot vanished and I have not time to re do it. This...

Has been know as Parson and Clerk for the past 50 years to my knowledge.

Hi Janet, Yes, Grandad was Sid Bates. He had been taken to hospital but, they were unable to identify him. The incident was reported in the Mail and a friend of his read it and thought it sounded like Sid. Went to 358, but of course, there was no reply, took the ladders from the entry, (remember...

Hi Marlene, I have just written you a long description of the Hob Moor Road and Hob Moor Croft area and it wouldn't post. A message came up that said I wasn't logged in, I was, so what went wrong - don't know - I wish I was a bit more technical. Briefley, Hob Moor Croft was a cul-de-sac of...

In the 1950's the florist shop was a branch of Preston's, could well have been in the 1960's too.

Hi Marlene, I lived on the corner of Hob Moor Croft and Hob Moor Road from 1940 until 1960 and am trying to remember the folk who lived 'Up the Croft'. I will check the electoral roll for the Croft next time I am in Birmingham and let you know if any bells start to ring.

Ash & Lacey also became hardware factors - probably in the late 1960's early 1970's when they bought out Andrew Charles Ltd, Wholesale Hardware Merchants of Stallings Lane, Kingswinford. May have taken over other hardware wholesalers too.

Both my sons attended this school too. One until the sixth form, and did well, the other for just over a year - he was very unhappy and the victim of bullying. Had his glasses smashed on his face once and another time was dumped into a rubbish skip! The head almost 'bust a gut' when we went and...

For me, As time goes by and May to December take some beating, along with all the others already mentioned.

Anyone remember 2030 Sqn. C.O.was Dennis Brookes and second in command Howard Luckett? Used to meet in the 1950's at Hob Moor Road School, South Yardley.

Hi Maurice, yes this my mother's family. They are an interesting lot, as gt grandfather, Sidney J. and his wife Annie S. drove around in their pony and trap and had to be addressed as Grandmama and Grandpapa yet, after he died in 1942 no will was found. (His birth is a bit suspect too!)...

Hi Maurice, thank you for looking this up for me. I am not very good with these modern gadgets, so don't have a clue how to send a message or 'post' so will have to stay on this open forum. My mother's maiden name was Bates - father S.J.H mother V.P. Mother was the third child in the family...

Very many thanks for your efforts in tracking down number 10. I wonder if the house was rented by my grandparents in 1908 or if they were sharing; any ideas which way to go about finding out?

My mother was born at number 10 in September 1908. I found these details when I obtained her birth certificate in 2006. I would love to know if the family lived there or if it was just a convenient place to give birth. Why are all the people who know the answers dead?

Re: Cardall Cooked Meats Joseph Charles Cardall born 17th October 1864 to Joseph Cardall and Ann Elizabeth Newton. He married Elizabeth Martin Lucas 16th November 1890 at St Saviours Church, Saltley. They had 4 sons - can give details if required. Joseph Charles died 15th June 1930 in Totnes...

I attended Marston Green War Memorial where my 6 year old grandson and two of his class mates were laying a wreath on behalf of the local Infant School. It was very moving, as just before 11 o'clock a military hospital plane took off from Birmingham Airport on it's way back to Afghanistan. It...

I have Swinglers in my family tree, Tom Jayes SWINGLER born 1848 registered in Market Harborough. Leicestershire. Married Emma Jane NEWTON in 1871 , Aston - children from the marriage were all born in Aston - Florence 1871, Gertrude Amy 1874, Mary Ann 1878, Tom Edward 1880, Alice 1881, Edith...

Lovely verse, I will add it to my collection. The following has given me great comfort in the past True love is forever, not just for life, Be it a Parent, Husband, Child or Wife. Grieve not forever, and not over me, Your grief is for self, for now I am free. But always I'm with you, tho'...

When I passed this afternoon, a man was up a ladder painting the woodwork - black. There were lights on inside too. Maybe there will be a sign up outside soon and we will know what is going on.