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Mossy, You should have looked for it before you had a tot...:) When I pushed the old man there.I took him along the front into the holiday camp,then to the Commadore,up the steep hill,through kewstoke then down to the New Inn for a well deserved pint,continued down Crookes Lane to...

Thank you very much Aiden,it looks like Agnes was her daughter,(more research).My dad knew the sisters before they went to Australia....it looks to me like he had a cousin he didn't know about:rolleyes:,shall let him know tomorrow.

Thanks anyway.As a point of interest,I remember having a chat with a bloke in Perth who told me he was amongs the last of the £10 poms (the last ship)...but it cost him £300:rolleyes:,this was in 1974,would that be about right?.

Chocks, The last time I looked there were a few laid between a short lengh of tram track,near the Hare and Hounds pub, at the Rednal terminus.

There was always wooden setts between the tram lines. I can remember going with my dad along Lichfield Rd.to dig a few up for the fire,we used to use the babbys pram for transport,we took him out first though.:rolleyes:

Thylacine, You seem to have a good knowledge of emigration,could you help with this. Two of my unmarried gt.aunts went to Australia c 1920,they were Mary Jubilee Barrett born 1887,and her sister Sarah Mabel Barrett dob 26.8.1889. I have tried ships lists and various other sites...

Great photo's Humph,just a guess but could these photo's have been taken by a newspaper,for a sort of, "meet the people article". Street photographers didn't take a photo when they took the first shot,then they would say,"lets have another to be sure",so of course,all the photo's were...

Chris, The caretaker at Upper Thomas St. school,Aston,was Mr Bevan,he was certaintly there in the whole of my time 1941-51.He didn't seem to like children very much,who could blame him? we were a rowdy lot.However, he always seemed to be working,so he must have wanted the best for the school.I...

Polly,It is a nice photo,Linda was perfect..:) but Mossy was difficult...he kept fidgiting.:rolleyes:

There you go Carolynn.One of them noisy ratchet type thingys.This one has history,it was bought in 1945 at the central fire station when they sold everything off. My eldest son painted it in the Everton colours,(his team).And it has been to the Holte End thus painted,while my other son supported...

Got it Frothy,I'm thinking of The United Services Club.No fool like an old fool.:rolleyes:

My sons father-in-law left his native Liverpool in the 1930s,and cycled the lengh of the A5 to find work. On one of these travels he came to Birmingham,where he found a job at Hercules. He told me of his memories of that time,he said he worked his first day there not knowing where he would sleep...

Frothy,is that the one in Gough St.?.If so it's the club where they hold meetings for the Birmingham wartime evacuees.I went there to take them a copy of my evacuation papers,no one else had any,I had mine because I didn't go. Oh,as an aside Gough St. is the steepest hill in Birmingham.

One of my grandsons had a liver transplant there when he was 11 months old.They took such great care of him,and when the hospital moved too the old general,his after care still continued.He is now a 6ft. 14 year old and tougher than both his elder rugby playing brothers.At his most recent check...

They built 11,600. spitfires at the East works,out of a total produced nationwide of 22,000. Considering it's past,how sad it is to see Longbridge today.

Len, Markets seem to vary a lot,the one in Northampton is in decline,even though it is the biggest market square in the country.Our small town has an excellent farmers and local produce market,but only held once a month. Markets are a particular love of mine,to sit in Bury St.Edmunds at...

I remember the tuning fork Caroline,but we still sang out of tune.

A bit of Birmingham history,the connection between these two photo's,is, The Clements Arms,was where Bert Kirby British flyweight champion 1930,displayed his Lonsdale Belt,when he won the title.

Bit of a mix up somewhere Sparkhiil lad...It's on your other thread."can anyone identify this uniform for me please".:rolleyes:

Are you there Sparkill Lad???:) Have you seen this thread,also a batt. of R.W.F.where posted to Ireland in 1917,and finished up in Limerick. https://www.1914-1918.net/rwf.htm