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Hello Wendy I used to catch sticklebacks in a little stream at Hints. Sold them for tuppence each at school and spent the money on Wild Woodbines, packets of five. Regards david.

Thanks young Cromwell, seventy five years old and didn't know how to spell my own address. The only saving grace is neither does any of my family. Kindest thoughts, redfaced as the parrots in my trees :D, David.

Thanks Son, but I lived in Gladston Street in front of Atkinsons Brewery We had a bomb come into the shelter one night and we went to the community shelter under the brewery. Sorry to ask again but was there a Gladstone Road (note the different spelling) as I have someone reckons they were born...

Hey Cromwell is it possible for me to keep a hard copy of your contributions. I went through the bombing of Aston, and before I take off on my last great adventure I'd like to leave a record, as well as my own memories's, for the kids to think about. Kindest regards, and thanks for the wonderful...

My older brother took me to Bracebridge pool and we broke the ice to have a swim, quite mad, so I suggested we run together and leap in. We set off like idiots but I stopped at the bank and he didn't. I've never seen anyone turn blue quite so fast. Needless to say I ran home as fast as I could...

What great memories and how true. What about the rickets and bandy legs? The falling bombs and unexploded bombs while we collected shrapnal. Fogs you could cut with a knife, dog muck at every step you walked. I would like five minutes back then though, just to put my arms around Mum and Dad to...

Now that bought a tear to a glass eye. My beautiful Aston as I knew it in the thirties. Many thanks. David Weaver, Australia.:'(

My dad used to carry bags of coal down Coronation Place in Aston. He reckoned it was so long he used to meet 'iself cumin back'. Anyone remember it?

Hey Cromwell, Sutton Park belonged to me and I marked it as mine in the usual way. How did you get into the place without me knowing? I walked every nook and cranny, the foxes knew of my visits and the rabbits stepped aside when I crept through the woods with my bow and arrow. There is even a...

My Grandad Weaver used to have a farm in Alrewas, we used to drive through Litchfield every week. Do they still have the 'Bower'? Kind regards, David.

How's this for a coincidence. I was in the air raid shelter in Aston and was bombed. We used to listen to the anti aircraft guns trying to shoot down the Germans. I now have a writing group in Australia and interviewed an elderly lady for a profile of her life. I've been teaching her for over a...

Interesting photo do you have anything about bombing around the Villa Ground and Atkinsons Brewery. I was in an air raid shelter in Gladston Street. Kind regards David Weaver, Australia.

Hey Wally, I collected shrapnel too and was stuck down the air raid shelter when an incendary bomb bounced into it. Mum picked it up in my brother's jacket and threw it outside. She saved our lives for sure. There was a Freer family that all died from a direct hit on their shelter. All except...

Chris, you may be able to help me. When I was a child in the thirties there were some strange stories circulating about the original owner of Aston Hall, I spent all my spare time playing in the park surrounding it. Were they old stories from way back taken out of context, or was there a grain...

Chris, many's the time I sat in my father's coal lorry on Witton Wharf listening to the machine guns being checked, wondering if the Germans would come back tonight and would we be killed. Memories son, memories. Kind regards, David

Hey Mike this is great, I thought we in Australia only did things like this. I have various bits and pieces hanging on the fence with the dingo carcasses. It looks quite impressive. Kind regards David