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Thank you Steerboy for your help I am most grateful for you taking the time to look for me. Sadly none of the names you found are any help to me. Thanks again.

Would it be possible if anybody is looking at the records in Yardley Olde Church that they would be able to look up one for me. I would like to know if a child was christened there between January 1942 and February 1945 called either Doris Price or Dorothy Bowen. Thank you.

Hi June thanks for your reply these are also my husbands great grandparents his grand father was William A Holtham. I have send you a P M I am doing the his family for him.

Thank you to all who posted photos what a wonderful collection. I just love old photos and its amazing that that you have these lovely pictures.

Re: Margaret Gavagan Alberta I could kiss you:love: thank you so much. I will send for Peters birth cert to see if its the right family. I am so grateful for your help thank you again.

Derek that was really interesting but I am so glad I did not live in those days it must have been dreadful.

Re: Margaret Gavagan Hi John thanks for your reply. This is what I have on Margaret. 1851 no Margaret but census name is Gavacon 1861 I cannot find the family but am still looking at different spellings. 1871 Margaret is 17 1877 she marries Michael and it says both 24 from then till 1901...

Re: Margaret Gavagan Thanks Catkin for your reply I will try that if all else fails.

Would somebody be able to help me please I have been trying to find the birth of Margaret Gavagan born 1854 in Stafford so that I can send for her birth certificate but I cannot find any trace of her. I have her marriage certificate and the name is spelt Gavagan she was married in 1877 to...

Hi Derek there was a family of Greaves in Hurstcroft Road Kitts Green I used to go to school with Maureen Greaves in the 1950's

Thanks for posting that link it was so interesting. How I would have loved to work in Cadbury's to be near all that chocolate.:)

I always got bullied at school because I wore glasses. There always seemed to be a group who used to make it hard for a few in every class.

First year of seniors we made PE bags then cookery basket covers. over the years we made a skirt and pajamas really tailored model. I did not like sewing very much not when some bossy teacher was looking over your shoulder,I could never understand why taking stitches had to be perfect. But over...

These Books are truly interesting I found them very sad to read as this is the area and times my mother lived there. I guess they made me realize what a hard life my mother had lived. I have saved these books for my daughter to pass on as it will give them an insight as to were they came from...

Hi when I worked in Loveday street in the late 50s there was a down and out hostel nearly next to the hospital and as I walked to the office they used to be turning the men out for the day. I guess they used to roam the street then. If you look on the 3rd picture behind the ambulance you can see...

What lovely photos John, thats what I love about this forum is all the lovely old pictures.

Thank you Pom and Alberta for your help both Henry and James are edge tool platers so I think this is the right family. Before I started this I thought Kindon was not a common name. How wrong I was. Thanks to both of you I can now continue.:)

Hi could you please help with this query I am trying to find the name of Henry Kindon 1828 spouse I have been given information that it is Martha Bolus fielding.1826 married 5th December 1847. On the certificate its got Henry Kendon do you think this is the same Henry. I was told that Henry had...

Hi I just forgot to say what a lovely picture mariew do you remember the May day celebrations in that garden.

Hi my name was Dorothy Bowen. Now its Curley. My favorite teacher was Mr Morris. who just seem to disappear of the face of the earth. When we asked about nobody would give us an answer we were very sad about that. My aunty Doll married George I think he would have been one of the eldest. I...