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Are there any Heeley family of Wills st. Handsworth still around

They are called crumpets here in the northwest. I had to change the way i asked for them when i moved here, bakers had never heard of pikelets

Gosh i wish you could get a mortgage at 4.o5% over twenty years now. My son recently took out his mortgage, fixed at 5% for two years, and the rate has gone up three times already.

Do'nt read these posts if you are on a diet. YUMMY!!!!!!!

Hi Moma p, that is a lovely photo. When my son was about 3 yrs old we bought him a Tonka (do you remember them) it was a replica Volkswagon beetle, just like his Grandads, unfortunately my son thought he should be able to get into it, it was about 6 inches long, when he found the car doors...

I like all your memories of Springhill skating rink. After seeing Sonja Henie ( remember her) on the many films she made, I decided i was going to be the next Skating star, i even talked my Mum into buying me the white kid boots from the rink shop, all £3-10s worth, i even got some lessons from...

victorian photos What a lovely lot of photos, i have'nt any photos of my family members when they were very young. My older brother took it upon himself to take what photos we did have to Australia when he and his family emigrated in 1966. He did quite a bit of moving around and in the process...

williams family Hi Colin, I'm not sure if your family line is related, My father was Charlie Williams born 1896, he had siblings, Annie rose b 1891, Laura Jane 1892, Thomas George 1895, Ethel 1899. I've no idea if there are any family after 1901. The last address for my Father was 1918 Spring...

Hi Paul, The names you mention do'nt ring a bell, not in 1957. Mary Jane parkes married my g/father Thomas Williams in 1890, i have'nt got beyond the 1901 census for the Parkes family. Mary Janes father was named Andrew and they hailed from Bristol. Not sure if this is any help. Regards Jackie

I used to work in Inge st. in the fifties, i worked at Geo.E Lewis , we relocated from the bottom of Dudley st, i think Smallbrook st was being modernised at the time. I have seen the Back to Back houses on the Council web site, in all the time i worked there i never knew they exsisted, as for...

The picture of the bus almost buried in snow reminded me of us kids ( i was eight at the time) helpingto clear a path up the incline of our road so we could get to the Baker's van and the Milkman, they could'nt get down our road, usually they delivered on horse and carts, i presume it was a bit...

I had the same problem when i moved north from Brum, no one knew what i was talking about , had the same problem with Faggots they are Savoury Ducks up here :crazy2:

;D The topic of cars we owned reminded me of an old boyfriend in 19er something, He bought an old A40 from a dubious Bomb site sales man, my boyfriend ranted on about the beautiful ride the car gave and how it bounced over pot holes and such, until a couple of weeks of ownership and he found his...

O0 Hi Rod and John, I missed the messages for Christmas Eve but i still wish you both a very Happy New Year. regards, Jackie

What a shame! but never mind, thankyou for all the info you have given me already.

I would be interested to see the photos if you could post them

:( Thank you for that information Cromwell, It's a wonder they had time to do any fighting with all that moving about. Were the men who were captured sent to pow camps in Germany ?

O0Hello again Cromwell   Yes i did know he was taken prisoner. I know very little about what happened to him and his fellow Soldiers. I would love to hear   anything you know about his Regiment, i didnt know he was captured on the Somme. I've Only been to Belgium once in the 60s and...

O0 Hi Cromwell. My Father Charles Williams served in ww1, he ended up a pow after being gassed. He married my Mother in 1918 and on their wedding certificate he is listed as Rifleman z.47 8th Rifle Brigade. what looks like a z to me could be wrong it is'nt a capital letter. I belive you hold a...

O0 On the subject of War Hospitals, could Northfield Hospital have been what was known when i was young as the Woodlands Childrens Hospital On Bristol Rd. South. I'm not sure when it was built but that is the only Hospital in Northfield, Rubery and Hollymoor hospitals are closer to the Lickey...