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Snowball: You'll be surprised the number of fables and legends that can pass from member to member in any family, and then be carried on to eternity... Let me give you an example from my own family history. My mother had a cousin - May - who (according to legend!) married an American soldier...

Les: So sorry... My 80 year-old memory got it wrong. My mate (I think we may have been about nine or ten at the time) was not Ken Knowles - it was Ron Knowles. Regards, Jim

Hi, BazzM: I join you in saying "At last...!" A picture of Locko while it was still populated...! Until now the closest I have seen to Loxton Street SB School after my period was a picture showing a sad-looking edifice with dirty bricks and broken windows awaiting demolition. I have to...

Hi, Les, Funny you should mention your cousin, Ken Knowles. I did, in fact, have a mate of that name, but I think it was before my Locko period. But this mate - Ken - lived opposite the top end of Heneage Street, in Dartmouth Street. Just wondering...! No, Les, I wasn't recalled for any...

Hi, Les, Yes, most of us kids in 3A loved Groggie. He looked tough but he had a heart of gold. Like you, I was bombed out from where I used to live - Adams Street, which was situated at the far end of Gt. Lister Street, just off Dartmouth Street. We finished up in New John Street West, at...

Les: Here is my attempt to show you my leaving certificate from Loxton Street SB School. This time I managed to post it. Last time I tried, I was unfamiliar with the routine and the first mistake I made was not rolling up the window that gave me further instructions. My second mistake - when I...

Hi, Les, Welcome to my Locko period of 1943...! What's more, I have just come across my leaving certificate - January, 1943. When I have learned how to attach it's image to a post, I'll let you have a looksee. Meanwhile, I have managed to get the image onto a file called "Attachments" but...

Ernie: With reference to my prior complaints that I never come across Loxtonians from my period, perhaps I and fellow members should recall that I cannot get to Heartlands meetings and gatherings because I am tethered to an oxygen machine all day. Mobile cannisters wouldn't last long enough to...

Len: I have my grandad's WW1 campaign medals. Firstly, the ribbons were damaged and worn out when I received them. Can you tell me whether I might be able to get the ribbons replaced from somewhere? Secondly, would you know whether I might be able to apply for the clasp and roses bar at this...

Hi, Darkie49, Sorry for the delay in responding. I've been off the computer for a few days. Yes, lots of members seem to remember Locko. But I am not of the period that recalls such social occasions as having girls come to the school to dance with us boys...! I think that period must have...

Hi, Ernie; Barry: I have just written a long, long, treatise embracing my memories of the "Old End", during which I thanked you both for your commiserations regarding Loxton Street schoolmates. When I clicked on it for a "Preview" I lost it...! I was informed that I wasn't "Logged In" to the...

GER22VAN and all you other old Loxtonians: I feel so lonely...! Whenever I read posts about Locko, they seem to be always directed at old schoolmates who attended the school around the Fifties...! Isn't there anyone there who went to Locko at the same time as I did: from 1939 to 1942? I...

Phil, Mike, Thanks a lot, fellas. Both of you gave me the guidance I was looking for... Cheers, Jim

Hi, Mike, Ernie, Phil, Do any of you experts on the 'Old End' have any maps that might tell me where Claverdon Street may have been in 1881? I'd be obliged if you could guide me there... Cheers, Jim Pedley (pedlarman)

Dianne: Ask your mom and/or your gt.gt. uncle whether they remember Harry Jones, the bookie, who used to operate (when it was illegal to take bets!) from my Aunt Lil's house in Devon Street. I think it was No. 10 - I'm not sure - but it was near the Duddeston Mill Road end... In those days (I...

Ernie: I have just come across your post to billwalkey99 in which you mention that you are restricted to a scooter these days and can't get to the library. Until I get my muscles back after four sessions in hospital last year I'm confined to the house tethered to an oxygen machine...! (I think...

Hi, Ernie, Thanks for taking another look for me. But I have picked up a census report which shows me that it was in 1881 that my gt.gt. grandfather lived with his wife, Maria. and family at No. 2 Bricklin Street, wherever it was...! I tell you, Ernie, my Pedley ancestors are giving me no...

'Morning, Heartlands, Can I just push in for a moment to say - once again - thanks for the help I have received in response to my query about Francis Street. I have already remarked to Phil that reminisences and info about past history of the Old End all helps to paint a picture of times...

Phil, This is an example of what I was going on about when I referred to reminiscences yesterday - your reference to Gill's, the chemists in Heneage Street. I haven't had a thought about Gill's for centuries and, as soon as you mention it, I recall the number of times my mom has sent me to...

Hi, Phil, During my chasing after my ancestry, it has been suggested from one source that a Pedley family once lived at an address in Francis Street - No. 202 - I think it was... Since you also once lived in that street, any recollections that might be useful to me? Cheers, Jim (pedlarman)