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Hi mike I thought that but I can't find a Horne/Keen marriage. it was just a curiosity really as it was tucked away in the book. thank you for replying :))

I don't seem to be having any success in resizing the pictures it's such a shame :(

Tucked away in my old book of Birmingham Ballads was this little treasure but I don't know who they are!!! Lillian Keen and Horace Horne. It looks like a gift card or some such thing.

I fear I will lose one half if I split them. I use Coral paint shop pro to crop them

Sorting through things to declutter I came across some books I hadn't found for many a year one being "Ballads Of OLD BIRMINGHAM" by E. M. Rudland. Inside were papers from the Birmingham Mail one being from 1968 about Sir Josiah Mason and it mentions the mausoleum and the53 children that were...

In doing some family history I found a Great Uncle went to America as a rep for Tan-Sad perambulators in 1924. Can anyone tell me please where this factory was? An interesting point to add is that a pram used by my Mother for us 3 children (from 1937, 1940 & 1951) was a Tan-Sad so maybe Great...

If I asked for something my Nan would say "Them that asks don't get and them that don't ask don't want!" "A whistling woman and a crowing hen is neither good for God nor men"

Many thanks mike, you are as kind as ever :)) I don't know the area but there seems to have been quite a few of my family (Bott) who lived in Small Heath.

I have found out that some more of my BOTT family lived in Small Heath at 294 COOKSEY ROAD. Would there be a picture of the house or the road available please? Many thanks.

8075 Kings Royal Rifles L/Sargent Arthur Edwin Bott died 1916 age 25yrs. Harry Bott died 1940 in the Blitz age 58 along with his wife Nellie, daughter Joan and daughter Phyllis. These are family I never knew about until our family history search. Never to be forgotten by us now. R.I.P.

The memories came pouring back of that terrible day 50 years ago. I was living in Cheltenham at the time having moved from Sutton Coldfield. As soon as my children were home from school (2 at school 1 under school age) I took them in my arms and I thanked God I had them safe with me. My heart...

I lived in Sutton Coldfield in Clifton Road between Manor road & Windley pool lane and I remember the Scout Jamboree well. One American boy gave me a piece of 'Fools Gold' which I still have today, I think he was from Texas.

Hi Everybody, Have just Googled the title of the book and there are several on Ebay from £2.80 with free shipping .......... good value I should say. I am lucky a friend has loaned me hers :))

Hello Alan, First I must say thank you for all the posts you put on this wonderful site, I do enjoy reading them. I am certain you will enjoy the book as you will be familiar with the areas mentioned. I don't know if it is still in print but if you "Google" it I am sure it will show somewhere it...

Find it lyn and you will enjoy it and you will Marion, I did and I don't know Aston very well................. only where my Great Aunt Carrie lived back of the Hip and New Town Row where I worked at Henry Corbetts. I am sure it would be in your library .

At the moment I am reading "Bread, Jam and a Borrowed Pram" by Dot May Dunn. Set in 1958 Aston it tells the life of a newly qualified Health Visitor. For all you old Astonians it will bring back memories I should imagine.

Also a John Burridge age 25yrs. Brassfinisher arrives Montreal 18th. June 1905 on the vessel KENSINGTON from Liverpool. Same person???

My.....................I am loving this mystery :) There is a J.BURREDGE (note spelling) age 27yrs. Labourer arrived Liverpool 12th. November 1905 on the ship OTTAWA having left Montreal Quebec Canada official number 70932. Maybe you already have this. Keep up the good work ladies

Oh thank you lyn, there is no hurry, at your convenience. it is very kind of you to offer I really do appreciate it xx

Lyn thank you for your kind offer I will look forward to receiving the picture. Janice thank you also for guiding me to the website. It is indeed a very sad story. We never knew any thing about our Bott family (our Father died August 1940 2 months before my birth) and our Mother never spoke of...