Search results

Hello...anybody ever heard of this company please Thanks Suze

Hi Brenda...I went to Birches Green Junior school...Mr DG Watson was headmaster...the dreaded Mr Parkes ..who used throw the board rubber at us..scary man..Mr Carr was lovely...can't remember any more..we used to "swim" ...until my breath ran out...then look forward to hot bovril . Susan O'Regan

I didnt pick this up til now ...3 years later! My brother would be very thorough!...Retired now living in the sun of Portugal...his niece is a police officer though.

Hello AMJ......this reminds me of my young days.I went to Birches Green school,but remember...very vaguely going to the National to play a skittles (it wasnt called that but forgot what it was called....two teams had to knock over the others big wooden skittle)...I'm sure someone will let me...

My Mum used to sit and have lunch ..plus silver service in Grays Palm Room in the late 1940's when music would be played . Apparently Semprini played there once,but Mum can't remember the surname if the violinist...Henry. Does anyone have any memories of a gentile time gone by?...but especially...

Hi Jennyann...is this offer still open?...how do i send an IM please? Thanks Suze

Hello all, I was thinking earlier about Erdington/Birmingham and wondering why I have never seen photos of the National School. Reading through this thread I now know. I remember when I was in the Birches Green skittleball team,that we played them.I vaguely remember it being a bit grim and grey...

Gosh!....all these blasts from the past....when I have more time...I will start at the beginning to see how much I remember we have lost.......while we are on the subject....does anyone remember plush nougats? Who made them.....can you still get them? I know some places still produce old...

Hello...thank you for replying...this is all wonderful! I dont know how I could get a copy of the photo...I could then work out who it is....I know there are lovely people who could point me towards finding a way to get to the records I think thats the connection between William Thursfield and...

Re: The Hand Family You and MWS are both brilliant ...thanks!...I don't have much to go on at all on this side of the family....don't know where Jo Collins fits in for example..so all and anything will be welcome Suze

Re: The Hand Family Thats wonderful MWS thank you....any other snippets would be really useful,as I am just going to start this side of the family and when I come up to Birmingham all bits will be useful Suze

Re: The Hand Family Hello Alberta....thats marvellous !! Thank you....do I presume the first Rowland and Florence are the parents?....any info on them...or way I could find out please?

Hello, I think I may have lost this thread,so here goes again. My grandmother,Evelyn Hand (married William Thursfield)had a niece named Janet Robertson.Apparently Janet had done a lot of work on the Hand family tree,then I learned she had died,before I could get in touch with her.She had...

A AAAAAh this is what Mum and I were looking at today....but...also....we were looking at a photo "From church in Erdington".....but we couldnt work out which direction it was taken.It had got a row of cottages OPPOSITE the Roebuck,which was an Ansells pub. at the time.This photo makes it...

My grandad William Thursfield ran the Coachsmiths Arms for a while...any photo's anyone please?

I think the Chain pub became the Horse and Groom and my grandad ran it....William Thursfield

I should have said ,I did get a response from the Taylor family,but no information. Did Brummagem or Carl Chinn ever do an article on W M Taylors?

Hello again, I am going to try again with this one.I did get a reply from a relative of the Taylor family. Mum still talks about her days there,she is 83 next birthday and still has fond memories. So all,any info please

Hello Robert,I am wondering if you could tell me more about Michael,for instance is he still alive. He went to Cheltenham I believe. I was speaking to my Mum,and she would be interested to know of any information at all. I dont suppose there is such a thing as the history of WM Taylor store,how...

Hi Jennyann...I would love to see the photos but dont know how to send an instant message.Could you let me know please