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That's so true ...and I had a work colleague that used to be a fireman on a 2F Johnson loco on the Harborne line...he was based at Monument Lane shed.... he had some fascinating stories ...and of course on the Harborne Branch there was a line to Mitchells and Butlers.....another very interesting...

A colleague and myself are searching for a model locomotive in 00 gauge of 2F Johnson with Belpaire bolier and Deeley cab to run on a projected layout of the old Longbridge-Rubery-Hunnington-Halesowen branch line, but....do you think we can get one ??? NO WAY..... after searching for months it...

Well ....the fog horn blast was only for a minute at least ....ha ha......I know the company moved to Sherlock Street just before they finished, but the sign over the factory was still there for a year or two after 1960, it would have been much better for me had they been in that latter...

My First employment in 1958 was at A F Genton & Son in Harford Street , Hockley, which was off Great Hampton Street, I was only there for a few weeks but had a very interesting time making the ships lamp s, but we also made manually operated fog horns which if you imagine a wooden box the size...

And......One of those kids could have been..............Les Ross....... but then he'd be using his real name.... but often you'd never know names just like you say............we'd have to club together to buy a bottle of lemonade from the cafe !!! so each had a swig !!!!! couldn't do...

Always good to air the memories to all good friends...as you say....most enjoyable...stay safe all

Likewise dear friends

Now....here is the shot I took on advice of the Station Master 15th June 1981....with the warehouses towards the shunting/goods yard at the rear of the cafe side ...that's the Lichfield side if anyone is confused.....

Hit the nail on the head mate !!!!!!

. If you looked at the low level station from the road...Birmingham at the back of you....the cafe was on your left......tunnel to field on your right... high level also on your right running from Birmingham to Derby !!! By the way...DON'T call them caravans...you'll get 'lynched' by those...

When I first started spotting it was 1 shilling and penny ha'penny....then it skyrocketed to 1shilling and fourpence ha'penny......and I do recall there was a one off black semi still roaming the lines at first...can't remember which one it was now....so long ago.....

The cafe was on the west side of the forecourt to low level station........I went back with a pal in 1981 and as you might guess the scene was changing, the cafe had gone and chatting to the station master he told us it had blown down, we said we were just recollecting our 1950's...

Loved Les Ross and the Morning shows he presented.....also took advantage of Round the world Phone Calls when he got intouch with my cousin in Canada and we all had wonderful memories of our trainspotting days going to Tamworth..... loads of laughs and memories

I remember Oozells Street so well...in the 1960's I worked for Arnold Genders in Kings Heath and that was part of Colmore Depot....often for new vehicles I would have to go to the car tax office in Oozells street to get the tax and often light commercials I took for weighing as they had a...

Yeah.. I spent a few hours in the 1950's in the field at Tamworth...came back hoarse when some good Kops had been had...... bottles of Cheethams lemonade from the cafe.... I must dig out some photos I bought from the cafe....they were taken by someone called Burrows I think...... One...

Oh yes....a number of configurations have been taken into consideration by the whole families before,I too have come across a few 'blips' as you describe, the thought was as Jane was the only child born in the Birmingham area that maybe a parish record have another indication though possibly...

We are going by what she gives on each electoral register as her birth town, always Branston ,Staffs.

Thanks so much for that, I do believe I've come across that marriage before....but found that she didn't come from Branston in Staffs, at the time she was born there were only about 300 people in Branston and one would have assumed that she 'might' have been found, as you may well guess it's...

I am still searching for details on Jane Wheatley as mentioned a few years ago, would anyone know where the parish records for St Thomas would be kept, it would be useful to know for when I come back on a visit to Birmingham again...thanks for any help given.