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  1. 33bus

    1964film of the BULL RING ETC

    A friend posted this film to me this morning,it may have been posted before ,but just incase it hasent ,I hope you enjoy,Tom Old video of brum Enjoy https://youtu.be/IFGLNvBMmBo
  2. 33bus

    trying to find out any details of a stillbirth

    Hi Rosiethankyou for that information ,I will certainly pass it on It was about 6mths ago when I made inquiries at the Hatfield registry office and it was the Assistant Registrar who gave me the information I would sugest its the information that is on the certifcate which is open to misusetom
  3. 33bus

    trying to find out any details of a stillbirth

    Hi Heathy 72 I made some enquiriesfor a friend about her mothers still birth in the 1950s here at Hatfield in Hertfordshire .I was told that I would have to see the assistant Registrar ,who informed me that under NO circumstances ever would any information and certainly no certificates would...
  4. 33bus

    Ear cleansing.

    I looked at this thread ywsterday and have been trying to remember a song by Spike Jones and his city Slickers ... About Grannys fly soap ,one of the verses says something like .."THEY PUT GRANNYS FLY SOAP IN HIS EARS , AND HE HASNT HEARD A THING IN YEARS ".... does anyone else remember it ...
  5. 33bus

    Elkington Street School

    Re: Elkington St. School photo 12months to early for me ,1940was my starting time my sister who was 6yrs older than me also went there ,we were both evacuated to Ashby dela Zouch .I was left on the railway station and finished up with some London families evacuees for 4days before my sister...
  6. 33bus

    My Sad Loss

    So sorry at your sad news , our thoughts are with you Tom
  7. 33bus

    Tower street

    Hello Mike on your 1913map looking at the block of buildins opposite st George there is a long passage with a bend at the top it was a tunnelbuilt through the buildings my fathers foundry was up there leased from Barker Bros there was always arguments with the metal delivery drivers becaus of...
  8. 33bus

    Air raid shelters

    How deep . well I fell down the one in Blews st park 1940/41is I would suggest about10/12ft (OLD MONEY) and landed on a broken beer bottle I had about 12stitches Tom
  9. 33bus

    Medicines Of The Past

    Hi Pete MY DAD USED TO SWEAR BY SLOANS LINEMENT AS A CURE ALL HIS ARTHRITIC ELBOW MY FOOT BALL KNOCKS AND THE SMITHS ELECTRIC CLOCK IN THE FRONT ROOM WHICH STARTED TO SQUEAK, HE PUT A FEW DROPS IN THE BACK OF THE CLOCK IT STOPPED THE SQEAK BUT STAINED ALL THE CLOCK FACE.IT USED TO PONG QUITE A...
  10. 33bus

    in defence of Dunkirk

    Hi Oisin the massacre is on page 3 top right of page the actual battlesare on the other pages Ive posted the Cemetery at Calonne and the death dates go from 10-5 to29-5-1940Tom
  11. 33bus

    in defence of Dunkirk

    Hi Oisin Ive just tried it and its ok for me cheers tom https://www.ww2talk.com/forum/1940/24549-battle-massacre-wormhout-28th-may-1940-a-3.html Ive got windows mail on vista 2 and it works for me sorry folks Tom
  12. 33bus

    calonne communial cemetery

    I found my lost Uncle at rest amongst his fallen comrades at Calonne Cemetery .he wasnt connected to my family for long ,he married an aunt in 1937and he died on the 21-5-1940 very few if any of my generations know of him ,but they will now cheers Tom...
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    in defence of Dunkirk

    I found this awful item whilst searching for my Uncle James Henry Green who died on the 21/501940 he was in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8 th Btn who were beining used as part of a defncive block to the advancing German forces there by buying time so that more troops could be saved at Dunkirk...
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    Birmingham Schools Football History / & photos

    I Think you might find this site interesting in 1950Aldridge rddrew with Waverly Rd in the Villa cup and we beat Upper Thomas st at Ellisons ground I believe perry Barr our star player was Gerrald Carver who went on to play for Notts County he lived onthe Pheasey as did the goalie a Philip...
  15. 33bus

    Rationing

    I was born in 1935 and was known in the family as "the mobile dustbin "Id always had a "piece" of something or other inbetween meals most were scrumped, the bread 1/2 inch oneside a full inch the other ,jam,dripping.condensed milk with a sprinkling of cocoa(Id eat anthing that was going) its...
  16. 33bus

    a Routemaster ?? article in the London Eveninig Standard

    Design classic: the “Macedonia City Buses” are being built in China and come into service in Skopje next month. London will have to wait until January 2012 for its own modern version of the Routemaster Spirit of the
  17. 33bus

    Phrase meaning: Back of Rackhams

    at the risk of a red card .. My mother used to say "I LL HAVE TO GO THE BACK OF RACKHAMS"NEARLY ALWAYS ON A THURSDAY WHEN SHE WAS SHORT OF HOUSE KEEPING .AND MY SISTER (6YRS OLODER ) EXCLAIMING MOM!!! AND ALWAYS NODDED HER HEAD MY WAY ,I was in my teens before I realised what she was implying...
  18. 33bus

    Classic Vehicles

    I found this site today with enough pictures of all modes of transport down the years to spark quite a few memories . I hope it hasnt been posted before cheers Tom:) www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/antiquecarphotos.htm https://www.classic-wheels.co.uk/classicphotosmain.htm
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    Pathe Gazette news rels of birmingham

    Hi Lyn I just put Birmingham in the search box and was amazed at what came up , there are about 18 pages on Birmingham .there are supposed to be 90,000films on this site so it will take a couple of years to find them all ,hope you and the other members enjoy it Tom
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    Pathe Gazette news rels of birmingham

    Pathe Gazette news reels of birmingham I found these film clips of life in Birmingham amongst a collection of 90,000 news films by Pathe Gazette there is one on a 40 ton stamping in Wenesbury also 2school trips with some clear shots of birmingham children who could be fathers and g/fathers ,I...
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