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Does anybody remember a little 5 year old boy called Robert who was drowned in the canal at Winson Green in 1950. ? That little boy was my husbands cousin. My husband was only 2 at the time so he does'nt remember anything about him, only what he has been told. As far as i know, Robert had been...

Too true Josey... I was one of those 9 kids. We had a hard but happy childhood. I remember going around those houses in that yard,scraping a stick under the window ledges to find Daddy longlegs.. If i saw a spider now i would run a mile..I was too young to remember the wood yard but i remember...

My husbands uncle William (Bill) Barnett owned two shops in the late forties, fifties and early sixties. One was a fruit shop in Arden road Smethwick. This shop was run by his mother and father. Honor & William senior. The other shop was a Cobblers and it was on the Dudley road up towards Cape...

Many thanks to you all for getting back to me. I have since found out that it did mean Machine Gun Corps. Apparently my husbands grandfather did serve in the WW1. he was issued with medals. Its amazing what information the Geneology site can bring up

Yes it was during the war years. The date i have is 1918. Thank you for your information. I did'nt even think of the Military as my mother- in- law has never mentioned that her father was in the army. Of course he would have more than likely been involved in WW1 . At least i have something to go...

I am tracing my husbands family tree and by all accounts his grandfather's occupation was a driver MGC. I have looked up these letters and all i can come up with is a classic car. Would anybody be able to throw some light on this? If so it would be most helpful.

Does anyone remember the shop Lewis Separate's on the Coventry Road. I remember shopping in there in the late 60s. They always had the best fashion. I used to spend all my hard earned wages in that shop. I can remember buying a pair of blue velvet hot pants, they cost me £11 .. that was a...