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I posted on Snow Watch in November that we had thunder and lightening with a snow shower "a once in a lifetime experience" our local paper said

Gibbins Road Selly Oak was changed from Old Lane after Mrs Emma (Cadbury) Gibbins and her sons purchased the land in 1897 and gave it to the local council for a park it was opened in 1899, they were directors of the Battery Works Pamela Y

Very well done Bill.dargue I am sure it will be of interest to a lot of people Pamela Y

Thank you for the great pictures, I lived the other side of the park and passed that area from middle 40's to 68 either going up to Selly Oak village or getting on and off the 11 bus for work at Cadburys Pamela

The pub just across the road (Chaple Lane) from the Oak cinema was The Plough and Harrow Pamela Y

Hello Mariep I remember the childrens choirs in the town hall, I wrote a piece in the Birmingham Entertainment Cinemas Theatres and Rinks section,in the Town Hall slot. I sang in the choirs 2 years with Ilmington School in about 1954/5/6, the second year was all Scottish songs. Pamela

Silly me, sorry I got my coppers mixed up, both good programmes, BBC radio 7 are serializing Paul Temple this week. Pam

Elsie and Doris Walters were the sisters of Jack Warner PC 49. I remember going with my mother to a garage in Selly Oak to have the accumulator battery filled up in th 40's. Pamela

The King George V Bristol Road Longbridge

Thanks Astoness for the picture it doesn't bring any memories back to me but it is about forty years since I was there. Pamela

Hi Astoness, thanks for your answer but I don't think it is the right view that you have. I can't think what was on the other corner going towards Birmingham where we caught the bus or on the other side of the road. Regards Pamela

Does anyone remember or have a picture of the shops and houses in Summer Lane from the corner of Cowper Street going down away from Birmingham. On the corner of Cowper Street by the school was a chemist shop, next I think was a sweet and ice cream shop then a butchers,there were some houses and...

I remember mom dad and myself doing the number 11 round trip about 1950. I managed to find the programme on the Iplayer, I also thought it was a bit short. It would be good to see an hour long programme with stops along the way at interesting places. Pamela

I went to Ilmington school from September 1953 to December 1956. There was no school uniform at that time but we did make yellow blouses in the sewing class for gym lessons with Miss James and Miss Wall.

The witness Elizabeth Westwood to William and Ann Barnet was born Elizabeth Detheridge she married Joesphon 24 Apr 1783 I think Pamela

I descend from William Detheridge and Susanna Probatt from their son William and Mary Probat John and Sarah Leaton John 1822 and Emma Wilson somehow the name changed to Deathridge Alfred William 1843 and Harriet Gunn My grandfather John 1880 my father then me I got a lot of info from...

Hi John Thank you for the info,yes that is my bike except mine has straight handlebars,I wasn't allowed to have the dropped ones. It must be officially plum coloured. I hope to ride up the road to TESCO's in the better weather. Regards Pam

I also sang in the school's choir two years in the 50's, the second year was an all Scottish concert, songs and the poem Night Mail by W H Auden . I saw the Shadows there sometime in the 60's

Thank you all for your replies, Len That could have been my Father I know he worked at the BSA, Mackadown Lane rings a bell with me, His name was Harry Deathridge,he moved to a job in Redditch and then to the Rover at Acocks Green. The Deathridge's were into fruit and veg,my grandfather had a...

Hello all, Is there anyone else on the Forum with the surname Deathridge (born in Birmingham) in their family tree. Pamela