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Hi phil just reading site ref barrage ballons .no one has yet reported on the one behind lucas factory in formans rd in sparkhill. I lived about 50 yards down from the factory during the war

Hi all ex formans roaders my name is ken harris i lived at 139 next to claytons fish shop opposite bromyard road .my dad used to run a newsagents round from the house i delivered in bromyard rd leominster rd and formans rd 1946 to 1951 until istarted work i also played football for sparkhill...

Hi i can explain why supporters did not go to see the villa or blues when the first team were away.in those days each club had a first team reserves and colts. The blues reserves played in the football combination and the villa in the central league.they always played at home when the first...

Hi len i bought a car from barry a few years ago by the way fred harriss sister ida my aunty is still alive and living in olton at the ripe old age of 100 i have not seen any of my cousins for about 5 years at my mothers funeral also as i am living at burnham on sea i do get back up to brum...

Hi len yes you are right my cousin brenda married barry thomas .sold cars for a living they divorced a few years ago freds sports clinic was on warwick road just up from olton hollow he treated blues players as well as many others my cousin freddie freds son still runs the buisness and also...

Hi bernard dennis jennings signed for blues from grimsby january 1936 also played for west brom and huddersfield born in habberley valley near kidderminster played every position other than centre half evev in goal twice as a sub he died march 1996 age85

Hi all no records of j gill playing for coventry or walsall first teams during the war

Hi just for the record if you are stilltrying to find out about j d gill he played 5 times in 1940-1941 and 7 times in 1942 -1943 no matches played 1941 1942 ground out of action war damage

Hi just to test you a bit moor my two uncles are fred harris andcyril trigg my name is ken harris and i lived in formans road and went to formans road school

You can get a book called soccer at war at the works bookshop it contains afull list of all players who played in the war for allclubs it is by jack rollin you may be able to get it at the library