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In the dim and distant past when I was a jointers mate on the Post Office Telephones, during a trench digging job in the jewelery quarter, we found the remains of a pneumatic message system. That was an iron pipe roughly 4" in diameter, we weighed it in at the scrapyard.:untroubled: Barrie.

I found this definition of "Nurse Child" on Rootschat. Sounds dreadful. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Often, when transcribing 19th-century censuses, I would...

That was really funny Lyn. It made me laugh. Barrie.

I do wonder what the "newly invented machine" was? Barrie.

What a bloody shame, you really do have to feel for them. Fancy having to do your own cleaning and cooking, it must have been dreadful for them. :rolleyes:

Hi Lyn. I too am looking forward to meeting everyone, and having a pint, but just the one. lol. Barrie.

Pte William Davis. 8th Bn South Staffs. Killed in action 1 Nov 1916. My Gt Uncle. Stand Easy Uncle Bill. Barrie.

Can I have a badge please Lyn. The name is Barrie. Thank you. Barrie.

£5 in the 1860's must be about £200 in todays money. Quite an incentive for someone to come forward.

Hi Lyn. Speaking of things "hammy" made me think of cabbage and bacon. Last week my German Ex-Daughter in Law was staying with me, Marion and me were always very close to Ella, and when the marriage broke up we stayed in touch with her, well, I suggested cabbage and bacon for tea and Ella...

I would very much like to be "accidentaly" given a ham, preferably a smoked one, but one of those Italian air dried one would do instead. :fat:

Hi Lyn. I shall make every effort to be there for the Christmas meet. Can I order a badge please if there is one going. Ta very much. Barrie.

Hi Alan. Mrs Batemans son was named Eric, he was my uncle, his wifes name was Eunice, don't know if Eric was the bloke you were thinking of. Cheers mate. Barrie.

Blimey alan. That secondhand shop belonged to Mrs Bateman who was my aunts mother-in-law. That terrace you mentioned is where my aunt and her husband lived. A funny story about Mrs Bateman. We were sat in the room behind the shop eating our dinner, when she came bustling in and told us to...

Do you mean these little beggars? If these are the ones, Crawfords are still making them at least. Barrie

Sorry to say, the on-line Absent Voters List only covers Birmingham addresses, so that is a dead-end. Barrie

That's a big ask. There will be thousands of blokes named William Smith. To shorten the odds of finding him, did he live in Birmingham at the time of the Great War? If so, we can look him up on the absent voters list, but we will need at least a district, if not a street name. Sorry I...

Blimey. My maternal Gt Grandmother was born in Tanter Street in 1864. I had thought it to be a slum area, every day's a school day. Barrie.

Perhaps the name was deemed as Politicaly Incorrect. God help us!

Thank you Wendy. I'm beginning to wonder if Granpa Wells did a bit of D.I.Y. :blue: Barrie