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I worked for a Jim Gough who was part of the apprentice training team, so probably not the same person, this was around 1960. I was a member of the door lock assembly supervision staff in the late 1960's while there I knew a couple of the polishers who played in WB cricket team and my brother...

It is some fifty five years since I was at WB and that was after a period of eleven years working there. Rockwell took over not long after. Perhaps you can tell us a little about WBH, who was Peter Weston, I remember they were in Redditch but some years ago I noticed a factory adjacent to M5 in...

Yes, this is an Ian Allen book acquired as you suggest.

Among my presents at Christmas was a copy of the 1971 book Britain's Railways at War 1939-1945 by O.S. Nock. Lots and lots of facts and figures.

But then there was a Birmingham industrialist Sir Harry Jephcott. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Jephcott Very famous old boy of KEGS Camp Hill

There is an old thread that mentions this.

It is said that the road was named after a city councillor. https://www.bing.com/search?q=Councillor+Jephcott+Birmingham+&form=ANNTH1&refig=DA44E35C2DCB424CA696F203A753A055&pc=HCTS

Found this picture that confirms my memory of the Paynes. , Getting to grips with new laptop managed to scan, now need to display here!

Have a great day, appreciate all your posts!

In 1940's I assumed the old site of the cinema was a result of bomb damage, if I remember correctly there was a Payne's shoe repair shop on the site which was of a timber construction

In around 1956 I had a "Saturday job" working with a Scribbans bread delivery man. One of our calls was to deliver bread to the maternity hospital in Marston Green. The bread was specially labelled as being Low Salt.

This forge was on Warwick Rd opposite Stockfield Rd. I would stop on my way home from primary school to watch the action in 1940's

I now have a "Tree Rating" 8.6 What's that about?

I think wifi was the problem, just had a long session with TalkTalk I wore the bot down and got a "Person" who was great. Going through your comments:- No Green tick, but a Blue one? Weak Security, I need to reconfigure to WPA2 or 3. I did a reset as suggested don't normally do things like that...

Sorry, it's me again! That aged i-pad now won't perform with i-message. Asked for the Apple ID to continue using i-message, duly supplied BUT we get the message "unable to contact the i-message server". Now what?

I find doing ancestry searches that a great uncle, Cyril Bishop, was a milkman in 1939 but also in the AFC. He lived somewhere by the Beaufort cinema. Later I remember him in the "proper" fire service based at Wash Lane which I understand closed down a good while ago. He was born in 1907 so I...

She tells me that if she wants one she'll buy one!

So the bottom line is that the end is nigh! But I have signed on for now using your subsequent advice. Thank you so much for your patience, Mrs DevonJim can go back to spending the kids inheritance, actually she is very good, gosh that sounds condescending, she sets herself a rigid monthly ebay...

Lots of numbers! iPad Version 16.7.10 Name 5th Generation Number MP2F2B/A Serial F9HVJXC7HLF9

I-pad is switched to auto update, there are no "prompts" outstanding. Is it just too old?