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Hi Paul, I managed to download a xopy of Alfreds medical certificate but the writing is so tiny I can't read it even magnified. I will have to take a trip to London and look at the original. Sheri

Hi Paul, Tha nk you very much for the information. Alfred is my Grandpa - he didn't have a second name and he wouldn't have enlisted in Yorkshire. I appreciate the help. Sheri

Hi all, I have a similar enquiry. My grandfather served in the WW1 and I would like to know his regiment and where he fought. I have a Certified Copy of Attestation which is dated 11 December 1915. His name was Alfred Blackham age 37 and 6 months, a chocolate grinder (at Cadbury's), married...

Hi Postie, Thank you for putting the picture of St. Judes on again and to everyone else. Sheri

I am having difficulty opening the photos of St. Jude's church. My Gt.Grandparents were married there in 1857. at least I know it's still standing but would love a photo. Many thanks Sheri

My father, a sheet metal worker worked at Fisher & Ludlow - I'm not sure when, I think it was after the war as I can remember him talking about it. Sheri

This is a very long shot - I'm looking for Mr Hayward who was an Accountant - all I know. He is a relative of my gt.grandmother Elizabeth Blackham nee Hayward (have info on them) - I thin k he ran off with Elizabeth's daughter, Emily, between 1891 and 1891 - can't find a wedding entry for her...

Hi everyone, I can remember seeing the Queen with Prince Phillip (must have been just after they were married) driving along Hagley Rd. ? into Birmingham - can't remember the year but I was a child. Sheri

Hi, My dad also worked at Castle Bromwich. He tried to enlist but was sent back because he was a skilled sheet metal worker. I often wonder when I see a picture of a Spitfire if it was one he worked on. There were other bombers that he worked on too. He trained as a brassmith in the 1920's...

I think we used to go on holiday to Devon in the early 1950's from Snow Hill.

Not sure if I'm on the right thread but I'm sure someone can help. My former husband enlisted in R.A.F in 1955 - I don't know where he did his basic training but in 1957 he was posted from R.A.F Binbrook nr.Grimsby to Maralinga and then Christmas Island. I know the Squadron was the same as the...

BilboC, thanks for the info. Great photos - I wonder where all the people were going. Perhaps it was a cheap day out - I can remember going to Weston-Super-Mare on one of those. Sheri

Hi Richie, Thanks for the picture and the info. I only remember the old Scala as I moved from Birminghamin 1960. Sheri

I was very interested to see the photo of the Scala cinema. I went to see Island in the Sun on my first date with the young man who became my children's father. Has it been knocked down? This is such an interesting forum. Sheri

Hi Postie, Thanks for that information. It's interesting because there's a nice little story to that involving my mother. Sheri

Good morning everyone, Postie, would the Garrison Lane School have been the secondary school? The headmistress of my mother's school was very kind to her seeing potential in her and helping her obtain a scholarship almost impossible for a girl from her background. It would have been in the...

Thank you for your replies. I'm sorry I haven't replied before but my broadband was down for several days and it only came back on this morning - bless BT. Sheri

Thank you so much for the replies and for the maps. It gives me some perspective as to where it was. Another question for you - does anyone know the nearest school both primary and secondary where my mother could have gone. Di, my mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother also my great...