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Wedding or birth certificates didn't begin until 1837. There are only the parish records. The family Search where the info is from is available free on line, or you may be able to see the parish records at a local office perhaps in Brum somewhere? One of my Aunties was married to a Robbins...

Isn't it strange? We hear and read so much about the dangers of the internet, and yet it does hold so much to some of us, especially as we get older. I also add my prayer to God to look after my computer. Not only does it mean I can keep my eye on what you lot are doing, but as you say, I regard...

Thanks Jerry

:)Does anyone remember Linyards on six ways Aston? My sister Margaret Harris worked there when she first left school at the end of the forties begining of the fifties. Somewhere else the family speak of is Kinnocks.Does anyone  remember where that was?  Lynda

That really was a suprise! All my Stych family from Vicarage road in the 1901 census were girls. I really should expand on the Harris and Robinsons in the first world war, as I am sure there must be some info. Thanks all the same. It was fascinating to read.

I am researching my paternal grandparents who lived in Vicarage Road around the turn of the 19th century. Would love to find memoribilia of that time. Have been looking at the Aston site which brings back so many memories. Grandand Alfred was a Harris and Nan was a Robinson. Her father was...

::)All these memories of the no 11 bus. We lived in Erdington on the slade road and I caught the bus regularly at Stockland Green. My husband Dave lived by the Yew Tree in Yardley, and when we married :smitten:we lived in Stechford for a while. Before we married I worked as a Student Nurse at...

Thanks for the reminders postie Lynda

Well my goodness :laugh: Thank you postie. Can you remember the name of the group that used to sing? Lynda

Does anyone remember the TV studios on Aston Cross when Noel Gordon was in Cross Roads. Also, what was the dinner time program called? Lunchbox I think? I remember hanging around there as a youngster waiting to catch sight of someone famous. Does anyone remember their names? Lynda in Wales

Eating out in the 60's Dave and I always went to the Indian Restaurant opposit the Locarno Ballroom. After a night of boogie we used to love a biriani. The Wimpy Bar around the corner was much better though, a 60's style upper class McDonalds!

Daves Motor Bike Well Dave All I can say is that I must have been very lucky not to have 'bumped' into you on your travels. On reading your different letters, I think we may have lived in the same area. I lived in Abbey Road, off the Slade Road and my haunts in my youth were Stockland Green at...

Vicarage Road Hello again June. Just catching up on the forum and reading all the letters. Nipper and Jean have spoken to me before on the forum about Vicarage Road, and they lived next door to my Aunty Joe Gillam. I was only 8 when my Nan died in 1954 so I would only know the relatives and...

Daves Motorbike You were a terrible lad Dave. I hope your Mom gave you a damn good spanking!!!!!!!!! :roll: Oh well, I dare say we were all the same, but not half as bad as some of them today Lynda

vicarage Road Hello June So many people talk about Vicarage Road. When you are a child your mind plays tricks with you as to how many people lived in that part of Aston. My Nan owned a Greengrocers shop, I think it was on the left hand side coming down from Victoria Road. Her name was Annie...

Door Knocking We were so deprived (or was it depraved) My hubby used to take his little sister along to the door, knock the door and run. His little tot of a sister just stood there, and the people took her inside and gave her sweets and biscuits. Isn't it sad that we just couldn't afford this...

Christmas Christmas was always very special to me. There was a stocking with an orange and an apple, monkey nuts and a few sweets. Dad always bought me a Rupert the Bear annual and then I moved on to the Dandy or the Beano, Girls friend or Girls Crystal. Then later Mom and Dad bought me Little...

Those wonderful Traffic Jams Do you remember when it snowed? I used to catch the no65 bus from Erdington to town and you would be lucky to get there by dinner time! I worked at the Wesleyan and General next to the Gaumont, neither which are there anymore. we satupstairs on the bus warming...

How I miss the brummie accent It may sound strange to some people, but after being away for so many years you really warm to someone with a Birmingham accent. Its a case of 'Where do you come from?' 'Where did you live?' and so on. I always liked the brummie on the comedians. I didn't even mind...

Once a brummie always a brummie I haven't lived in Birmingham since 1971 and I don't think I sound like a brummie any more, until I started to view this site!!!!! I was reading something that my husband wanted to look at, but he, being the lad that he is wouldn't take it from me, so what did I...