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Strange your comment on never the same man after the war, my grandfather John Davis (1886 -1945), served with the Royal Warwickshire, but one of those whose record has been lost, gassed and eventually discharged, but lived with constant mouth pain and discomfort and according to my dad was never...

I have the opposite problem, many years ago I yearned for a model railway being denied one as a child, but my boys were not interested, now as a retirement present, I was given a Flying Scotsmen complete set and do not know what to do with it, it is currently gathering dust in my someday...

Enjoy a very happy birthday day and gather your strength to moderate for many years to come

Yes Bob

My wife to be and I were there and visited the MEB stand to look at electric stoves and we actually bought a Creda stove. It was sold to us by Arthur Morrell who had connections with Aston Villa and Boldmere St Michaels I believe, my dad knew him well, but that played no part in our decision...

Yes, no problems except my HP Envy kept telling that I was using the wrong ink. Bob

It is never to late, I found the best job I ever had in my sixties and carried on for another 27 years. Bob

O the temptation, but stilled my reply because this forum is read by women (in this woke world can I say that?) and children. Just carry on the good work. Bob I am writing this to Krupa and Rich with Bernies Tune on the CD player, oh joyous day and music and to follow Billie May. Bob

I havejust finished sorting hundreds of birth certificates, census prints, records from Kew and Berkshire family history at Reading that were passed to me by the son of my great grandfather's grandson. We had corresponded on the family, who originate from Boxford and District in Berkshire...

Apparently at the time of the 1951 British Industries Fair, they made Fisholow metal bottle cases. What they were I cannot help Bob

Channel Island milk, ideal for rice puddings, sorry if I divert from the thread. Bob

Saw them in Watts L.A and parts of Harlem Bob

Living in the Outer suburbs, the living conditions as seen in these pictures were only something we heard about or saw from the top of a bus or tram as it moved us from our home to town and back again. We must ensure they are saved and catalogued for future generations to see and understand...

Ah! Those were the days when demo was done without the worry of Health and Safety, just an old Ruston Bucyrus 22 or 33 with a heavy iron ball swinging from a chain and not a hard hat or piece of Harass fencing in site. Memories Bob

Would Mr Wimbush at 159 be a forerunner of the Wimbushes Bob

The write up mentions that Hutch 'the deep voiced singer" was appearing. Bob

Thank you very much, another gold star. I have now traced Oscar through to his death, he finished a mystery, he married a Beatrice A Nicholls and I have to get the marriage certificate to find her actual details, because on all the electoral rolls he appears to live alone, all the excite,ent...

It was the equivalent of today's sun visor, pulled out at an angle. Bob

Once again thank you one and all, it is Oscar, looks like Arson on the birt certificate, then I found Oscar on Freebmd. The strange think is that as a youngster, I had heard whispers that I did not understand about Auntie Hannah. Just in case Lady P is reading this, does she know of a house...

I have a poor copy of a birth certificate from 1900, showing the birth at 0610am on 2nd of January 1900 of a boy to Hannah Davis. I cannot translate the name, the journal entry is 323, reg district King's Norton. Unfortunately with my technical and AI skills, I have been unable to scan and...