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What a lovely photo David. Your Mom looks lovely. Anne

Hi Mike, My first job was as a trainee tracer at Metro Cammell in 1968. It used to take hours to trace the drawings and I spent months practising printing clearly. When I changed to another Company they got me tracing the ordnance survey map of Bury St Edmunds, so many trees. I soon changed my...

I used to go to a hairdressers in the GWA. It was where the trainees for Raymonds practised. I think it was called the Budget Room. I also used the haberdashery shop, when I had my first baby I bought wool in every different pastel colour and knitted little cardigans and matinee coats. Good job...

Hi, Does anyone remember the Jacey cartoon cinema by the Midland Red bus station? I used to take my little brother there in the 60's. Also used to go to the Castle at Castle Bromwich on Saturday mornings to watch cowboy films in the late fifties. Later our Dad took us to see The Parent Trap and...

When I get home, I'll ask my husband, he's Studley born and bred and has a pretty good memory. I don't know of any buildings before the Griffin on the way to Redditch except a row of cottages and their gardens facing on to Green Lane. He still sees some of the Freeman lads so he might be able to...

That is the right area. I lived on what is now called The Redditch Road where the Wapping used to be for about 25 years. A lot of the farms were compulsorily purchased for the New Town development. My husband had his taken on the other side of Redditch. He can recall a large house in that...

Hi Bernie, My parents moved to Chelmsley in the 60's near the White Hart pub. They lived two roads across from the Crossroads shop. The bottom of their garden was the boundary between Birmingham and Warwick. They paid rates to Birmingham and the people oppposite paid Warwick. I consider myself...

My Aunt lived in a back to back house near The Ladypool Road 6/50 the road name began with a C. I just can't remember it now, must ask my cousin! Typical yard with outside row of loos. We lived in a modern flat at Kingshurst so it was very different. The stairs were so steep I hated staying...

Our neighbour, who is a farmer, lost 12 cattle when the tree they were standing under for shelter was hit by lightning! Anne

I wasn't frightened of storms until a few years ago. I was talking on the phone to my daughter and grandchildren during a storm, and told the little ones not to be afraid as it wouldn't hurt them. When suddenly, a thunderbolt hit the TV aerial, continued to bounce off the metal ties in the wall...

Hi Pat, I found a website with some interesting infrmation regarding the name Dobbins. You can access it at www.myoutbox.net/ddcv01.htm I hope you enjoy reading it. By the way, I have an uncle who was registered Richard Dobbins but we call him Dickie so they're still around.

Hi Pat, There seems to be a line of Giles' in my tree. There are the Broadway ones from 1590, 1617, 1660, 1702, 1739, 1767 then a Giles baptised in St Helen's Worcester who was born in 1617 and another born in Worcester in 1843. There must ba a connection somewhere. I have this Richard...

Hi Steve, Not sure whether you are still a member but I was interested to read about your Dobbins tree. Does it contain a Giles Dobbins from Broadway? Anne

My husband's first father in law was Ron Smith, a mechanic and driver for them. I've found some photos which I've sent to Mike. Thanks for posting this one Bill, it feels good to have the photos put to use. He asked me how I found the website so now he'll know it's up to you! Anne

When I lived in Stourport 30 years ago I had a coalman called Mr Cocum. (Incidentally, we bought our house through Doolittlle and Dally of Kidderminster)!

I think you'll find this one a little more light hearted: The Christening We all went to a Christening in a High Church down our way, I'm not what you call religious but try anything, I say. The Christening group were stood around the font, the focal point, The parson dressed up in...

Thank you both for your kind words. My Dad taught me to read when I was four and I've inherited his love of books and poetry. He left Aston when he was about six and moved to Stechford. He was certainly a character, he went to a workshop and learnt how to use a computer when he was 80 and passed...

Hello Wendy, aftyer 30 years when No 1 cleared off with someone he met on the internet, in Australia, I met my Ray who is the love of my life and I wouldn't change him for the world. It is certainly a very different life from a council flat in Kingshurst but I loved those Saturdays at Bacon's...

I went to school with Judith Georgina Cartmell from Kingshurst 50's annd 60's. Never come across anyone with the same surname. Anne

Wow! I saw a litter of piglets being born as I walked past Bacon's End Farm about 1963. The sow had rolled over and squashed a couple of piglets and I didn't know what to do (was only about 11). Now I am a farmer's wife and know this is a regular occurrence. A couple of years later I went horse...