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Thanks for that.....I know there was a family of Coxsons in Aston and right by where my Taylors went to live in New Summer St...I made contact with someone two years ago that had that family in her line but my Sarah wasn't apparently in their line..there was also a family in Sherlock St near to...

I can remember various members of the family that operated the handle would only do it for so long as blisters would be appearing........we used the money from the Monopoly game for our bets........the hours we used to play Escalado over Christmas' was just unbeliveable.........not a lot of tele...

I am certain some knowledgeable person will know about my question....I have just obtained a death certificate of a family member on which it says.....'Clerk in Orders' (No Cure of Souls)...............has anyone any ideas please. We assumed he was a vicar as he was referred to and titled as...

How great to see pictures of Chad Valley again.......and my gran also did a few shifts at Chad thus getting us Escalado and a few other games that did us proud for a lot of Christmas' ......we too had extra horses that she had got ...unpainted !!!! what superb pleasure their games gave....they...

Well......I googled and found them.....best wishes........Mike

Pattiw.....they're still there in Bissell Street.........I just looked them up on the directory............Mike

Patti........a work colleague of mine said he thought Bissell Street was one of their work places........

Hey......I worked at Bournville not Balsall Heath.....from my hazy memory I think I recall their place being near to Gooch street.....Longmore St is in my mind but I thought it was one of the roads nearer to the Conybere street area......only used to see it on the side of their vans that was...

My goodness...... Kenton Display did indeed do our cadbury displays...can't recall seeing a thumb stapled to a piece of display though.......sorry Pattiw couldn't resist that.............I worked there for about 37 years...and very near to the advertising studio or as it was known....the...

Re: Edwin (Edward) Carrington Bren.... Thanks so much for that.......bless you....now all you have to tell me is you're a Villa supporter !!!!!!!! So many thanks....another starting point to go from..........great !!!!!!

Could anyone throw light on a relative please about his marriage to an Ellen ???? Married in Kings Norton district June qtr 1860 6C 575 ..it seems the records for the lady's name are not on the file......and I would love to get her surname sorted...... I know they lived in Harborne c...

Wendy....thank you so much....that was very kind of you....now I have to rethink where on earth she may have come from or where they may have got married.....my very sincere thanks......I see you are at Tamworth....Ah.....happy days of my trainspotting in the mid 1950's....Mike

Hi...I have been trying for an age to get a thread on this my gt gt gran..sarah coxson (bn c1819) married william taylor(braizer)bn c 1817, hopefully st martins as they were in that parish in 1841..no children at that date so one imagines they had just got wed...his father was same name and same...

Wilsons bakery Coo Yes !!!! we used to have Wilsons bakers deliver to us in Selly Avenue c1950......light /dark blue vans from my recall.....happy days:)

Sailors Return Thanks to everyone for their info........brilliant response and thanks Mike Jenks.....I did see Tamworth a few years back....but I see they have Park Homes now on there...one time it went to caravans I know...I went back just as the water tower had been demolished and it was just...

Hi.....going back to my trainspotting days......on coming back from a day at Tamworth trainspotting in the 1950's.....I always seemed to be at the carriage door awaiting to arrive back at New Street stn. ready for the rush to get the bus home.....but when nearing New Street I'd be observing the...

looking back into my family tree I did find that my gt gt granfather and his brothers were 'Engine Turners' on the census c1861 era...eventually found out after studies they were working on the railway turntables....obviously turning the locomotives (engines) ..so don't know if your family...

I put a photo of St Asaphs on this site a while back,if you want a proper photo then I think you will find one available at your Central Library which is where I got mine from....best of luck

Hi....Well the brake that you pedal backwards to stop the bike I think was called an' Eady Coaster ' very popular with German cyclists I can recall when I went on a Cycling Tour of Germany back in 1959...thank you Cadburys for paying for that tour.....and fixed wheel bikes were something you...

Hi. Just a shot of St Asaphs with Latimer Street on the right....my grandparents were married here c1912 and most of the families were based around Latimer St and Gt Colmore St.