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What a couple of stunners they are Lyn, you must be so proud of them. Make the most of every minute with them, Daisy and Sonny are now 12 and 9 where did that time go.

My husband tells me that they are pigeon baskets,stacked up ready to be transported to other areas and opened for the birds to race home. I questioned the timeline of the photo but he says that pigeons have been raced for hundreds of years. His Dad bred and raced pigeons.

Sad news that the venue for the Triathlon, Powells pool in Sutton park, was plagued by a visit from about 200 yobs throwing bricks and rubbish into the water and targetting nearby boats in the boatyard. Apparently overwhelming the Games security and the police by their numbers.

Welcome to the forum, another interesting piece of information in the Argyle family.

Members may be able to help if you could give any other info. What would his age be now, was he with parents or siblings in Lawrence Street.

I love hydrangeas and have quite a few, I take cuttings every year which are very successful, too successful, I have to give them away.They must be one of the easiest shrubs to propogate. I have a White Annabelle as in post 622 but as yet have not been successful with cuttings,

We went to the Fleur de Lys for a meal a couple of weeks ago, my husband recalled that when he was young and his Dad took him fishing he would walk along the canal bank to buy pies at the hole in the wall and take them back to his Dad and brother. When the couple who own the pub now took over...

Happy birthday Eric, have a great day, Alberta.

Thank you, I slept last night the first time for a few nights thank goodness, still no sense of smell or taste, I could be chewing cardboard. Thank goodness we all had our jabs, I hate to think what the people who had Covid in 2020 went through.

Thank you everyone. In recent years I have suffered clots in my lungs, sepsis, pneumonia and cancer, but this is definitely the worst I have been through I am just able to lift my head off the pillow today, aches and pains everywhere, best thing no appetite, could do with losing a few pounds :)...

Thanks Lyn, poor Steve he went pale when he saw I had 12 discs to watch. :) I will leave them until the winter months when I can snuggle up with Tommy:D:D

Thank you all for your good wishes. I have had a wonderful day with all my family, loads of balloons, buffet food and cake. I am going to my birthplace 80 years ago in the peace and quiet of the Staffs moorlands for a few days tomorrow to recover from the noise of today:):) Alberta One of my...

Hi , I use ancestry and the 1901 definately says Tonks for the family in 15 Palace road, Aston.

My Dad was born in 1924 his mother died the same day, her husband was younger than her and had no interest in her baby, before she died she asked her brother and his wife to take care of Dad, His birth father agreed to a private adoption, at that time no adoption until 1927.He stipulated that he...

The thing that puzzles me Lyn is that all the family kept their christian names and he became William , not even his second christian name, he must have still been afraid of those he owed money to. As for your bigamist he was really cheeky kept his same unusual name, but he was hundreds of miles...

I am searching family tree for a friend, I won't use real surnames for their privacy Mr john *Jones* and his wife Sarah E M were married in Birmingham and had 2 children 1911 and 1912, who always said their father got into debt they moved north and changed all their names and later came...

Have you seen the records for James Kirby Missing from the 1911 census because of imprisonment James Kirby ,b 1871, 5ft 1/2ins, fair complexion, dark brown hair , blue eyes, no marks sentenced to serve between 13-3-1911 to 28-8-1911 for False pretences. 1915. James Kirby,( alias George...

I only hope that the competitors and visitors arriving at International airport take the train to Birmingham because the A45 is strewn with litter at all times as are many of the roads close to the stadium.

I have deleted the last 10 posts as they are nothing to do with this thread, please try to keep on topic.

1891 Foleshill. Lois Arnold age 36 ,widower, Painter and paper hanger b Yardley wood Amy age 7 b birmingham Lewis age 5 b birmingham Annie age 3 b birmingham Lucy smith age 44 house keeper. Lewis Richard Arnold birth reg dec qtr 1885 Aston. In 1898 Louis /Lewis remarried to Sarah Foster and in...