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Neville Chamberlain (full name Arthur Neville Chamberlain) and his wife Anne had a daughter Dorothy and a son Francis. No Elizabeth or George.

I will add grape scissors to this thread as having gone out of fashion, we made them in the Jewellery quarter in the 60s. Used so that the higher classes were able to cut the stem of the grape instead of, like me,tearing the grape off.

There was and possibly still is an 'approved school' called St Johns in Gravelly hill Erdington.

Pigeons throw themselves at my window , no casualalities yet thank goodness. A mystery I thought others could solve for me. A few weeks ago I was tidying up a large terracotta pot with a shrub in it but the soil had been moved.I found a large beefhide dog chew buried in it, my husband put the...

Any member able to help must reply by Pm , we do not give the whereabouts of living relatives on the forum.

Not exactly a comptometer but I operated a huge accounting machine in the 50s/60s it was built into a desk and had a really long carriage that went back and forward. I fed in a long roll of paper and it printed out the customers order, their invoice and our copy, it was really noisy and when my...

I was a Saturday girl at Woolworths 1957/58.

Job the Louisa Brassington Smith in post 23, the Brassington was the name of her maternal grandmother. Wolstanton is an area in Stoke on Trent about 2 miles from Newcastle under Lyme.

Job , I have removed your email address, not wise to put it on here. Private messages are to protect living off- spring of those who may be still living. I have no objection to you copying and sending my PMS to Janice or MWS both excellent researchers, between the 3 of us we may be able to...

I lived in Erdington from 1951 -1961 and often shopped there until the 80s. I remember Wrestling matches in the Barnabus rd market in the late 50s.

I have just read (and checked with other newspapers to see if I am being taken in by april 1st joke) that slug pellets are banned from use in UK gardens from today. Is it true, I have some pellets but usually drown slugs in a beer trap.

Congratulations, lovely Spring baby. Alberta.

Welcome to the forum Martin. Some lovely memories for me, especially recalling Moyle and Adams, i lived in Marsh Lane as a child.

Welcome to the forum Job. In 1939 their residence was 15 Piercey Street, Wednesbury Thomas W b 1900 Storekeeper and electrical Engineer Dora M b 1900 Thomas w b 1930 Freda b 1934

I worked in the offices at David Hollander , Electro platers in late 50s early60s, we bought products from Cannings and their rep would visit from time to time, they sent us nice pressies for Xmas, chocolates ,calendars, my favourites. I think the reps surname was McKay.

1881 has the family john Cooksey 27 Boatman Ellen 24 Ellen 2 Samuel 4 months says all born Oldbury 1911 Gt Barr street Samuel Millard 31 Ellen 31 she says born Birmingham Herbert Day 8 Rosey May Millard 5 Samuel G Millard 4 months Herbert Day born april 29th 1902 . parents Walter Day, boatman...

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Quite a search to plough through Janice.:) There was no TE Jones killed at Arnhem and having searched deaths of Douglas (with no specific surname) in both deaths in WW2 and graves in Oosterbeek where the Arnhem casualities were buried I can find no Douglas 1st or 2nd christian name or James ...

Janice I think the statue was added in 2013 when all the new buildings were in place, the old buildings were desolate for years, until demolished I think from 2004-2013 I have an idea the statue belonged to the Father Hudson homes and was located elsewhere before being placed in the field. Alberta.

The hospital has been demolished and the area is Father Hudsons Care home in Gerards Way but if you go to the car park of the care home there is a field nearby and in the middle of it is a statue of Christ with his arms outstretched and that is where the wards were.