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I lived on Washwood Heath Road from 1961 to 1967 and shopped along Alum Rock Road, I remember my first experience of a 'supermarket'albeit a small one.It was on the right hand side as you go from the Gate and somewhere near to Harlew Caravans,, ironmongers. Does anyone remember it and know the name.

Hydrangea cuttings take so easily that I have stopped because I had so many. Make sure they never dry out they are thirsty blighters. Janice, I usually leave my dead flower heads on until March/April but last year cut my large lacecap ones off in the Autumn and pruned it back a bit and it...

R.I P. Tony Butler. Tony passed away on Friday aged 88. He was once given elocution lessons because his accent was so broad that often even brummie listeners couldn't understand him:worried:

Janice, not very good at transfering photos but if you go to ancestry Midlands Criminal records it has police photos of James Grindrod age 16, looking like an innocent young man given 3 months for assault and on the next page a very handsome John Adrian age 19 given 12 months for Unlawful...

Just found someone with this family on their family tree on Ancestry and I have messaged them to fly the flag for BHF and told them where to find the post..

What a wonderful story Viv. Charles in 1939 365 Alwold road , Birmingham Charles b 1881 Florrie b.1884, (Florence Dutton they married in 1914.) Ivy b, Sept 1917 Charles b, 11th may 1919 , Roof sheeter, heavy work & ARP. George k 11th may 1928. Charles Wilcox b. 11th may 1919 died in...

Evelyn had 2 siblings Claude born 1916 married Rose anderson in 1938 and in 1939 lived in Peorce Avenue Solihull, he died in solihull in 1987 They had a son Raymond N Wallis in 1940 and a daughter Pauline A Wallis in Solihull in 1947 Rose died in 1963 and Claude remarried in 1966. Lilian...

Evelyn in Coleshill Hall in 1939 is Evelyn M Wallis b 30th September 1914 to Walter Edwin Wallis and Catherine Felicia nee Hatton she died in 1959 Girls born Wallis with mother Wallis in Warwickshire Margaret 1939 Lynda 1948 Maria A 1957 Denise J C 1957 these are all registered Birmingham...

Coleshill is in North Warwickshire and the records for Coleshill Hall are kept at Warwickshire County records office but there is a hundred year rule of production of the documents.

The Selina Upton who died in Aston 1934 was Selina E Upton age 75 , ( Selina Emma Frazier married George Upton in 1879 at age 20, ) The other Selina who married Frederick would have been abt 95/6 in 1934. She died in 1924 age 85, registered Hawarden which is the registration place for Saltney...

There are 2 Selina Uptons born around the same timeone married to George but,going back to my post 73 your Selina and Frederick had a daughter Julia who married Arthur Devonport In 1891 they are in Copper street , west Bromwich Arthur Devonport . Julia Devonport May devonport age 3 daughter...

It appears your Frederick was admitted first before 1881to All Saints asylum in the area where he lived although the census information is sketchy but the age is correct and his 2 youngest children Julia b 1869 and Matilda b 1871 are in Marston Green cottage homes. I have been unable to find...

Happy belated birthday wishes Eric, enjoy being 93 years young:), Alberta

Happy birthday, have a great day. Alberta.

He was in the 15th Battalion the Rifle Brigade.

Thomas Sheridan b 1898 gave the name Thomas Sheridan when he enlisted on 7th May 1915 and gave mother Mary as next of kin , address Essex street , the address of the Brannons in 1911.

Thank you all for your messages, I have had a quiet day doing the garden , well not really, I was supervising Steve because I am being treated for long covid and ache all over. The children and grandchildren came at the weekend so as well as having nice pressies, I now know that Gavi is the...

The second wife of Alfred was Annie Marie Margareth Gunster whose family lived in Redland Road Malvern link, her father was Prussian, to link her to the Surrey Alfred Griffiths in 1939, she died in Surrey 1981 . Annie maria Margaret Griffiths b 24th july 1893.

Hope you had a lovely day Richard and welcome to the 80s club. Alberta

Babies could not be registered by unmarried mothers unless the father was present and agreed to it, often mothers gave their children the fathers surname as a second christian name which gave a clue to who he was.