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Hi Just to correct an errror on my part Gil Merrick never played for St Mary's Acocks Green I spoke to Dad (92)yesterday it seems they played together for Fenton Rovers. Gilbert Merrick. Caps: 23, Picture not available. Date of Birth: ... Birmingham Schools, Fenton Rovers, Shirley Juniors...

Hi R. P. (Robert) McCullough in all his glory and GP Clay. As a member of the Works Council Apprentice Rep I sat at several meetings with him in the Main Office. He seemed a reasonable sought of Guy to me. He gave me my Staff grade when I reached 18. Never late for nearly 3 years and not one...

Hi Wow those broken biscuits. tell the truth forgot all about them till I read the latest posts. Clearly a Health and saftey hazzard today. Bits of boubons and those Jammy dodgers. Great memories Mike Jenks

Hi It looks like Arley and by God it is Arley. Gentlemans Sighn and the Window Bay. Mike Jenks

hi I think Photo 3 may be the SVR at Arley. Years agi I went there for a Santa Special. We got off the otherside and walked over that Bridge to the Santa's Tents. I might be wrong but thats my guess. Mike Jenks

hi Agree with Lencops this is a monstrous waste of Public money in the worst period when public money should be used to help people. If this were Mike Whitby's business would he be able to borrow this ammount from the Banks. What are the lending on whats the return on Capital. Another thing is...

Hi Its like the Grand old Duke of York if its not the Oil Companies then its the Goverment. All this money they have been giving away it would have been a decent gesture to hold off this increase for another 6 months. Total and utter madness. I can see those crosses next year going to other...

Hi Well its that time again another Ashes season. Who can forget that season 2005 winning against the odds. Well its a new season ahead and I must admit im a little bit down this year. We dont sem to have any cohesion at all. I hope we can pull something out of the bag. Most of my time was...

Hi Well done to Wellworths. What a star to the Girl that has done it. I think she has opened a Gold mine up. Shows you what you can do all this wretched newsbroadcasting getting everybody down. Well done Wellworths. Mike Jenks

Hi My grandfather served with with distinction but was badly wounded. Private Thomas Moran 8th Battalion the Gloucestershire Regiment Enlisted on 14/9/14 as No 12990 (his number is in a batch of men who seem to have enlisted in 8 KLR in the Lydney Gloucestershire although I...

Hi What great Photo's really jealous of you Im still croaking it will be a warm day for me. Thank you for the Photo's Mike Jenks

Hi Well Im not so sure it depends where you stand on the curve. The lowest point £1 v $1 was way bac in January when petrol prices fell. At the moment the pound is fairly stable in $1.40's. Thats not a bad position. No Im not convinced on this one. Mike Jenks

hi Looks like the oil prices are creeping up again from $30 dollers it well iinto $45 dollers. With the world on its knees vitual ceasation of Automotive production World wide these guy's know how to skim the cream. Makes absolutely no sense other than those dreaded speculators back in the ring...

Hi now we have found the Severn Valley Railway. Spent years up and down on it with my Family. Suggest you write to the Severn Valley Railway section on your exploits. The Carriage repair site is at Kidderminster. Must loook you up when I next vist. That will be in the Spring time. Mike Jenks

Hi Well done Barney. Amazing escape one of your nine lives spent there. After all those years I can still feel that cold dull day in 1956 when the Boy's Brigade of the 12th Batallion marched around outside those wards and stood to attention outside our friends ward. He died unfortunately. Not...

Hi just tried one of the sites mentioned. It seems you are in the World of the great Famine. My Irish folks arrived here at est in 1850. Without mt Nephew Wesley who spent a fortune locating his Grand Father and my Great Grand Fathers Family its a pretty hopeless task. Most of the Family...

Hi Im not sure wether its half term but a lot of local garages are around the 90p/litre again. With oil at all time low are we back to exploitation of the Public again I recon if it fell to nearly nil we would still be paying 80p plus. What did you think of youre gas bill ouch ouch ouch. Nearly...

Hi Just a guess it could be the Interior of the Queens Hotel. It backed onto the LNWR side of New Street. Platform 1a and 1b ran right alongside the Hotel. A look at the Layout it could have been taken in the First Class Dining room. Mike Jenks

Hi Out of the past comes Ray Jennings. The hours I must have spent with him as an Apprentice in the Toolroom. Nearly 50 years at Kynochs. Ray spent a fair ammount of time working om Tank Busting shels. German Armour for all sorts of reasons was difficult to Pierce. Following design changes Ray...

Hi No Semis in our day's.(1952 to 1960) I suspect alterations were made to the Tunnel system to cover the future of Electrification so somewhere in the early 1960's i guess 1962 onwards Semis were allowed into New Street. I remember in my Kynoch day's around this period all soughts went...