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Bet the lady leaning on the fence invented selfies in later years....lol

Sorry Lyn,Loveday and everyone on here.......I forgot about her still being living.

just found this........... LONG LOST FAMILY SPECIAL: THE MOTHER AND BABY HOME SCANDAL Two episodes across two consecutive nights on ITV1 and ITVX SERIES SYNOPSIS: Extraordinary reunions end decades of yearning in this special edition of Long Lost Family, which spans two nights. At the heart...

Never thought it was Middlemore...I commented on the original post.....lol

Sounds familiar...is it a repeat ?

I have the Death Certs but was hoping to fill some blanks........I am sure I have mentioned both on here before......Fred was in army and has a Commonwealth Grave but died from Chronic Nephritis in Hospital.Couldnt get his war record but was obviously in Brum in 44. Beatrice died from Asthma -...

Thanks but I know 99% about them and was just trying for the other 1%...lol

I know most about both but was looking to confirm things.....Fred died in Selly Oak hospital and Beatrice was taken to Coventry but thought maybe they were injured in a raid before going to hospita.

No worries Lyn,thanks for looking.

Hi, is there a Frederick Butcher died December 1944 and a Beatrice Butcher died August 1940 please

Wife's Mother's sister Doris Bayley/Brown......that was unknown to us till recently lived right opposite school in Dorrington Road after marrying.Was still there in1950.When looking on a modern map I always wondered why woudl they live in such a built up area......but looking at this map it was...

have you a clue how we access these records please ? EDIT......Found them now...thanks.

Had it earlier on PC....but tried now on tablet and OK.

I wonder if Mr Day was the landlord of the cottages?

I had this merry go around last year.Searched on their site and told me they were at Yardley so went to Brum library and found location.Got to Yardley and got a map....no letters so phoned and then they said it was a certain place which turned out to be a public area where they were scattered.A...

From around 1860 up to the mid 1920's my wifes 3x Grandparents lived next door to Scott Arms in the Days Building which was a row of cottages on Newton Road. Think they can be seen in a few of the pics from around turn of century.

Up until recently there was a small road called " The Darkies" in Northfield. it was originally an alleyway that ran from Woodland Road around to the Church/ cemetery. But for some reason the sign was moved across the Road and was placed at the end of Wychall Road where it seemed to be more...

As kids you could use John Bull sets and play at printing..... Linotype was Hot Metal setting but when I was apprentice from 1968 the Letterpress Compositors set the copy in cold type.Around this time Lithographic printing was being used in Birmingham.The Newspapers and Magazines went onto...

We also had a POW camp just up the road on Groveley Lane Longbridge just before The Austins........its said they built Lowhill Lane that runs alongside Cofton Park and the Airfield area at Austins.......its all concrete sections and is still a functioning surface ( albeit a bit noisy/bumpy now)...