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I'm sure a way was found knowing my gran :D

At one time I lived with my mom and dad and gran in the prefabs near the Tudor (Marked red on the map) We moved out around 1952 but gran lived there for many years after. I recall a time in the early 50's when there was a freezing winter and fuel was difficult to obtain. Dad, his brother and I...

Would that be the 50 shilling tailor? Often heard the name but never knew of it.

H.M.S. Courageous, an aircraft carrier, was torpedoed just off the coast of Ireland on 17th September 1939 just 3 days prior to this picture being taken.

Interesting picture. I wasn't aware of such an organisation but after a quick look on google I discovered that it was formed to give young females training in skills they would need if they joined any of the military forces. Presumably the Army, Sea and Air cadet forces were only open to males?

Sheldon country park, although in my day it was King George V playing fields, was always a great source place for paddling and fishing for sticklebacks.

Bob were you thinking of Freddie Frinton?

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Advertising display case for JOHN RABONE & SONS BIRMINGHAM complete with contents of leather and steel cased tape measures, steel and wooden rulers and spirit levels. Measures 20.5in x 17in.

Quite right Mike, that's why I didn't bid for it!

Advert for Birds Custard offered for sale in an auction catalogue Quite colourful I think.

Came across the following advert on an auction site catalogue Can anyone remember them?

I don't think that Dad took the pictures as he is featured in one of them. How he got them I have no idea.

Chris you may well be right I can't say for sure. Because this was amongst his photos I think that this may be the burial of some of his comrades a few days after the Normandy landings when his craft LCG 13 was hit by a shell fired from a German shore battery that landed in the Royal Marines'...

I don't know when they were withdrawn but I can only recall them running as far as Hay Mills. Did they run past the New Inn ? Did they run as far as Sheldon?

When we moved to our new council house in Sheldon in 1952/52 I still recall bathing in a tin bath in front of the coal fire (there is a photo somewhere) even though there was a brand new bathroom upstairs. The same when I stayed at my Nan's in Trittiford Rd., Billesley. Grandad used a pair of...

I think he's saying " Why can't they make their own tea?"

We also had the "pig bin" next to the dustbin but I can't remember if the usual dustmen collected that or was it someone else?

Yes indeed I'M very proud of him and full of respect for all of the service men and women and the generation who went through those terrible times

Last year I requested and received a copy of my Dad's service record during WW2. I knew he was in the Royal Marines and served aboard LCGs, Landing Craft Guns and I also knew he was involved in the Sicily and Italy landings (Operation Husky) and later on went out to the far east in Ceylon, India...