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Totally agree Viv, the Jewellery Quarter is a lovely place to visit at this time of the year.

Found this recipe for Mrs Beeton's Christmas pud dated from her 1906 edition book on Household Management. It looks fairly straight forward I may try it, but half the recipe.

My Cousin Pete is a jeweler, he designed and made my first engagement ring back in 1979 when he started at Bicknell's, in the Jewellery Quarter. He is still there some 50 years later. He adjusted my wedding ring and engagement ring for my second marriage in 2015.

Its due to its short crumbly textured due to the fat content.

Does anyone remember this picture of Kong dressed as Santa in 1972? And from the 60's the Christmas lights in the City, used to love seeing them switched on. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/gallery/how-birmingham-used-look-christmas-22177612

Your Grandmother appears on the 1921 census as Marie Pearsall still at 153 High Street Kings Heath with her brother and Parents. She Married an Arthur Hill in 1922 but have not found out yet what became of him. When she married your Grandfather in 1931 her name appeared as Lilian M Hill - no...

Found this one but it is not very clear. Wenman street is around the bottom middle of this map. As you can see the whole of Birmingham was heavily bombed.

Found this old letter typed letter Labelled "Objection 3". Seems he was ,disputing a pay rise for his workers in 1919.

My younger brother was at Kings Heath Junior and infant school in the early 1970's. The school closed mid 70's and he was transferred to the Newly built Junior and infant school on the corner of Poplar Rd and Valentine Road. Which was handy as we lived on Springfield Road at the time(a few...

So saddened to hear this news. I got to meet her in April at the meet up, which was my first one. May you rest in peace Lynne and my sincere condolences to her family.

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Found these clippings in The Birmingham Gazette Sept 1933 and July 1933

I am sat at work just fancying a slice of this with a bit of the dripping jelly on it also and a sprinkle of salt....I know salt, the bread and the dripping is bad for you but what the heck you only live once! This used to be a great treat as a child.

The Lady you mention on this post Lynn is actually a man if you zoom in the second picture, remember the guys sported long hair back then! Appreciate that you went to the trouble to get these,. Great photo's

I found a small entry in the Birmingham Mail 23rd September 1963 reference your grandfather:

1856 – Aid Society – Birmingham Discharged Prisoners’ Aid Society founded. https://institutionalhistory.com/homepage/timeline/ https://calmview.birmingham.gov.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=L%2F.%2F43%2F99%3B+63679...

I think I may have found John's crime and looks like his sentence was to make an example of the young men at that time: