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  1. Louis Dalby

    My billesley

    Just after WW1 I think, My father told me he had he's first flight from there around that time. More research needed wonder if the pilots name was Kinkler ??. May have been my old boss Alan Cobham. After WW2 lived on Yardley Wood Road in the Pre -...
  2. Louis Dalby

    Co-op bakery

    Was there a Co - Op bakery in the Nechells area in 1911 ??.
  3. Louis Dalby

    Housing : Living conditions

    WE only had Gas in Avon Street Sparkhill in 1940.
  4. Louis Dalby

    Housing : Living conditions

    You can save a little pay by direct debit and have paper less billing. Make sure your meter readings are correct and up to date and they have the right account. When the reader calls I also note it. My account was Hi-Jacked by some one with the...
  5. Louis Dalby

    VJ Richards? electrical shop Ladypool rd

    My mother had her first and last Tv from them, the first a 8 inch Vidor which we later attached a box to get ITV.
  6. Louis Dalby

    Early 1940's Motorbike

    Pride and Clarke also did a deal with the BSA taking the old AA bikes and Sidecars less the box's, They fitted new sidecar bodies and sold them as M20/21 with sidecar NOT EX WD. Ex BSA Test.
  7. Louis Dalby

    Kings Norton Motor Cycle Club

    Hi Joe, It is still there just click on the title bar. Rgds Lou.
  8. Louis Dalby

    Daimler

    In 1946 we had a K2 Ambulance stationed near the Pack Horse Hollywood manned by the Red Cross they took me to the Children's in November 1946. I think the Ambulance's at the station in Ladywood Road had Supported by The Birmingham Hospital Saturday...
  9. Louis Dalby

    bath row/acci hosp

    I hit a dog outside Shirley Odeon when riding my LE, sent me home on the Bus much to the surprise of the passenger on the No 8 and 13a buses.
  10. Louis Dalby

    bath row/acci hosp

    Like the Austin Ambulance and the Packhard car.
  11. Louis Dalby

    Transport Companies in Birmingham.

    Wincanton only suppied the lorries, The lot went to Swifts and my brother lost he's job. He was last out of Foremans Road and BSA !!.
  12. Louis Dalby

    Moseley Convalescent Home

    Re: Mosley Conval Home My home was Moseley Hall from Jan to September 1946 having been transfered from the Children's in Lady wood Road Moseley Hall on Flickr - Photo...
  13. Louis Dalby

    Sorrento Hospital Nursing Home

    Sorrento was given to Birmingham and accepted by Neville Chamberlain who was Lord Mayor in 1915 so I would think this was a hand over date, I have seen further info somewere but cannot find it at the moment. Try a request on this site for a Kelly's...
  14. Louis Dalby

    Ice cream before the ice cream van

    My Auntie and Uncle were the owners of Henley Ice Cream, for further details see " Google Tudor Daries " there name was Fathers. https://henleyicecream.org.uk/History.htm
  15. Louis Dalby

    army photo

    May have been taken after the end of WW 2, bikes do not have headlamp covers which would be required in war time
  16. Louis Dalby

    Lickey Incline

    Hi Dave, I think my " S " may have been misplaced. https://www.lickeyarchive.photobook.org.uk/
  17. Louis Dalby

    Lickey Incline

    4 MT 2.6.0 43047 approaching Bromsgrove with a Worcester stopper
  18. Louis Dalby

    Lickey Incline

    The LNER Beyers were tried on the Lickey but only for a few weeks.
  19. Louis Dalby

    Lickey Incline

    58100 and 47303 returning to Bromsgrove after banking " The Pines ".
  20. Louis Dalby

    Rivers: River Cole

    May be it was just around the corner in Foremans Road, I know they sold Wood etc.
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