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  1. Key Hill Brian

    Burials for Inmates of the Worcester County Lunatic Asylum, Powick.

    Hi Jane - they are all Public graves, rather than Private graves - Just means they were normal everyday working class types, rather than slightly moneyed middle class! I don't think anything remains to mark the A & B graves - these sections are very denuded of memorials. The G & H are vaults...
  2. Key Hill Brian

    The Boys Brigade

    Absolutely brilliant collection of pics - Spent most of Monday last week leafing through them- great to see the Old man, Mr Parry, Dave Pearce, Roger Tipper, saw one of my elder brothers - couldn't spot the other! Brings back plenty of memories The BB has a good charity shop in Erdington High...
  3. Key Hill Brian

    Buriel place, George Crutchley.

    It's just the ground that becomes unstable, though, that way round isn't it? never does keep still for me if I do the Pub first! Bri
  4. Key Hill Brian

    Buriel place, George Crutchley.

    Right hand side - Charles - Eldest son
  5. Key Hill Brian

    Buriel place, George Crutchley.

    Rear view - left blank for late entries?
  6. Key Hill Brian

    Buriel place, George Crutchley.

    Left hand side - Eldest daughter Kate (Sheffield), and Ada May
  7. Key Hill Brian

    Buriel place, George Crutchley.

    It's a pleasure to help Lynne Just gobbled me dinna and can play again whilst the archers is on ans she's sat listening on 'er 'eadgfones whilst watching Boycie + NMarlene antique 'unting! Front of base Top to Bottom Henry and wife Hannah
  8. Key Hill Brian

    Buriel place, George Crutchley.

    Pics of the base and inscriptions have just been loaded up into Coppermine and labelled - I'm afraid I cannot play any longer - the clock has beaten me and the missus sez I gotta go in now and 'ave me dinna! Hope to come out and play aftawuds!!!!
  9. Key Hill Brian

    Buriel place, George Crutchley.

    View of J 2346 from main path View of main Pitsford entrance from main path View of Vyse St from Main path View of Warstone Lane from main path These should help you locate the grave when you visit!
  10. Key Hill Brian

    Buriel place, George Crutchley.

    View from J 2346 towards Lodge View from J 2346 Looking slighlty right of previous showing Warstone Lane in distance and sloping path towards Mint - where the car is parked
  11. Key Hill Brian

    Buriel place, George Crutchley.

    Correction - only 5 Crutchleys listed in post 11 Missing one is SHEFFIELD Katherine 1895 J-2346 49686 6 Presumably a daughter who married Brian
  12. Key Hill Brian

    Buriel place, George Crutchley.

    post 11 - all those with J 2346 - 6 in total Brian
  13. Key Hill Brian

    Buriel place, George Crutchley.

    Hi Lynne, just got back from WL - pic attached - cross is detached from base. Base is badly scored on 3 sides - scraped by machinery probably - have taken more pics but will mess about loading into/out of Coppermine after a bath & dinner. Grave is about 7 rows from main path and about the same...
  14. Key Hill Brian

    Central Grammar, International School Tile Cross

    I think you will find Saltley grammer was in Belchers Lane! Central was in Gressel lane after Cherrywood Road. It was between one part of St Wilfred Martineau and Byng Kendrick Girls. Central & Byng merged just after I left - '72 after 5 years of straining at the fence! Now called the...
  15. Key Hill Brian

    Buriel place, George Crutchley.

    And in Key Hill there is - 1948 Vault 7 58461 Baby Alfred 1906 C 308 45933 Amy 1869 Corridor 4 (Vault) 20734 Arthur Richard 1912 L 207 48990 Clara 1925 K 948 53086 5 Eliza 1844 E 16 3040 cc. Frederick William 1910 L 200 48179 George 1906 C 310 46410 George William 1897 S 10 40655 Henry...
  16. Key Hill Brian

    Buriel place, George Crutchley.

    ps meant to say there are 6 in J 2346 as you can see, but some of the others may also be in your tree!
  17. Key Hill Brian

    Buriel place, George Crutchley.

    Lynne, Would expect memorial to be still there. Here are all WL Crutchley's - some of them may also be yours CRUTCHLEY Ada J 1867 None 13426 Albert 1913 J 5 (Vault) 70154 Ann 1867 B-1461 13368 6 MI Original plot ref None. Caroline 1923 Q-316 86711A 8 Note numbering duplicated! Charles 1936...
  18. Key Hill Brian

    Central Grammar, International School Tile Cross

    Hi TedB Although only attending the gressel lane site 1966-1971 - many of your observations were still continued. many still wore gowns, and 5th formers were the prefects, etc Inkwells and latin had disapperared but the badge remained - mine went with the blazer long time ago! Brian
  19. Key Hill Brian

    Fifties Food

    Nice one Derek!
  20. Key Hill Brian

    Gravelly Hill

    Re: Help needed PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!! Hi ricco, There would have been pics taken by the Council - now in the Local Studies of the Library You might to have search for them in the indexes - when we were looking for Warstone Lane Cemetery pics taken in 1953 - we eventually found out there were ina...
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