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  1. G G Jean

    harris and sheldons shop fitters stafford street

    My brother Albert Lyndon worked there for many years doing electrical repairs.
  2. G G Jean

    Kunzle Family

    Their cakes were to die for and I am not a great cake lover. My dads cousins Julie and Ada worked for the company for some years and were always bringing the miss shapes home for us.
  3. G G Jean

    Aston Park

    I was so fortunate to have been born in Holte road and this park way my playground for many lovely years. What a beautiful postcard Pedrocut.
  4. G G Jean

    St John Ambulance Brigade

    Thanks Pete.
  5. G G Jean

    St John Ambulance Brigade

    I know he was quite high up but cant see how many stars he had. Thanks mwOnjm.
  6. G G Jean

    St John Ambulance Brigade

    My Uncle Arthur Moms brother and the cups he won while he was in the Saint Johns Ambulance. I think he was a Sub Lieutenant but please correct me if this is wrong.
  7. G G Jean

    Aston Hall

    I can't believe I was born just down the road from here in Holte road , and someone doing my ancestry found we are members of the Holte family from Aston Hall .
  8. G G Jean

    Watery Lane

    Does anyone remember the transport company in Watery Lane. I think it was Stensons Mansells and G B Knight.
  9. G G Jean

    Motor bike and side car.

    This is a photo of my Mom and myself on a friends motorbike and sidecar taken on holiday camping in Tallybont Wales.
  10. G G Jean

    Famous catch phrases.

    It was Bernard Breslaw I think.
  11. G G Jean

    Famous catch phrases.

    Andrew Wood thought up Bullseye.
  12. G G Jean

    Manor Park School Vicarage Road

    About 1962/3 Avril.
  13. G G Jean

    Manor Park School Vicarage Road

    First photo From left Ivy Price Marion Hardwick and Jean ?????. The second one not too sure but Mrs Lowe is the PE teacher.
  14. G G Jean

    Avery Scales W&T Avery history

    I have some very very old Avery scales and will take a photo and post it.
  15. G G Jean

    Hare of the Dog Wellhead Tavern Franchise Street

    I remember the name Lewis and will ask my cousins the next time I phone them as they were brought up in Franchise street in the same back yard as my Nan.
  16. G G Jean

    Hare of the Dog Wellhead Tavern Franchise Street

    To think my Nan lived just up the road from that pub most of her life and those ugly buildings stand where her house was.
  17. G G Jean

    Hare of the Dog Wellhead Tavern Franchise Street

    Did Wilf have a son by the name of Terry?. -
  18. G G Jean

    Wellhead Lane

    I used to go and groom one of his horses Lyn.
  19. G G Jean

    Bevington Road Aston

    I think he was my Aunt Flossie's GP?.
  20. G G Jean

    Sutton Park History

    It is sad that gates have been installed and you don't have the same freedom in a vehicle that you used to have. This prevents folk with mobility issues from visiting a lot of this beautiful park.
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