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Lindev, i wish i had had a camera!! 6'4 18 stone bloke reduced to jelly, it was funny lol My mom went to one twice who was excellent but she passed away, she gave all her proceeds to charity and she knew if you were a bit skint and wouldnt take payment! she refused my mom who had borrowed the...

It said it moved there 1797, so it had been there a while obviously if you have an entry for 1851... i did find a website on Birmingham Workhouses once, will have to have another look if i can find it.. they had pictures and more indepth info

I found this info on my Gt Grandfather off the CWGC site.... Died 5/2/1917 serjeant wiltshire reg, 3rd batallion training reserve transfer to (8/8269) 35th batallion Service Number 14586 he was bought home from France but died of his injuries. He is on the Witton Cemetary Memorial and buried...

There were quite a few workhouses based in birmingham. the only mention i can find of an infant poor asylum anywhere on the net is Summer Lane, it says after overcrowding they moved and created an infant poor asylum in Summer Lane

Re: John(Jack) Hood Boxer This is the belt

Hi lindev.. i feel the same, i know Family members past are with my Family still, like i say my mom dreams of one of us with my Grandad and she knows something has happened.... she dreamt of me and him and next day i had to call to tell her half my house was burnt in a fire, she dreamt of him...

Re: John(Jack) Hood Boxer What forum should i put it on do you think Alf?

Re: John(Jack) Hood Boxer Mossy he was good friends with the Hickmans.. and also my step dads family i have since found out which is strange lol I have pics of them all but can't find much on the web apart from the Fairground stuff which Alf found... have to say tho Alf from family research it...

It's mad isn't lindev... i do think they look over us still and protect us... i think they do Mariew, its like animals.. they can sense things too, i thikn as we grow older we close our minds to a lot of things, my friend has some sort of 'sense' he said to me the other week, and i had not...

Re: John(Jack) Hood Boxer Wow Alf, you're good, don't suppose you could find Charles Hickmans records could you.. he started on the Fairgrounds, his daughter Annie boxed too on them, but i know he won a boxing belt someone from his side of the family sent me a pic of him with it, he was great...

Re: John(Jack) Hood Boxer I have that problem, my dad's parents are passed away, never knew my dad really but found a cousin (his sisters daughter) on genes, so we are both trying to trace the family, we have hardly any photos . my cousin was lucky to salvage a pic of our nan's mom which was...

Re: John(Jack) Hood Boxer You'r welcome, there's some great pics onthat link of him in training an sparing, also a little info... you're dads in for a nice suprise then :) wish i could google some of my family so easy haha

Re: John(Jack) Hood Boxer Cool, must be him then.. click the link and it'll show his picture.. go to google click images and type in Jack Hood, boxer, there's more pics i think :)

Re: John(Jack) Hood Boxer I found this by googling images with his name, is this the one says Birmingham 1925, does that date fit...

Well we tried it for a change, my Partner grew up around there, i don't really drink myself but was told i had to sample 'real ale' i wasn't impressed lol It is a very strange place indeed, i believe it's caused due to subsidence and it looks like the bar goes down but if you put a penny on it...

Thanks Lindev, my mom recognises your family, see if anyone in your family recognises mine... i ill get some at the weekend hopefully of my mom as a kid, you may recognise her better, she was blonde then and wore glasses

Me cynical NEVER!!! lol I've been to the Crooked House, beer's watered down, wasn't impressed lol There is a black country ghost hunt society do you know it? is it part of your ghost club thing, just remembered now, i'll go look it up,they do Ghost nights and stuff at the Pack Horse Wythall...

Oh life, i wouldnt have known what say mariew lol My Eldest when he was a kid used to sit in my mom's kichen chatting away and laughing at the clock on the wall... said to my Step Dad he's lost the plot every time he's here he is drawn to that clock.. he said that was his late wife's clock, i...

Well like i said, my Cousin worked there for years, she was the Manager at one point .. if it was haunted she would have said, i do think personally he's just 'laying it on' and the pub's onto a money spinner lol Personally i'd love to do a ghost hunt, i think the Media hype it up for ratings...