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  1. celia

    Midland Red Early Days

    thankyou for the information lloyd im compleatly lost when it comes to old buses ect but i thought it just looked fab and so well looked after
  2. celia

    Midland Red Early Days

    hi all thought i would share a few pics i took today at middleton hall hertiage day the had provided an old midland read bus to run from tamworth town centre to middle during the day to ferry people backwards and forwards no im not really mad on buses but i saw it in the carpark waiting and...
  3. celia

    Birmingham Children’s hospital

    when i was 7 years old which (was about 1977 ish) i spent 2 weeks in the childrens hospital to have my tomsils out i remember the food being not very nice and being bored silly while i was there lol but i do remember most is lying awake in bed and counting the chimes on a clock i could hear...
  4. celia

    In The Kitchen Today

    yes please stitcher thats a fab idea when myself and my daughter went to the back to backs they had a display of one weeks rations for one person and ive always wondered how on earth did people make so little go so far my mom is always telling me about being rationed when she was a kid...
  5. celia

    School Milk

    them where the days of school milk warm and with a layer of thick cream in the summer still makes me shudder now when i think about it and freezing cold and sometimes frozen in the winter we had the little glass bottles with the foil tops and had a small and i do mean small blue straw to use...
  6. celia

    Key Hill and Warstone Lane Cemeteries Open Weekend

    i to spent the day at keyhill open day and what a fantastic place it is full of history and many interesting people buried there everybody i spoke to today where really friendly and so helpfull the stands were awsome well done guys with everything you needed to know about key hill and brums...
  7. celia

    Rookery Road School (william Murdoch School)

    my dad harry morrall went to rookery road school during the war when he was alive he told me he hated school and would often bunk off only to be draged back by the wag man lol
  8. celia

    Key Hill and Warstone Lane Cemeteries Open Weekend

    im so looking forward to comming next weekend and meeting all you lovely people and all the history stands fingers crossed for some good weather celia
  9. celia

    In The Kitchen Today

    i have to buy duck eggs for my son he loves them
  10. celia

    In The Kitchen Today

    if i cook duck eggs i have to let them boil for a cpl of mins befor i put the toast on otherwise the eggs wont cook but duck eggs are so yummy
  11. celia

    In The Kitchen Today

    hi arkrite i have a trick for boiling eggs once the eggs have come to the boil i turn off the heat and turn the grill on and do the toast by the time to toast is done the eggs are cooked nice and runny yummy celia
  12. celia

    Astoness ( lyn )

    lyn im so sorry to hear of your loss my thoughts and prays are with you celia and family
  13. celia

    dads evacuation

    my grandmother celia her maiden name was roach her fathers name was henry and her mothers name was beatrice im not sure if she had any brothers or sisters not sure where my nan was born but i know she spent her later life in handsworth on mostyn road
  14. celia

    dads evacuation

    hello lolibell think my dad was about was about four or five when he was evacuated he went to rookery road infants and junior school and was evacuated to merthyr tydfil not sure how long he was there for and i cant ask him as he isnt with us any more but i di remember him saying he loved being...
  15. celia

    Birmingham on Sea

    dave whats the new pier like and what on earth are they doing in weston looks like bob the builder has moved in
  16. celia

    Oh well said Nell

    my mom has jus reminded me oh another saying if i dont see you next week i'll see you through the window whats all that about lol celia
  17. celia

    Oh well said Nell

    i always remember the saying as "oh well said mell this hole in my belly will never get better if i sit her and pick it" i also remember my mom say "well i'll go to the foot of my stairs" if she heard some surprising gossip ive also heard its a bit black over bills mother i still use it...
  18. celia

    Warstone Lane - catacombs

    hi leslam well done guys in uncovering more information on the catacombs i shall look forward with great excitement for further developments i poped down to warston on tuesday and was throughly confused with the numbering sytem so i have no i dea how you guys do it but welldone for all your...
  19. celia

    Think Tank

    hi all ive not long come back from spending day at the think tank with the kids and you know what we all really enjoyed it its a great place for the kids as it very hands on with lots of thing for them to do but for me the steam trains, trams ect was my fave the planetarium was really good once...
  20. celia

    Warstone Lane - catacombs

    Hi brian thankyou for posting the information as i said in an early post i wasnt sure if it would be alright for me to tidy anything up but it sadens me to see some of the graves in such a sad state as these are ment to be lasting memorials for out lost loved ones but i know feel better in...
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