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  1. RRJ

    Science Museum Newhall Street

    Thanks for the reply. A shame indeed.
  2. RRJ

    Science Museum Newhall Street

    Films? Have they been moved to another section of the forum?
  3. RRJ

    Aston Lower Grounds

    Another, labelled 1860's
  4. RRJ

    Aston Lower Grounds

    Shamelessly lifted from 'X' earlier today labelled '1800' . Not an image I've seen before.
  5. RRJ

    Dunlop

    I attended a few of these Christmas parties in the mid sixties Pete. One year I received a huge chemistry set including a proper metal microscope. Good times.
  6. RRJ

    massive hike on cost of probate records

    You can't tell me they won't be looking at Birth, Marriage, & Death records too for a price hike.
  7. RRJ

    Kendrick family

    https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/river-street-digbeth.23984/
  8. RRJ

    Help Required WW1 Regiment

    Very much like Shropshire rifles.
  9. RRJ

    Help Required WW1 Regiment

    The great war forum is a good place to ask. https://www.greatwarforum.org/
  10. RRJ

    Interesting and Unusual Names

    Stafford had 11 children, the 'Zebedee' stayed with him. All his children having conventional names as did his siblings and parents.
  11. RRJ

    Interesting and Unusual Names

    A couple of names recently researched here in North Devon from the 1800's Matthew Theophilus Darch Stafford Zebedee Zeale
  12. RRJ

    Garrison Lane

    Hey Aggie! Many thanks for taking the time to renovate and colourise my old photo, that's very kind of you. :D
  13. RRJ

    Johnson's Garages Sutton Road & Tyburn Road

    Update: This item received from Adrian in Australia a few days ago. True to his word despite my insistence he refused reimbursement of his costs. Today I've made a donation to the forum, without which we would have never made the connection. Thank you Adrian & BHF.
  14. RRJ

    Johnson's Garages Sutton Road & Tyburn Road

    Hi Adrian, PM sent.
  15. RRJ

    Prisoners Site.

    Doesn't the name on the picture posted say May or Mary Bailey.?
  16. RRJ

    Birmingham Collections Website

    No known ancestors.. ( thank gawd ) :p
  17. RRJ

    Our family tree: Weddings

    Thanks for reviving a thread I hadn't seen before Mark, great photo's. Unfortunately I don't have any of my own parents or grandparents wedding photo's but I do have this one. My great uncle Bertram Johnson to May Aston in March 1914 in Aston. The older couple in the front row are my GG...
  18. RRJ

    IN OUR GARDENS 2025

    My wife's miniature Daffs making an appearance..
  19. RRJ

    Scams: telephone, email, texts 2023, 2024

    Ha! I should add, they give you a 7 day time limit to answer the message so it needs to be answered to avoid potentially being omitted from the list.
  20. RRJ

    Scams: telephone, email, texts 2023, 2024

    Recently had a text from a third party NHS portal 'Drdoctor' which I initially ignored as a scam ( what a daft name) . Googling the number given, 07860 039092 a few days later it seems it's a legit organisation. As I've been on a waiting list for more than 12 weeks they want a yay or nay from...
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