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I have 22 Station Rd as his residence but want's sure of the exact location of the business itself.

A family photo of my GG Grandfathers bicycle business in Erdington with one of his sons. He also set an early record (1870) riding 13 miles 600 yards on a Penny farthing in an hour. https://olympics.com/en/athletes/victor-louis-johnson

Here's a family picture from trackside.. The old chap with the walking stick is my GG Grandfather John Thomas Johnson, the five riders are his sons with Leon my G Grandfather on the far right. Second from left is Victor Louis Johnson who held several world sprint records and also an Olympic...

I don't remember the large barracks building (1st pic) being there in the late sixties, our HQ hut was something like a 40 ft square single storey building probably wooden or temporary now I think about it.

Looking for images of the same area myself. I attended Army Cadets circa 1969-71 ' Royal Corp of Transport Witton Detachment ' Sgt Major Snape was the boss, (later promoted to 2nd Lieutenant) Our barracks and drill square were positioned somewhere around where the Villa shop is now. I...

Thanks Janice , (big thumb) I already have all the names and dates/relationships etc. Just me needing to check for accuracy before submitting it all to a digital file. Once done I'll 'Join' Ancestry to flesh out the bones so to speak. Going to be a long haul, the tree starts in 1614 ...

Here's a quote and link from the government page. "The GRO provides a public index that lists basic details of every marriage recorded in England and Wales since 1837. The index is divided into four quarters for each year and can be viewed in microfiche format at certain libraries (see our...

Hi, ( I don't need help with a 'lookup') :) I'm fairly new to the genealogy game. Luckily I already have my family tree passed down to me years ago (pre internet days) which I'm attempting to convert to digital format in excel, before the rolls of wallpaper they are written on decays more...

Two of my grandfathers brothers married the Tidmarsh twins Rose & Ethel (born 1920) in Aston. I wonder if they knew who was who. :)

Brilliant! Thanks for posting this up Mike.

My mother was born at 11 back of 21 in1938 . I know the family were bombed out and rehoused in Erdington. Looking at the above map from 1951 (post#30 I'm guessing her address was the blank square on right hand side/bottom.

Saw my first 'adult' movies at the Plaza Stockland Green, including 'Enter the Dragon' and 'Fritz the cat' although I certainly wasn't 18 :D A few of my aunties were usherettes at the Gaumont in town during the fifties before getting married. While I'm thinking of the Gaumont, how long did 'The...

When my mothers marriage broke up in 1963 she fled the situation with us four kids in what we stood in, I was the oldest at 7yrs. Throwing herself at the mercy of B,ham council we were housed in what I remember as a church building filled with bunk beds which in reality was just somewhere to...

That certainly was posh!! We had the single bar version with no coal/log effect. Holding a slice of bread against the guard with a fork to make toast was always a dodgy performance. Apart from the risk of getting electrocuted you had to keep swapping hands to avoid getting burnt!!

I remember at around 16-17 and been working for a couple of years I bought my mom her first fitted carpet (1972) When I say 'fitted' I mean I bought a thin foambacked remnant that was big enough to fit the living room and fitted it myself using a combination of a bread knife and a pair of...

Anyone attend Cub scouts near Aston Cross? I was there mid sixties whilst living in Aston although didn't make the 'jump' to Scouts. Moved to Erdington and joined the army cadets at witton. (will have to look for an army cadet thread on here.):)

A modern classical piece that I keep going back to watch on Youtube.

Another excellent rendering with subtle colouring to boot! Many thanks Dennis and everyone else for your time and efforts (big thumb)