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  1. G G Jean

    Adverts of yesteryear.

    I think they are in the old Co Op book of moms? .
  2. G G Jean

    Adverts of yesteryear.

    Hope these cound!!?.
  3. G G Jean

    Adverts of yesteryear.

    Just a few old adverts my mom kept in her toffee tin.
  4. G G Jean

    Aston Hall

    Especially the whispering gallery in St Pauls Cathedral.
  5. G G Jean

    Kynoch's I M I 1950s Onwards

    Thanks Richard very true.
  6. G G Jean

    Kynoch's I M I 1950s Onwards

    This is a photo of mom with Lill Turner in the Kynoch canteen where she was pastry cook. The second is her retirement and presentation. We all met up at Ansell's social club on the evening for a farewell party for them all.
  7. G G Jean

    Bevington Road Aston

    Have you the address of the back to back in Franchise street please as my Nan was 3/36?. Thanks.
  8. G G Jean

    Birmingham Anglers' Association

    Just up from our caravan. Pete used to fish those waters too.
  9. G G Jean

    Queslet Road pubs The Old Horns,The Trees and the Deers Leap

    Pass this pub most days on our allowed one hour exercise.
  10. G G Jean

    Pype Hayes Park

    What a lovely old phot Viv. My late aunt and uncles house backed onto the park.
  11. G G Jean

    Birmingham's Working Horses

    Thank you Maurice and Lynn. I did post this before the forum was hacked so thought I would attach it again. My granddad is buried in the small churchyard over the road from the Church Tavern with his little daughter Evelyn. Unfortunately over the years it has been covered over when the...
  12. G G Jean

    Birmingham's Working Horses

    My grandad Taplin on his milk round in Cubbington.
  13. G G Jean

    Ansells Brewery

    Thank you for sharing this as my husband worked on the brewing in the 60's until it closed. He spent the last half hour browsing through your photographs. The last photograph is of the Wellhead pub Franchise street. My granddad Taplin is front row next to the girls.
  14. G G Jean

    BOBSUMMERS

    Have only just found this post must let Pattie know. So sad to hear. RIP Bob. xx
  15. G G Jean

    Birmingham Anglers' Association

    Pete has fished that stretch a lot in the past Pedrocut and we loved the Woodman. It was so old fashioned.
  16. G G Jean

    Birmingham Anglers' Association

    Had a caravan for many years just above that stretch of the river and someone went down in a diving suit and didn't reach the bottom. We have been told it is an old mine shaft that collapsed but that may be a story too!. A lot of mining went on in that area for many years. Some other...
  17. G G Jean

    Birmingham Anglers' Association

    Pete's friend now has the lees for that river.
  18. G G Jean

    "Buddy Padmore"

    Hoping someone can make these smaller only I have had to copy and paste them. RIP Francis (Buddy) Padmore.
  19. G G Jean

    "Buddy Padmore"

    Since I wrote these comments my second cousin has done some fantastic research and I will be posting the most amazing photo's of the ship the funeral and the grave. Also letters that are quite upsetting when reading them.
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