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    Onion Fair

    One of the guys that worked the shooting stall used to lodge at my Gran and Grandads on Holte Road. Whenever Dad (as a young lad) went to his shooting stall, he would be directed to a “good” gun, which rather suggests the guns certainly weren’t set up so you could hit the targets. The coconuts...
  2. J

    Onion Fair

    May is in the centre of this one….G G Jean https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?members/g-g-jean.2528/
  3. J

    Kynoch's I M I 1950s Onwards

    My grandfather Les Chapman worked in the Rolling mills then.
  4. J

    Aston, Lozells & Witton Photos Reposted thanks to Ray Griffiths...

    My interest in the stretch of Park Road near the junction with Victoria Road stems from my being born above the sweet shop at 107. So that’s why I’m keen to source any photos as this section of street no longer exists.
  5. J

    Aston, Lozells & Witton Photos Reposted thanks to Ray Griffiths...

    Yes it confirms what I suspected. My mother’s sweet shop (O A Chapman) was at 107 next door to the decorators.
  6. J

    Aston, Lozells & Witton Photos Reposted thanks to Ray Griffiths...

    I’m fairly certain the little girl with the ice cream has just emerged from my Mum‘s sweet shop.
  7. J

    Aston Pictures

    Does anyone have any photos of Park Road Aston from the 50s or early 60s?
  8. J

    Moseley The pyramid Riders motorcycle.

    Hi, My Dad Dennis Chapman was a member of the Pyramid Riders. On 4th June 1950 16 members of the club set out to climb Snowdon. 15 made it. One had a burnt out clutch. I know they took a photo at the summit holding aloft the two 123cc bikes. If anyone has that photo I’d love to see it.
  9. J

    Onion Fair

    I’m not sure who this is but one of May’s photos. Looks like probably kitchen staff? This second one May is in the centre. She used to cook for the executive dining room
  10. J

    Onion Fair

    Yes, indeed it was
  11. J

    Onion Fair

    I’d not heard about that before. I do know the Prices/Chapmans had strong links to the fair. They were very friendly with Josephine and Albert Hedges and Annie Rogers and Alf Farmer who spent their honeymoon night at 49.
  12. J

    Onion Fair

    That would be ace
  13. J

    Onion Fair

    I was a bit confused by the ICI/IMI relationship. Dad has just explained that before the war the ICI (Imperial Chemical company) was formed by a consortium and that was what that part of the company was called when my Gran first worked there, but after the war it became known as IMI (The...
  14. J

    Onion Fair

    Yes, Gran was a cook at the ICI I think. It’s a small world isn’t it :) (May Chapman centre front row top photo and second right front row in the bottom one)
  15. J

    Holidays spent in Wales as a child.

    Dad mentioned that during the war a bomb landed in the garden near your house, he thinks it might have been the next house along. Do you know anything about that?
  16. J

    Holidays spent in Wales as a child.

    May and Les Chapman (49 Holte Road) with Martha Brueton
  17. J

    Holidays spent in Wales as a child.

    My dad used to fix shoes in their shed at 49. Dad remembers the watches too.
  18. J

    Holidays spent in Wales as a child.

  19. J

    Holidays spent in Wales as a child.

    Dad recognises the name, he knew your family, how wonderful!
  20. J

    Holidays spent in Wales as a child.

    Here’s a photo of May and Les Chapman from 49 Holte Road with Martha (Donovan) Brueton
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