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Pleased to hear the day went well Lyn and the sun was shining for your dads farewell. Sue

Bet your grandchildren will love it out there, better get your beach shoes out! Sue

But t least its not being demolished! Sue

They look like they are plotting some mischief, the boys are looking at the camera as if to say don't do anything yet we are being watched lol Sue

Any idea where he waas incarcerated Snowball, in Birmingham or elsewhere? That could give you a clue to the institutions in the area and National Archives may turn up in patient lists as Colin says. Sue

I love hats used to go into BHS with mom and nan and try them on. When our wedding era was on , used to have a hat for each wedding and loved looking for them. I guess I was work influenced too, alwys had a starched cap, except as a student when they were paper ones, really liked my cap, it...

Thats an interesting article , thanks for posting it jennyann Sue

They are lovely Poihipi, bet they go down well. Sue

Our chocolate concrete was always served with bright green mint custard. Mom was a dinner lady at school and her friend who is now in her 80's was the cook, despite the fact that she is nearly blind, she can still reproduce all the old school puddings. Sue

Re: Electoral Roll lookup please: STRICKLEY Can only see them in 1955 at 8 Prince Albert Street, Small Heath, but Ernest is listed as Edward Ernest. Sue

Great film thanks Brumgum - totally opposite to Viv and like you Brumgum the Bullring meant home to me - although I lived in Tamworth - the markets were full of people to watch and the sounds and smells of the markets were enthralling, even the fish market, as I went through to get the bus home...

And some pride in turning out something useful - the same if you made your own clothes. Mom and nan both did dressmaking as did hubbys nan - she went to classes for it and right up until she died kept in tough with her classmates.I can remember at school, in needlework, we had to make a pinafore...

The canal is part of a restoration project Charlie, they are doing a lot of work on it,to try and get it re-opened, there is a bit of info about on their website, www.ashbycanaltrust.co.uk Sue

It was a lovely day, the day was based at the Moira Furnce, a 19th century blast furnace with it's own museum and canalside walks. Despite the fact it is only 15 miles away I hadn't been before and will definitely be going again taking mom and dad with me! The Spitfire was brilliant though, so...

Poihipi, post 16 reminds me of clearing hubbys nans house out - there were piles of papers, folded bags, bags of folded rags , all tied up with lengths of old stockings! There was enough Betterware stuff to set up a stall, we think she felt guilty if she didn't order anything! As well as that...

Owen and I went to the Ashby Canal Boat show today, at Moira Furnace. It was a lovely day and this Spitfire flew over at lunchtime, did about 3 fly past and was quite low, wonderful sight. These are the pics Owen got on his phone camera. Sue

Mom and nan were thrifty and used to recycle the wool from jumpers and make my dresses. Mom still is and always has whatever item the grandchildren need for their projects, yet her house is much tidier than mine. I also keep the buttons from worn out clothes, which are usually cut into rags...

The man in post 40 could have been running to get the bus at the next stop, as it had stopped at the crossing. Sue

She is a really interesting person , I only know about her because Katy had to do a project on Suffragettes for school and wanted a lesser known one, as Julia Varley did a lot of wok in Birmingham, with Cadburys, although she was born in Bradford, that's who she studied. There are some...

Dad commented on that earlier today, like you say there's not much being said about it anywhere. Sue