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I agree with John Chris, it evokes the scene so well, you can picture it in your mind. Thanks for posting it. Sue

Yogimon, they are lovely memories to keep, my dad does the same with the loaf of milk and bottle of bread, must be a brummie thing. Sue

What great descriptions of your houses, there are a lot of things that bring back memories of my nans and aunts houses, paramount in the scullery at my aunts the never cold stew pan!! The meat safe still had pride of place in nanskitchen up till she died in 2006, never recall seeing meat in it...

Thanks for that Ed, my mom and dad will enjoy it and as its on freeview, they will be able to watch it. Sue

Mom and dad say the same Rosie, mom thought frizzles, so probably the same things! Sue

I'm sure those steps got steeper when my bus from Northampton was late arriving into the bus station and I had a very short time to get the Tamworth train - and the escalators were never working lol!!! And I remember the escalators from the indoor market up into Centre Court. I agree that it did...

Sarajay, you might like to have a look on familysearch.org if you haven't done already. there are christening records for Samuel and then further down the list, for all of Samuel and Lillians children, except for Claudian - but there is a listing for a Claudia that fits all except the gender...

Re: William McGregor-President-Aston Villa- 125th Anniversary of Football League star I'd assumed he was the same as the school headmistress linked him with the school and the football - just goes to show teachers get it wrong lol! There will be a few 13/14 year olds from school that thinks its...

Re: William McGregor-President-Aston Villa- 125th Anniversary of Football League star I will try and look the photo out that I have of Owen my son, when he was chosen to dress up as William McGregor at school. He went to the William McGregor Primary school, established by the man himself, as he...

Louisa, thanks for that, how I managed to miss the family search one is beyond me as I use their site a lot and find them really helpful! Have downloaded it now anyway, so Aunty may just get a belated birthday present. Sue

Hope you have more luck than I did Mr Zippy, didn't think to ask on here though, but I wanted to do one for my Aunties 90th, still not done, maybe for Xmas instead lol Sue

Jennie love the photos, I will ahve to ask my cousin which school she went to and what years, would guess YWS, as ythey lived in Cleeve Road, but not sure what years - her name is Judy Ainge, has an older brother, Peter. Sue

Rowan, my book on internet genealogy suggests looking on https://sa-passenger-list.za.net/index.php for info on South African emigrants and immigrants, I haven't tested it though, you might like to give it a go. Sue

Rowan, there is a Miss L Smith, occupation domestic, going from London to Cape Town S A on the Gaul steamship, departing on 24th June 1903. Her age is listed as 24, approx d-o-b 1879. A possibility and the closest I can see to your info. Sue

Lyn, loved the clip, and the look on Gingers face - "go on then, you do it and I'll supervise" !! Sue

Bernie, dad will enjoy looking at those pics, some I've not seen before, thanks Sue

Hi josietrue, welcome to the site. My dad knows that area, he went to Holy Family church and school. Sue

Andy, if you type in Green Lane Small Heath in the search box top right, there are quite a few threads with pics and info about Green Lane - my dad lived in Victoria Street, and there are quite a few forum members who live/d around there, you should get lots more info - welcome to the forum by...

Cadburys didn't allow married women to work either,but that changed through the war, when the work needed doing. Also, in the late 1920's there weren't enough jobs for the men, so it was a way of keeping the jobs for them and the single women who needed to support themselves. Regarding the...

Nico, do you mean Meccano? My brother had that and my son has had it more recently.He also has a set of Magnetix, which sounds like the set you describe - they will stick to anything metal, including radiators and bed frames! Sue