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I remember Mr McGuffy and also his deputy Mr. Clark. When I first started at the school we had two Mr. Clarks and we were told that we must not refer to them as Mr Clark OLD and Mr Clark YOUNG! Can't remember what we called now.

Do you remember the music shop - Hawtins? I bought a guitar from there about in 1966

I can't see any shops at the top of Glowers on Google. Where is it? My dad lived at 103 1/3 Golden Hillock Road just before he got married to mom. Always thought that an off number but it did exist at one time as I remember looking for it from the the number 8 bus when I used to go visit my...

I am not sure who Fred was in relation to the Coffee Room as in 1921 it was owned by Arthur Dawkins (died 1938) Louisa Jane Woodward was his wife. My mother in law was a relative of his and I have been in contact with his grand-daughter. I cannot see that he had a son called Fred so I shall...

May and Cyril are listed on the 1939 register too. Cyril is a Police Constable.

Can anyone find 107?

I think that may be Fay not Jay, but not sure looking at the F in Fellows. Found 104 Fellow Lane on the 1935 and 45 Electoral Roll where a May and Cyril England lived. Can't seem to find any off numbers though. Also the phone number at the bottom of your address Central 6761 would be in the...

Mr Tennant was our Form Master in 1st Year. I remember Mr. Hughes (he was our form teacher in 3rd year) Penzer, Palfreyman and Miss Oldbury. Mr Freer used to teach the boys PE and he married the female teacher who taught the girls PE. Do you remember the amazing gym and trampoline we had at...

My parents used to buy coal from Goodrich's. Were they the same company?

I remember the name but am not sure I ever met him. He was the son of Hilary and Des Dawkins. Des was mother in laws brother.

I know Roy lived overseas somewhere (could have been Spain) but I have don't know what happened to Tony. I don't recall the name Martin Stratham but I do remember Martin Raithby as he was the only boy who decided to learn Typing and Shorthand. I think his plans were to become a Journalist but...

My mother-in-law's great grandfather lived and worked at 37 Cox Street West in 1881

There is a census entry for 1861 - John Grogan, born 1834 Birmingham. Wife Ann age 23 born Leicester Children: George age 3 born Leicester and Ann Jane age 10 months born Leicester. This agrees with the marriage of Ann Smith and John Grogan in Leicester in 1857. On FreeBMD James Broughton is...

There is a baptism entry for Alfred Ward born 22 April 1907. The baptism date is 5 May 1907. Parents ate James Alfred and Emma Ward living at 54 Meriden St. James is a Labourer. Looks like the baptism took place at Saint Gabriel, Birmingham. Not sure where that might be but I have found...

There is a marriage certificate further back in this discussion which shows the Registration District as Aston but the marriage did take place in St. Andrew's, Bordesley.

I am not aware of ta church in Aston called St. Andrews (there is one in Handsworth.) Also the only St. Andrew's Road I know about is not in Aston but in Bordesley close to Birmingham City Football Club (their ground was always known as St. Andrew's o me). The church in this discussion, is the...

OK, so we have the same person. Alfred did marry Selina Sarah Wellings in Aston in 1895 them Myra Taylor in Bromgrove . in 1908 when Selina died, administration was to the said Alfred Herbert Albut, confectioners traveller.

After reading your post number7 I have a feeling we are talking about different Alfreds.

Interesting on the 1871 census there is a visitor named Myra Taylor. This is the person Alfred married in 1913.

Trouble with sites like Ancestry and Free Bmd is that transcribers are volunteers and will transcribe what they think, especially when there is unreadable writing!) I see on Ancestry that Albut has been transcribed as Albritt, and Albert. Also Hubert/Herbert isn't so different. Is the 1871...