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Hi ladylinda, in 1935 rose hurley was 16. Is it possible she could have lied about her age. Her brother was george hurley. It's possible she left home after her father died in 1935 and her brother 16 yrs senior went with her to look after her. But its all assumptions. I don't. Know if it's the...

That,s a coincidence podge, I started drinking started drinking at the speedwell with me workmates and went from there to bloomers. Served a lovely bitter there didn't they. I started drinking m&b mild there and later went on to drink brew X1. Regards rick

Hi alberta, I know it was a man's world back then. I wasn't being political. I was refferring to the narrater's comments about women only getting I think 80% of mens wages because they work 7 1/2 hrs a day compared to the mens 8 hrs a day. I mean.if they were given a choice they would have...

Hi ladylinda, thanks for the info. Could you tell me the ages of george and rose hurley at these addresses. Thanks a lot regards nijinski

hi old boy, you say they were paid less because they worked less. in fact they worked half hour less a day and this is the feeble reason they got paid less. regards nijinski

Hi shortie. A packet of pins were cheap to buy so two pins were worth next to nothing. Meaning it wouldn't take much to slap you hard. Regards nijinski

Hi mike sorry to keep pestering you. Can you tell me rose hurley lived between 1930 when she lived at 8 court, 6 talfourd st and 1965. Thanks. Regards nijinski

Here's some sayings but I don't know where they're from. Does a bear s**t in the woods, does a one legged duck swim round in circles, up the creak without a paddle or even barking up the wrong tree.

Here's some more saings I heard in dudley. If I don't see you in the wick, I'll seeyou in the candle, or if I don't see you thru the wick, I'll see you thru the window.

Hi mike apart from DD there was m&b brew X1 my favourite beer. There was ansell's bitter which I didn't llike so much. Is worthington E still around or barley wine? Regards nijinski

That's it thanks rosie, I can still see him singing it on that's life many moons ago. regards nijinski

Then theirs double diamond works wonders

Hi dave I'm still catching up on a lot of threads so forgive for being a bit slow. Did jake thackery sing the song about the nun with the hairs on her hands.I heard it on that's life. I always liked that song but I don't know the name of it. Regards nijinski

Hi nico, your nan's sayings reminds me of a time when I lived and worked in dudley for a while and some of their sayings. Ge it sum omma was one meaning give it some hammer. Another one was the brummagem screwdriver referring to a hammer. Another one was don't tickle it, hit it and final one for...

i wonder if anyone remembers the beer advert from the 60s starring boris karloff wearing an overcoat withh his devils tail hanging out comes into his local and orders a pint

Bloody hell betty i think you need something stronger than a cup of coffee. I'm surprised they didn't strip you naked in front of everyone and powder you with ddt and I thought I had it bad. Regards nijinski

Hi nico, your grandad's saying reminds me of one. You know what happened to thought don't ya, he wet the bed and thought he was sweating, well that's almost the exact words. Your nan's saying reminds me of locking the stable door after the horse has bolted. Regards nijinski

Did you know it is 15 years to this very day that the film titanic won 11 oscars at the 70th academy awards equalling ben hur's record. It was the most expensive film ever made at that time.

I used to go to st chads infant, junior, went to the rosary for thrree years and went back to st chads seniors for last four year. I remember one teacher in the infants an oldish woman called mrs conners also mr wells headmaster in the junior school. In the seniors I remember sister moderator...

Does anyone remember a mrs boothe. My wife thinks she was the art teacher and school secretary.she also remembers mr lowe the science teacher, mr roberts the maths teacher, miss punter the p e teacher, miss hacket gym teacher and there was an english teacher, the boys used to call her racquel...