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Here's one you don't hear so much these days " you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. I also remember hearing you can take the boy out of brum but you can't brum out of the boy

Re: "The Man who Changed the Face of Birmingham" - a new book about Pugin the Archite Pugin certainly had an interesting career. I used to go st chads cathedral when I was at school, I even used to help.out with some jobs there along with some other lads.nether giving it a thought about it's...

Didn't the old buses used to have safety straps to put on to stop people jumping off but the conductors never bothered with them most of the time.

Yes nico my sister went on to become asecretary and liaison officer. I remember making mother's day cards and xmas cards at primary school and also a calendar every year. Things were so simple back then. Regards nijinski

I remember them typewriters nico. It was my sister's first typewriter before she had a proper one.

There is a 12 year old mary hughes born in ireland living in birmingham in the 1841 census that might be worth checking for more info. That would make her around 24 when she married.

Tthe best I've found so far is a john booth and a mary hughes married in birmingham in1953. Would that be them, if it is when did she move to england?

Hi josie is hughs her maiden name and does she state what county she was born in.

that's the sort of picture i would hang up on my wall with pride.

Remember the sports jackets with the leather patches on the sleeves. I had a few of them, what was I thinking of.

Does anyone remember or ever hear about a rose hurley and her two children a twin boy and girl.

that's a great image mike and it tells me alot. thanks very much mike. regards nijinski.

Hi mike I'm. Looking for is one of those overhead street plans buildings that you post on site every so often. If that's not possible, then maybe the overhead buildings plan around no19 please. Thank you for your time. Regards nijinski.

I used to go to school at st chads junior school in shadwell st. My eldest sister used to pick me up sometimes after school and we'd catch the bus at the top of summer lane. I can't remember if it was the no5 or the no7 bus and travel down to moorsom st. One day travelling on the bus we got up...

Happy paddies day to you nico and to everyone. That soda bread will soon get you trumping. Regards nijinski.

Mikejee can you up a house plan of moorsom st please as I'm. Trying to work out our details at the time.

When my wife was at school her and her freinds used to call it dropping a clanger. By the way nico didn,t they have someone on the james whale show trumping a tune.

Re: electoral roll look up thanks mike much appreciated

can anyone tell me when thomas and sheila dooley and family first moved to alum rock rd? thank you for any help.

I found when researching my ancestry on the irish census of 1901 and 1911, I found a few differences between the two especially when compared with family search. There are also some differences between some of the censuses of the UK which I found while researching my wife's ancestry.