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Having looked at some of the other entries in the Register, made by the same Minister, I consider that the address written is 35 Yates St.

More likely, from the 1939 Register, Frederick G Carter, b. 21 Jan 1914, living at 115 Fourth Avenue - Transport & Admin (Bread & Con). I may be wrong about the watch being presented on retirement. Just 25 years service.

Errr.......The watch in question was given following 25 years service and retirement in 1953.

I'm reading the suffix to the car reg as 'G' which makes it 1968 or post 68. The Hansons [Brewery] sign suggests Wolverhampton or Dudley areas. Not my area of knowledge except for occasional use of the Wolverhampton New Road. I can't even recognise the make/model of car.:( Alright. The one...

I keep meaning to go to one of these Tyseley open days but, what is the parking like? I know it is virtually non-existant at the actual site. I presume Cousins car park is out of the question. What about the frontages of the shops opposite? Or Wharfdale Road? I've lived in both Acocks Green...

One I know of took over 30 years. Another one has only been started on this past year. Most of those shown will be undergoing a 10 year overhaul. How long that takes depends on how the finances are organised. If there was an astute owner/owning group, and the monies had been set aside, one year...

Not so much Heath Robinson, I would suggest, but more designed to fit a purpose. From the spalling at the higher level it seems to be made from aluminium. Even today, in the Restoration of Railway Carriages, we still use similar Towers. Climb up the inside of the ladder and then access the work...

The full text = James Williams - 21 - Bachelor- Soldier - Sutton Park etc - James Williams - Sanitary Inspector. Betsy May Butt - 20 - Spinster - 127 Watery? Lane - John Butt (deceased) Nail Carter. Both signed. Witnesses: Harry King, Fanny Bradnock.

There are records on Ancestry and Family Search for a Studdaverius Lovall, born Tipton 1831. The Ancestry one is a a submitted Family Tree. I know the census shows him born Aldbourne, Worcester, but Aldbourne is in Wiltshire. Could it have been a mishearing of Harborne? Was Harborne in...

Growing up, Rabbit stew was always one of my favourites. I didn't mind the bones. The meat just fell off them. More recently, we've had a Pub 'doing' Rabbit but it wasn't a stew, and nothing like the stew I remember. But it was tasty.;) I've read somewhere that, after killing a Rabbit, it is...

I believe the expression 'received into the church' relates to instances where a child is born, but not expected to survive, and a Baptism ceremony is urgently performed. Such 'Baptisms' might be carried out, not only by a Minister, but also by a Midwife, or even someone representing a Church...

Another thing I can remember about rented 'tellies' is that the screen was actually behind a sheet of glass. With coal fires, etc, a film of dust would build up on the front of the screen (cathode ray tube) and periodically, an 'engineer' would attend to clear away the film. IIRC, the 'tube' was...

I think I have it. https://www.google.com/maps/place/218+Rookery+Rd,+Birmingham+B21+9PY/@52.5122319,-1.9388993,3a,75y,180h,107.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5LFEgtJJN1Zk0Rp6VtN5Gw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x4870bd2b8d7ea73d:0x2c8388ea424aaf14!8m2!3d52.5121632!4d-1.9387661 It looks like it was...

Looking at the NARPO site. I tend to think that Commemorative Plates 'had their day'. I've got one from a course I attended, but that was many decades ago. Do you want to disclose your Father's name? Someone might remember him. I've spotted a few possible ex-colleagues on here. Albeit not...

Wimbush, surely?

I don't think posts #6 & #7 are of the same Station. Look at the chimneys, the fret work on the gable ends, and the windows.

In the 'modern' picture, those appear to be wooden benches. The 'early' picture appears to show bench cast 'ends' with the GWR logo within the casting. I believe there were two variants but, don't ask........:( In fact, these seat end castings are still available [new]. Both types, I believe...

Mr Burbridge was my/our Form Master at one time. Didn't he run an After-School Electronics group? It was always an interest of mine and when I first obtained my Physics book, I went straight to the last Chapter(s). Playing about with iron filings and learning the 'left hand rule', or was it...

Thanks Mike. That's much as I remember it with the site cleared where the houses were demolished after bombing.

Mike. That map in post #2 is interesting in that, for a time, we lived in Brunswick Road. From memory, number 103. On the posted map, going NW from White Street, and count 12+ residencies, there is an alleyway, which actually branched to the rear of adjoining properties. On the right of the...