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A French composer this time - Gymnopédie by Erik Satie Maurice :cool:

I was searching YouTube for a march that teachers used to march us into assembly with at College Road Junior School. Not surp[risingly is doesn't exist on there. But here's about the only piece that same composer was remembered for these days - Praeludium by the Finnish composer Armas (Edward)...

Steve, Was that in the days when the Public Works Dept used to be in the Civic Centre, now Baskerville House? Or am I going too far back for you? Maurice :cool:

Yes, that photograph in post #5 is certainly pre-1940 and probably a lot older than that. In my 1940s childhood that was my favourite place to paddle with a thick bed of soft green waterweed under your feet. In those days the bridge was a fairly new wood construction, whereas when I last visited...

How I wished I had had a camera to take some similar shots in my younger day, but I didn't get my first camera until I was 20 and processing film was quite expensive and I guess I had so many other things on my mind. If only we were blessed with the foresight to see 50 or 60 years ahead at that...

Well, here are a few snippets from the original film and the minuet starts at around 3.50 - great film and I bet the U.S. remake was awful, though I've never seen it. You can't beat some of these Ealing studios films. Maurice :cool:

Now for some easy listening for a Sunday evening. First the Overture to Johann Strauss' operetta Die Fledermaus. Now, if you remember the old black & white comedy The Ladykillers with Alec Guiness, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom & Jack Warner, you might recall that it centres around a gang of...

Janice, I presume you're referring to Rose (Leah) Arnold? She was born before they were married so I guess that George had Rose from a previous relationship (married or otherwise) and the mother's maiden name was Smith. Maurice :cool:

Not having much joy with an Erdington connection. In 1881 they were living at 53 Henry Street, which is in the parish of St Matthew, and neither parent appears to have been christened according to familysearch.org Furthermore, in 1911, the family were still living in Lord Street, albeit at a...

Janice, Artie Shaw, the American bandleader, had Russian parents and his real name was Arthur Shawsky. But I deviate...... Back to my John & Leah (nee Wright), on the 1920 Electoral roll Leah Shaw is living with either her sister or her mother, Elizabeth Wright, at 15 Bright Terrace, Guildford...

I've drawn a complete blank on Shaw 33887(& variants) Kings Royal Rifle Corps on both FindMyPast and Ancestry other than that Soldiers Effect Record. He appears on CWGC on Tyne Cot Memorial, but seemingly nowhere else & with no details of home location or family. Maurice :cool:

Nick, He certainly must have a link to Erdington somewhere and at the moment I can't see that. With St Barnabus Church Records current out of reach in the Archives (banns/marriages/christenings/administrative records?), it is likely to be difficult to find that link. I have both Ancestry &...

Absent Voters List is also on Ancestry and there is a Private Sydney John Shaw of 19 Ryland Road Erdington, Service No. S/361904, GHQ, ASC listed, but also a death for that name in Birmingham in 1969 which may or may not be the same guy. Maurice :cool:

Nick, I've attached the 1911 Census, but I've tried to carry it forward without success. Leah does not appear on the 1939 Register, nor does she appear to have been been pregnant around that period as there are no suitable SHAW children with a mother's maiden name of WRIGHT around the time of...

Nick, I have him in 1911 living at 1 Court 2 House Lord Street working as a polisher in the cycle trade with wife Leah nee Wright who he married in 4 Qtr 1910 Aston Reg Dist Vol 6d Page 532. Is that any help? Maurice :cool:

Janice, That was my initial thinking too in post #36, but there's no marriage to Clara and I hadn't got as far as checking Henry, but if the deaths are correct, I think that you have sussed it. Maurice :cool:

John, Nice arrangement for 1929, and the vocal is quite coy. Difficult to dislike it as you just want to laugh along with her. Maurice :cool:

3. Birds Maurice :cool:

34. Gladiators Maurice :cool:

John, Yes, I was aware of the Whiteman orchestration. I don't rate the Billy Merrin track, especially the vocal, but the Roy Fox track is his usual polished performance and the vocal quite acceptable. Both recorded in the same year and such an amazing difference. Does the name Lou Simmons mean...