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Hi has anyone any information on the INGRAMS of THEADORE STREET. Thanks Anthony

:D Thanks for all your comments. I think sometimes "in-laws" get a bad deal, but we are very lucky our daughter in law is just like another daughter. :D Jackie

My daughter-in-law sent me this today.Jackie. "This poem is sent to thank you for, looking after baby Joe while my foot was sore. It`s better now though, so you`ll no longer be, required to babysit for silly old, invalid me. I`m so grateful and always will be, Cos you`re so good...

:) I and my brothers and sisters always had a nice Xmas, we were very lucky, I think my best Xmas present ever was my 1st watch. I was so proud and thought I was quite grown up, I must have been about 10. My other half and his brothers never had more than an orange and a little tin car...So I...

How it used to be on Sunday Sundays were very different in the 50`s when I was growing up. Sunday best clothes Morning service at Allsaints church, Hockley. Then the 3 of us children would have to go to visit our grandparents in George Street West,(sneak into the small park for a while), back...

:D Hi its me again, I thought I would just add that my other half had a terrible childhood, he and his brothers used to play games with the blackbats, cockroaches etc. The 3 of them slept in a double bed with their Mom, no blankets only old coats. His Mother died in 1961 and hubby was put out...

:shock: I remember when we had a gas fire fitted in the front room, we were the envy of all the neighbours it was about 1961. We still had the coal fire in the back room with a very large guard around in which dipped in the middle where my dad loved to warm his b... :oops: Jackie

Pom your poem is so accurate, we played safe for hours on end, just went home when we got hungry. I fear for my grandchildren, what will life be like for them when they are older./ ? :(

Hi all, There are quite a few songs Paul that bring a tear to my eye, Helen Shapiro "Dont treat me like a child" cause us girls at 15 wanted to be her! ANY ballad by Billy Fury as he was and still is my No.1 I know sad! Its mine and my others halfs 40 th wedding anniversary in November and we...

Hi Paul, What do u mean wimmin cant press trousers!!!!! :roll: :D We have had enough practise over the years. My husband is great with most houshold jobs but ironing no! I will never forget when he brought my daughter and son to visit me in hospital when I had my last daughter in `79.They...

:D Hi Paul, I and my friends used to use sugar water to starch our petticoates, my mom couldnt afford starch!!!!!!!!!!! I have a friend who still uses a damp teatowel to press her hubbies trousers as well as using a steam iron!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jackie :x

Hi Kandor, My husband still uses Brylcreme!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!But now he has no quiff to curl :lol: He shaves his head very short but insists that using the stuff helps to darken the grey :o Jackie

:oops: Hi all, Im sorry to say but I loved Henrys!!!!! All of my friends bought most of their clothes from Henrys too. In the early 60`s you could get rigged out for few quid. oh happy days :D Jackie

Hi, Yes these clubs were great, my Mom and Dad never took us to pubs, but I remember very well Xmas Parties for us kids at the Barn. My Dad was M.C. there few a good few years. And his last years before he moved to Cannock nearly 30 years ago was M.C for SALTLEY AMATUER GARDNERS CLUB. He is...

Hi, My dad REG CARNELL, was MASTER OF CEREMONIES at the FARCROFT during and after the last war. He and my late mom were brilliant dancers.Dad M.C.d at a lot of the WORKING MENS CLUBS, including SALTLEY AMAETUER GARDNERS CLUB, THE BARN AND and another club further up the road from the Barn, the...