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No Nellie did not go back to Bradford with her sister. I am in close touch with Phyllis's daughter who has all the info about her mother's return to Bradford. Will & Eliza Norman were my grandparents, so I have all the info I need about them, but thanks for your interest. I am really only...

Thanks for that info. I knew the names of the daughters, but hadn't posted them as they are probably still alive ,so as not to cause any embarrassment. I wasn't aware of the son.

I have been told that she was actually called Helena Mary although I have never seen that verified. She was always known as Nellie. I have also been unable to trace her between 1930 & her marriage to George Shepherd. I understand that prior to her marriage, she worked for the Cadbury family...

Nellie & her sister Phyllis moved to Birmingham with their father & stepmother in about 1927. Around 1930 there was a family row & Nellie & Phyllis left the family home. I believe Nellie married George Shepherd in 1940 & had 2 daughters. Nellie died in 1960 at which time the family were living...

If I remember correctly, it was ClockHouse rather than Clockwork

Not forgetting Uncle Holly & queuing for what seemed like hours on the staircase to the grotto at the top of the shop. Those days are long gone.

Sounds interesting. I will look out for it. Marion

Thanks very much to everyone who has posted info. This man was only a distant cousin, so I don't really want to go to the expense of buying certs etc. I was just curious to know how he died, especially as he left a will which I wouldn't have expected. As you say Old Boy, it was probably natural...

Thanks for that info Bewdley. The coroner's report is probably not available as it is fairly recent, but I am hoping there is a newspaper report on the inquest which will say how he died. Marion

Thanks for that info Alberta

Please could someone look up a coroner's report on the death of this man. He was apparently last seen alive on 23rd Jan 1952 & found dead on the 29th Jan. The last address I can find for him is 6 back 198 St Stephens St in 1950. He doesn't appear to have married & as far as I can tell he was an...

Same for me. I got a message on Sunday to say that a Windows update was taking place. Logged in on Monday morning expecting problems, but so far, all OK. Daren't say too much just in case.

My Gran had a phone in the early 50s. In order to get a Brownie badge, we had to make a call from a public phone box, so I rang my Gran. The exchange was EAS. she lived in Ward End.

There apparently was another update to Win 10 this morning. I was happily watching TV when the sound disappeared again. Only got the laptop back last Friday after the previous sound loss I can watch TV on my tablet, but can't use Skype for which I have a subscription which runs out tomorrow. I...

I remember being taken to this event several years running, but have a recollection of also being taken to a dog show. I'm not even sure that it was held in Cannon Hill Park. Maybe it was a part of the Tulip Festival, but I just can't remember. Well it was 60 years ago.

I'm not a happy bunny. I have no IT skills whatsoever. I bought a new Acer laptop a few weeks ago but noticed after a couple of weeks that it was running very slow and doing several odd things. Took it back to the retailer and they rang me a couple of days later to say that it had been totally...

What is the point of having a state of the art,grossly expensive white elephant of an asset, just because you have the money to fund it, then decide that you can´t afford the running costs. I wouldn´t buy a propety with 30 rooms, standing in 2 acres of land, even if I had the capital if I was...

Personally. I always found the staff both in the Local History section & the Archives extremely helpful & the facilities in the old library user friendly (with the possible exception of access to the archives via the spiral staircase & the months when the escalators were out of action) While I...

I honestly can´t see how this is progress. I haven´t lived in England for 10 years, but when I did, I used the old library at least once every week. Sometimes I would be looking for something specific & other times, just browsing. How can you do that if you have to order in advance? Most of the...

Haven´t read right through, so don´t know if it´s been mentioned, but I remeber ban Italian restaurant called Ginos which was somewhere on Smallbrook Ringway. Used to dread my friends wanting to go there as Italian food is not a favourite of mine. Much more a curry & Chinese girl.