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Hi I read with interest of the Tamworth field & wonder if anyone out there still has a copy of their sightings on a day out to Tamworth during steam days please, there was also an article in one of the Railway magazines about the 'Field of Gold' which I cannot get hold of if anyone has a copy of...

Hi Sorry I should have typed muslin not muslem at least I think thats how you spell it Cheers Dave Rock

Hi I worked as a paper boy for Albert Snape in his newsagents at the bottom of Ombersley Road for 10 shillings a week & that included 6 mornings & evenings & Sunday morning. After I became too old for a paper round I went to work at 'The Home & Colonial' in Ladypool Road on Friday nights &...

Hi Is there anyone out there who spent there Saturdays in the field at Tamworth, I would love to find out more details of the daily logs if anyone still has their old notebooks. Any pictures as well & also memories of the cafe, the staff attitude towards us & any other info. My mates & me used...

Hi How about Geoff Humpage the Warwickshire wicketkeeper born Sparkbrook, still holds a few records for the county. Cheers Dave Rock

Hi Anyone any info on the lead singer of a band called catch 22, his name was Roger Guise. Cheers Dave Rock

Hi Did a band called Catch 22 play on the same bill as Cream, if so has anyone any info about the lead singer Roger Guise please. Cheers Dave Rock

Hi I went to Waverley Grammar school & have a lot of old school stuff from the 50s,60s &70s which I have accumulated through various channels, if anyone has any questions please mail me. I also have a good collection of photographs both scroll type & pictures from the operas & plays. Look...

Hi I went to college at Matthew Boulton with Alan Lawton, Tommy Clarke & Keith Tabberer, I am still in touch with Tommy as we were also at school together & have got Alan Lawtons phone number which I got off Keith Warren another ex Lucas Apprentice who I also see very regularly.All these lads...

Hi A lad i was at school with bought out the lock side of Wilmot Breeden, he started a company called Weston Body Hardware in Redditch, they are still in existence & may have old info on Wilmot Breeden. I think that Peter Weston has retired or got out of the business but they featured on a...

Re: Alex Hooprers DanceHall. Stratford Road Sparkhill Hi Betty keep trying as it could be of interest to me, I learnt to dance at Alex Hoopers(not ballroom) just following the girl I was dancing with!!! Danny King is still singing locally as I would suspect a lot of the local band members will...

Re: Alex Hooprers DanceHall. Stratford Road Sparkhill Hi No Alex Hoopers wasn't above Burtons but you've answered a question I couldn't answer yesterday as I drove down Stratford Road from my Moms I tried to think of the Tailors name. Above Burtons was & still is a snooker hall Alex Hoopers...

Re: Alex Hooprers DanceHall. Stratford Road Sparkhill Hi I remember it well as I used to be a regular before Danny King played, when they had a DJ who wore a Dinner Jacket, one of the bouncers was called John. The DJ used to play a few Rock & roll records then broke for either a Waltz or...

I thought it was Birmingham Mail boots, I can remember one lad at school having these & I envied him because he could make the hobs spark when he scraped his heels on the playground. I didn't know then that it was because his parents couldn't afford shoes; before this he always wore wellingtons...

Hi Thanks to everyone for all the information given, my wife is absolutely over the moon & I feel I will be doing some more research into her family. Thanks again Dave Rock

Hi Thanks for the info but what does it mean, my mother in law didn't have a middle name so I am a little mystified by the other names like Broadfield, what do they mean. any further help please will be very much appreciated. She married a George Henry Ford around 1938/9/40 he was also from...

Hi I am trying to get a start on tracing my wifes Mothers tree & I only have her birthdate which is 25th April 1913, she was born in Birmingham & that is all I have, can someone help me to start or tell me what I have to do to get started please. Cheers Dave Rock

Hi Further to the classroom picture forwarded by Graham others in the picture are Ann Savin, Carol Eccleston, Susan Middleton,Andee Sewell, Dave Thomas, Alan Chance, Robert Gough & Ray Simmonds. I also think Joy Hawker is on as well, her brother was one of the original Ivy League group from the...

Hi In reply to the posts with pictures of Tillingham St & Highgate Rd my Mom was born in Tillingham St at no.28 & ran Mays Cafe on the corner of Tillingham St/ Ladypool Rd/Highgate Rd for many years. I can remember the guys from Moydens Garage coming in for there sandwiches & a lot of other...

Re the holiday picture, I have the following names & bits of info about some of the lads. Alan Chance is top row 2nd from left. Reggie Wilson has the loud check shirt.Denis Herbert & Doug Murdoch are in front of Graham. On the front row 2nd left this lads Mom used to work at Perks's & next but...