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  1. Keith R

    WW2/ Territorial Army service....

    Dad as mentioned in #8
  2. Keith R

    WW2/ Territorial Army service....

    East Anglia....does that mean he might not be the same person or did they train miles from home ( Swansea).
  3. Keith R

    WW2/ Territorial Army service....

    An old phone pic off old PC of what i think might be Father in actual war..
  4. Keith R

    WW2/ Territorial Army service....

    This is the TA one for Father. Correct details on it.....
  5. Keith R

    WW2/ Territorial Army service....

    I applied for records of 2 people around 3 years ago ( sending copies of death) and not heard anything from the army one but had a 10 page gobbledegook reply from the Navy one which no one online could work out what it said/meant.....
  6. Keith R

    WW2/ Territorial Army service....

    After years of searching for my fathers War record the recent Ancestry ones added found one.But not as expected as it was for theTerritorial Army from 1945-1959.....Previously I had found many WW2 Army ones for the same name but they were just the single card which gives little info to say its...
  7. Keith R

    BCFC new stadium

    Just a tad before my time.......more like Xmas 1989/90 ...beat Arsenal 2-1 but missed anything down right wing....lol
  8. Keith R

    BCFC new stadium

    Used every stand at the Villa and excellent viewing.....even one that said restricted as it was front row and a metal rail was there which in fact gave you double legroom........the old standing corner of the Holte was was good as the roof of the Witton Lane stand got in the way.....but you...
  9. Keith R

    Where is this taken?

    Small world again......the park in the #35 is Highgate Park and used to have a kick around at lunchtimes at far end in 80's when worked in Alcester St.....
  10. Keith R

    Where is this taken?

    I dont know anything about them....The negs are from different times as they include her wedding (1953) and later with we think her daughter...my wife....which is after 1957.....thought the original Ivy pic was just pre war when she would be late teens but confused now.
  11. Keith R

    Where is this taken?

    I dont know why she would have negs for these snaps or who took them....thanks for confirming this is Moseley Road....... Going back to the original street where Ivy is standing I have more Negs and it shows a little more of the street.
  12. Keith R

    Where is this taken?

    I wonder if the people in the photo are The ones mentioned above,,,,Sarah and Frank ?
  13. Keith R

    Where is this taken?

    Belated thanks to everyone who has helped with this search..........I can confirm that Ivy DID live at 5/32 Moseley Road,Camp Hill in 1950. I have managed to get access to b and w negatives some which are probably from same roll as the pic of Ivy at the start of this post. Theres also some of...
  14. Keith R

    Hamstead Hall and Water Mill

    I see Great Barr station is now Hamstead Station
  15. Keith R

    Bayley Charles William

    As I mentioned Farm St in #92 I thought it rang bells and found it on a 2nd wedding in 1909 for Charles Stephen Bayley jnr (1887) they lived at 4/7 Farm St........also in 1921 he is a lodger at his sisters (Lily May Lewis) in Bell Barn Road and he works in Farm St. Also his 1st wife (Polly...
  16. Keith R

    Bayley Charles William

    Yes this is so - must be the one on #31and its just another merry tale not told where the children keep hiding.
  17. Keith R

    Bayley Charles William

    Just had an article come up on Ancestry hints up loaded in June from one of wife's dna matches which is a follow up from the court proceedings of early 1900 and Gertrude Dubhill was eventually sent to goal for mistreating her children.She got 2 months non hard labour after it was said she ran...
  18. Keith R

    Bayley Charles William

    Yes if she's the correct person.
  19. Keith R

    Bayley Charles William

    Might be but no one has heard of a Florence
  20. Keith R

    Bayley Charles William

    Didn't know really. But when I saw the God parents name it got me thinking.
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