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I remember 1947, we lived in a bungalow in the middle of the staffordshire moorlands, when we woke the bungalow was snowed in, Dad tried to clear a path but it was too big a task. Fortunatley neighbouriing farmers came to our rescue and dug a path from the lane to our front door.

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Too true Lyn, I am almost in tears every time I go a short way from where I live. This couple of weeks we have gone to Coleshill and , to Resort World and to Balsall Common and Knowle No trees, just a flat wasteland in every direction. As for the trees being replaced , some of them had taken...

Don't do that Eric, give it another chance replant and cut it back to about 18inches, I do that every year with mine in late autumn to protect it from being blown over by wind and snow. I can't throw any plants into the recycling which means I have far too many plants in my garden, lol.

1939 census has at No. 42 John Roskell Catholic priest along with 4 other priests and at No.32 45 occupants all male, no-one with surname Kenny

Skenyon , keep an open mind when doing your research. In days when people o told their details to officials , who often were not that good at spelling, the names can get distorted. Looking through your family with the dates you have given the names have been given on record as Houldcroft...

I don't think it is the one in Station road but rather the Chester road one just down from the Yenton

Moved to Surnames.

Happy birthday Mort, hope you had some fish and chips although not by the seaside, lol. Alberta

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYN, have a great day, Alberta & Steve x

Sorry I misread the birth on 1939 as 1921 instead of 1927. I think Frederick D Parsons was possibly a lodger he was born in West Derby, Lverpool mother Maloney possibly the child of Frederick Parsons-Elizabeth Maloney

1939 Tinkers farm road.Birmingham Thomas a Howell b 17th Feb 1893 Plasterer Winifed G Howell b 17th DEc 1901 Maurice J Howell born 12th Dec 1921 The 3 were still living at the same address in Electoral roll 1955. They did marry in 1926 but possibly together for longer as Maurice mother...

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Yes he did Janice he died in Wisconsin in 1945 , left England after 1881 records differ 1885-1887, he married in 1888

Could you be refering to his son Edwin Oscar b 1860 Shipston I have record of him in London 1881 working as Rail Porter.

I used to go for American apple pie to a Wimpeys in 1960s , I thought it was in Colmore row on the corner of the Great Western Arcade.

He was born in 1895 to Henry James Perrow and Margaret nee Taggart who married 1890 Margaret later married Albert Birch in 1905 and is with him and her children Henry James , John and Lucy in 1911 Little Green lane. the certificate of his death in 1917 gives his mothers name as Margaret...

I saved for months and months and then went to spend them on saucepans and crockery at the Greenshield shop in Erdington High street, put them in the car boot whilst going to visit another shop and came back to find the car had been stolen The car was later found minus my Greenshield buys so it...

I lived over the other shop also owned by Ernie Lucas, they sold carpets. right next to the railway line so my china rattled when a train went past.

Welcome to the forum Pat. When I first married in 1961 we had a flat over the shops opposite the old police station in Washwood Heath road, malthouse lane was behind the station and in the days when all shops closed early , I would go to the off licence?outdoor in the lane to get my crisps and...