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I used to teach my pupils that having transferable skills would make them more employable in the future. When jobs become defunct people need to avoid becoming deskilled and must try to draw on any, and all, skills they have acquired. This advice is becoming more and more relevant today. The...

It is possible by DNA, as shown by a recent case of a man who was found on the embankment in London as a baby during the second world war. Julia Bell did extensive research and he has now found out who his parents were and has met up with family. A DNA test with Ancestry and the help of a...

One of the things that a lot of people either didn't know of have forgotten about the 11+ is that it was not based purely on the tests.it was dependant upon the number of grammar and technical places available in your area. It also depends on the number of places for girls, there were fewer, so...

My husband, who worked as a scientist with alginate in the 70s, says that sodium alginate is used as a stabilizer in chocolate milk and drinking chocolate. Alginate is extracted from seaweed.(makes the foam on the sea!) Perhaps the connection is with Bournville?

I was married there in Sept 1975

I am sure that they used to sell trolls at Gills toy shop in Sutton Parde where I worked as a Saturday girl.

If your Father is still alive he can apply for his adoption records. As far as i am aware you are not able to access them. You need to know the court from which the adoption was granted.

On reading this this morning I know just how they feel. Our house is on the River Lea Navigation. Since lock down, going for my daily exercise walk. which I did before lockdown, has become a really unpleasant, stressful experience. The tow paths are like an Olympic training route for runners and...

I was at school with a John Hurley at St Josephs primary school in Sutton Coldfield in the 1950s.

Even though I was only 6 years old I vividly remember the Queen driving past and the Native Americans and Wigwams.

I was bought up in Rectory road Sutton and used to watch the steam trains from my garden. I also used to love standing under the railway bridge in Rectory road while they went overhead, The noise and that unforgettable smell of steam and smoke!

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Brilliant. Thant you. I will look at the Sutton Coldfield history archive. Carolann

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What is an M.U? I would be interested if anyone has any information on a Sutton Coldfield RAF Camp during late 40's early 50's. Any help much appreciated. Carolann

I think it was a training camp.

It has been interesting reading your posts about National Service. I am researching my family history and came across a link with the RAF camp in Sutton Coldfield 1949/50. I wondered if any BHF members were stationed there at that time. Carolann

After seeing this post I bought some last week, but like many things it was not as nice as I remember it. I found it oversweet with an unpleasant aftertaste. Still it only cost a pound for three bars and my husband ate the rest!

As Brownies in the 1950s we did "Willing shilling week" Not sure that would be an appropriate fund raising event now!

I used to love Horlicks tablets.