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  1. changinman1

    Ellen Ray

    well thats great info .....I didnt know that .....i think her moms age is wrong though....24 ....meaning she would have been 8 when she gave birth to Ellen......it was prob 42 not 24... chhers for getting me this ....ill print it all off. x
  2. changinman1

    Ray Family

    excellente..what i would really like is to be able to trace her siblings to this day and the siblings of her husbnad (my gt grandad.....) and obvioulsy her record of birth .......this is all new to me so I am probably talking rubbish...
  3. changinman1

    Ray Family

    spot on....charles is my grandad.....definite.....aaahhhh superb.....urmond st......mmmm excellent ...thanks for that..
  4. changinman1

    Ellen Ray

    HELLO POP PICKERS....i need some info on ELLEN RAY died 1931 my gt gran....Ray is her maiden name as she married my gt grandad george william field....thanks
  5. changinman1

    Ray Family

    Hello folks ....I am looking for any information possible on my gt gran who died in 1931 her name is Ellen Ray....who married my gt grandad George william Field who also died in 1931 ....dont know where she was born ....her fathers name is william ray and her mother Caroline Ray.
  6. changinman1

    Tile Cross Infants & Junior School Shiretone School

    ye it is mostly pictures of the children of tile cross rather than the actual school buildings in any detail...
  7. changinman1

    Tile Cross Infants & Junior School Shiretone School

    Tile cross J&i ....funnily enough was on Tile Cross road......and is now an industrial estate......aaah such nice memories I have of it...
  8. changinman1

    Tile Cross Infants & Junior School Shiretone School

    Hi ....I went to Tile Cross Infant and Junior school between 1969 and 1975 and being the old melancholy nostalgic fool that I am and BECAUSE IT WAS DEMOLISHED in 1977 I have now pictures of it at all and would be really nice to see any photos of the school from any period. It was built after the...
  9. changinman1

    Dorridge

    mr carrot our very own brummie funnyman lives in that neck of the woods also.... chessets wood
  10. changinman1

    Dorridge

    Thanks Paul....ye How Will U Check The Layout.....have U Got A Document....
  11. changinman1

    Dorridge

    where did u live in dorridge Bernie.........and why am i clssified on here as a novice brummie.......im born and bred .....is it classified on how many posts u put in..
  12. changinman1

    Dorridge

    yes that maybe what the case was in my house...as there was a loo and next to it a coverted larder....and a roof over it which was a definite add on.....so I guess originall it was an outside loo and a coal house.....mmm thnks for that.
  13. changinman1

    Dorridge

    love your story....bet dorridge was even lovelier then as it was more rural....now u have the new estates the other side of the railway.......what was the original heating in the houses ? my house is slightly different to yours....ours was built with a thru lounge and a serving hatch (yuk)...I...
  14. changinman1

    Dorridge

    definiteley will get a photo of 118 over the weekend...and post it .....
  15. changinman1

    Dorridge

    wow...im impressed.......I live at 110.....been there since 1999...luv the pics....the road has hardly changed.........cant believe that you had no fence seperating u from the edstone clse houses......
  16. changinman1

    Dorridge

    great ....i wanted to see them in their original state I have not seen any pics of these houses before....., mine was built in 1957 I believe and is situated on the even side of the road near to edstone close .....where roughly is your house , and is it true you have lived there since 1960 ? ...
  17. changinman1

    Dorridge

    Hi thanks for going to the trouble....it is actually Knowle high street...cheers Karl
  18. changinman1

    Dorridge

    so did Poplar road just simply finish after the cottages until the 1950,s when my houses were built....
  19. changinman1

    Dorridge

    Fan flamintastic.......the cottages there are still as they were......my house is about a quarter of a mile up Poplar road...a 50,s built house.....I wonder where I could get one of my section of Poplar road...... cheers for taking the time to find this for me.....
  20. changinman1

    Bell Lane / Holly Lane / Tile Cross Road

    Dianne,,,,,sorry forgot ....your story painted a lovely picture ...thankyou.....
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