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Hi Jon. The Answer to your two questions are, Annie's (Granny Sheldon's) surname was definitely Bache (although I have records with different spellings i.e. Bach, Batch and even Birch) and the possibility that Sam & Joseph were John's (Jackie's Dad) siblings is very strong although as yet I...

Been doing some searching since this morning. This is what I've found out. Firstly, Sam Bache was not Annie's Brother, he was a cousin. Our Great Grandfather was also John and he was born 1884. I can now confirm that Annie was born in 1885. Our Gt Gt Grandparents were on the Sheldon side...

Hi Jon. Here's some of the info I have. Your Grandad was the youngest of 6 children. Eldest was my gran Florence (AKA Floss) who married Walter Timmins (AKA Jack). Then there was Louie who married a Mr Ward followed by Annie (can't find any info about her) then Kate who married a Mr Nicholls and...

Give me a few days and I'll sort some stuff out for you.

Hi Jon. My Gran was Florence (Floss) Timmins nee Sheldon. Your grandfather Jackie's older sister. Who brought him up because your great grandmother who we all knew as "Granny Sheldon" couldn't cope. My dad was Ron Timmins, cousin to your dad. So I guess that makes us 2nd cousins. Don't know if...

Looks like we are related!

Hi Jon. Can you tell me if any of your fathers siblings were Mark Sheldon. Michael (Mickey) Sheldon, Jaqueline and Gillian amongst others who's name I can't remember and was your Grandfather John known to everyone as Jackie.

It was called "Convoy GB" by Laurie Lingo and the Dipsticks who were actually the Radio 1 DJ's Dave Lee Travis & Paul Burnett

Here's another pic of the service station. This could also be from the Chris Barker collection and taken at the same time as post #4

My Mother worked at the service station sometime in the mid 60's. Here's a photo of all the staff taken I believe in 1958 (not my pic' so credit to the original photographer and owner)

Happy Belated Birthday Frothy hope you had a good one mate..

Thank you all. Very kind indeed.

I would suggest that the first letter is a "G" which would make it the official rank of Garrison Company Sergeant Major.

Sorry, I have no info on HMS Aston Villa (as she was officially known) but I do have these pic's . Ship and crew during WWII and the wreck being dived upon some time later.

John. Ron passed away in 2019 Rita is still alive but not in good health. I'm their son by the way

Happy Birthday mate.

Sid's surname was Timmins (No "G") and to his left is David "Spuddy" Baker. Both of them are my uncles.

Oh good, maybe I'm not as senile as I thought I was. Not sure that Graham died because I was told that someone had seen him a couple of years ago but hey, who knows. I went on to Boldmere for my sins and Richard Gregory wasn't there so I'm not sure where he went. I guess the teacher could have...

Sorry Greg, I don't remember you but as you said "Long time ago". I will PM you when I have more time. Possibly tomorrow.

Have a very Happy Birthday Lyn. Enjoy the rest of your day xx