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William didn't start off very well he was an inmate at the Shawbury Industrial (reform) school age 13 in 1911. Is this the same William whose record of his prison term for burglary reads Sentenced on 25th Nov 1930 released 27.July 1932 on his right arm tattoos of Dagger, MAY, and a serpent...

Sorry , the hot weather is getting to me.

Emmas probate was around £50, which in those days might have bought you a small terrraced house. On 31st, August 1864 Yardley Marriage Robert George Scholefield , bachelor occupation Gentleman ,father Samuel looks like Boot maker. Emma Sheldon, widow, father samuel cook Nail manufacturer...

Thanks mike, what a sad and awful story.

I have added to my post as I found the divorce petition papers . My thoughts were that as JANPH says Emma met a grizzly end that he may have killed her and hanged but his death is entered before hers and he is not on the list of people hanged. Emma died on 9th August 1873 and probate was...

Robert George Scholefield petitioned his wife Emma for Divorce on 16th december 1872, she did not appear in court on 6th Jan 1873 and was given 14 days to do so. On 15th Jan her solicitor appeared for her. Roberts petition to the judge in March 1873 states that they had one child Amelia...

My son lives around the corner from the former Poor Clares convent which has now been developed into apartments.

Ozzie was the highlight for me, I saw Tony Iomi first and thought if only Ozzie was well enough and there he was., as Viv says voice as strong as ever. Loved the colour of the punjabi dancing, and the little boy who started off dancing with musical youth and was then joined by other youngsters...

Many interesting ,enjoyable posts but after 375 of them time to close the thread, Thank you.

Talking of words in the English language, in schools now they use the words Sulfur, sulfuric acid, in my day it was Sulphur but it was changed in 1971 by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry,although in USA it had always been spelt as Sulfur

I know that Birmingham cannot host all the sports so perhaps should acknowledge that is technically West Midlands games. Rugby at Coventry and Bowls at Leamington, I was disappointed that the Velodrome used is in London when Derby has a Velodrome opened in 2015, perhaps it was the seating capacity.

The commentary last night said the same, that it represented oppression and when the 2 girls took the 'pieces of metal' (Sorry can't remember how they described them) from his face it was releasing him from oppression. He was breathing fire until that happened and then he became peaceful. I...

What a couple of stunners they are Lyn, you must be so proud of them. Make the most of every minute with them, Daisy and Sonny are now 12 and 9 where did that time go.

My husband tells me that they are pigeon baskets,stacked up ready to be transported to other areas and opened for the birds to race home. I questioned the timeline of the photo but he says that pigeons have been raced for hundreds of years. His Dad bred and raced pigeons.

Sad news that the venue for the Triathlon, Powells pool in Sutton park, was plagued by a visit from about 200 yobs throwing bricks and rubbish into the water and targetting nearby boats in the boatyard. Apparently overwhelming the Games security and the police by their numbers.

Welcome to the forum, another interesting piece of information in the Argyle family.

Members may be able to help if you could give any other info. What would his age be now, was he with parents or siblings in Lawrence Street.

I love hydrangeas and have quite a few, I take cuttings every year which are very successful, too successful, I have to give them away.They must be one of the easiest shrubs to propogate. I have a White Annabelle as in post 622 but as yet have not been successful with cuttings,

We went to the Fleur de Lys for a meal a couple of weeks ago, my husband recalled that when he was young and his Dad took him fishing he would walk along the canal bank to buy pies at the hole in the wall and take them back to his Dad and brother. When the couple who own the pub now took over...

Happy birthday Eric, have a great day, Alberta.