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  1. rowan

    Medicines Of The Past

    I use to use Eades Anodine it was great for bruises or aching backs ect.
  2. rowan

    Nan's Health Warning...1947...

    Never swallow any fruit pips or stones else you'll have a tree grow out of the top of your head!!
  3. rowan

    Josiah Mason's Orphanage

    wissage. There was a school attatched to the Orphanage where "orphans" and day scholars attended. If you look at the areial view photograph on the sjmo site you can see the school part on the right hand side of the picture. I would also like to point out that there were many children in...
  4. rowan

    Mangle or Wringer

    Sometimes wish I still had my old wringer!! It was much better at getting the water out of the clothes than my modern day washing machine...........I used to have a Service twintub that served my for nearly 40yrs before it has to go due to too many holes in it and I also had a fold down table...
  5. rowan

    Lickey Incline

    My Grandfather was at Saltly I think. He used to drive engines but he lost an eye removing an incendery bomb from the rail lines at the back of his house in Woodwells Road ward End during the war. Ever the railway man was George Clegg God Bless him, he died in 1957
  6. rowan

    Coach Trip To Italy 1959

    After watching the BBC programme on coaches and reading the thread I remembered an old photograph that was among my Mothers photos. It is of trip to Italy in 1959 and as she was living in Sutton Coldfield at the time there surely must have been others from there on the trip. The coach is Italian...
  7. rowan

    BBC 4 Golden Age of Coach Travel

    I loved the programme especially the old Black & White Bus Station in Cheltenham that bought back lots of memories as I used to live there and the noise of the coaches leaving was tremendous..................... are happy days :)
  8. rowan

    I received some sad news today....

    Chris I am so sorry to hear your sad news.
  9. rowan

    Peter walker.

    So sad to hear of Peter Walkers sad passing R.I.P.
  10. rowan

    Hairdressing & barbering

    Every Christmas I bought my brother a small bottle of Brylcreem from Woolies and he swears blind that that was the cause of his hair loss!!!!
  11. rowan

    Can you name the team members?

    The man at the back is JAMES HENRY BOTT, said to have help set up this football team. Can you name the rest of the men? Any of your relations shown?
  12. rowan

    Birmingham Factory Football Teams

    Sorry if this is the wrong place but it is football related but not factory! Stechford Winner of Birmingham F.C. Shield 1937-8. My Uncle, James Frank BOTT told me he helped to set up this football team. James is pictured on the back row in a dark jacket. Anyone recognise him or anyone else?
  13. rowan

    Saying : 'a Sooner'

    Maybe "the sooner you behave the better for you" ;) My Nan used the same expression and that is what she meant :)
  14. rowan

    Mike G

    What great news :) Glad you are back Mike. :grouphugg04:
  15. rowan

    Groups We Have Seen Live

    I went to see Frankie Lyman & The Teenagers also on the show was a very, very young Tommy Steele. This was at the Hippodrome in 1956/7 (I think I screamed with the rest of the girls!!);). Guess this doesn't really count :rolleyes: Sacha Distel and a fantastic guitarest whose name has...
  16. rowan

    Hi all

    How great to see your back Mike...............keep resting and do as your told and all will be well :grouphugg04: :grouphugg04: :grouphugg04: from us all
  17. rowan

    WHALE William

    Re: William WHALE Thank you for your posting. Many people have helped me on Rootschat in tracing William and Sarah Whale and they are the same folks that you have listed here. Sarah Latchford is on my husbands Mother's side. Again thank you for your time
  18. rowan

    Thank you’s for help

    To all on this great site I say Thank You and Thank You again. :grouphugg04: :422:
  19. rowan

    Birmingham in 1950s

    Ahhh...............the 50's In 1955 I left school to start my training in Bearwood to be a GPO telephonist. I enjoyed going to dances in Erdington. I was able to buy my first record, my first coat and my first bike(I had saved my pocket money & paper round money for a couple of years)...
  20. rowan

    Mike G

    Thank you Jim Mike my thoughts are with you as are all the thoughts of your cyber family. :grouphugg04:
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