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Do you have any memories of receiving your Easter Egg when you were a child? I was about 5 years old, woke uo to find Easter Bunny had been, unwrapped my egg from it's foil paper and went back to sleep. Woke up, toddled down the corridor to my Mom & Dad's bedroom. It was very dark so I felt...

Hello Everyone, Have not been on the forum for some time. My husband has had some serious health issues, had a major operation but thank goodness is now doing really well. I was thinking about my family history and recalled a story that my Grandad Dobbins had a girlfriend before he met my...

One of my ancestors spent some time at St Mary's Home for Penitents at Wantage. I googled it and found a link which tells me about how it was run and says women were sent there who had been living in sin. (Doesn't look like any males were sent to repent!!) Does anyone know any more about these...

Albert Bennett's poetry. Born in Lord St Aston 1922. Unfair Advantage 'Who smashed the blinding frame', said Dad Unbuckling his big thick belt. When I find the culprit, I'll give him such a welt. Them cucumbers in that there frame Are liable now to die. When I think of how I've nursed...

Hi, My grandfather was a coal man in Birmingham. His name was John Frederick Dobbins known as Fred. Am not sure if the business was in his name or his Mother's name Mary Steward. I believe it was in the Acocks Green area. Thank you in anticipation. Anne