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thanks all just managed to watch it myself! I thought Andy for ITV did a brilliant job, i especially liked the family tree he did. I'm so happy it has come to end and hopefully it made a few people smile. Thanks again all for your help i hope to not turn into a stranger as i keep reading through...

Ok all, been moved to Friday now as its a longer show! apparently looks really good now its all been edited etc...

Hi All, I haven't any news today so all being well it should be on at 6pm tonight. Val wishes to pass her thanks on to you all for helping out so much, its caused a stir between her friends who all want to see these letters in person. As you all put in the hard effort, she is of the feeling...

Hi, Sorry for the delay. So i met Valerie yesterday and all went really well. She was lovely and happy to see the documents. She did remember seeing the death letter when she was little but not the others. On top of that she almost had no info about her half brother, so it was nice to let her...

Good news i am meeting her tomorrow to give her the documents, so happy ending. thanks all. Well she mentioned on the phone that the people that used to live in my house, made a hole between the lofts and ended up robbing their Christmas decorations, so i guess they had these documents in the...

Hi All, Sorry for the delay had a rather busy week at work and with the house. ITV Central news came round this afternoon to do a little piece on it, and while they were round i happened to bump into my elderly neighbours who has shed some light on everything and found us a living relative...

Yer im fine with changing the tittle of the thread, just cant figure out how to do it myself. Death wise, his letter actually mentions that he was hit by a shell, it does say it was a direct hit and he died straight away, but i imagine they weren't always telling the truth to parents. My...

ok thanks guys, looks like we are on the right person atleast!

Thanks for that, thats some great Info. Though looks like it might be end of the line family wise. I have an elderly neighbour who has owned the house for a while so those names might ring a bell with him. I have also contacted the royal Warks museum who could not find more info solider wise...

Hi All, I was hoping someone could help. Upon doing some work in my house (in Sheldon Birmingham) i found hidden deep inside the walls some WW1 documents and was trying to see if i could find any family members to give them too. They consist of 1 death letter, dated 5th Feby 1917 from the...