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I have a photo some where of a Vulcan flying a slow as possible alongside Lancaster flying pretty normal land an Avro biplane think it was a 524 from memory going flat out......... The three were abreast. Pic was taken o ver A.V.Roe at Manchester or some where close by.I f I can find It then...

Thanks Mikejee I am wondering now if any of the local Newspapers wouls have any pictures s all joined together of Friston st being built in their archives .. It would have been a fantastic achievement to have built a whole street with the houses all joined together Also comes to mind about the...

Re: When did you first se the sea? About 7 yrs old Mom took us 3 to Blackpool by train. Have been back a few times as teenager chasing girls on holiday from Sheffield

Re: When did you first se the sea? I first saw the sea a t Blackpool aged about 7 I remember walking a long way from the station passing lots of stalls and shops and wanting Mom to buy things but money was tight. Don't recal lmuch more Oldbrummie

hi all looking thu some poics on Old Ladywood site I see a pic of Friston st titled Friston St looking toward Ledsam St.. see some of the houses are gone.There is a Gas lamppost in the pic and so far as I can see it is the only one in the street. I lived at no 52 or 53and we had a gas lamp...

Hi Phil I onlt just found out you were posting about Friston st and I started a thread this morning about it I have some pics,not many from Old Macs Ladywood but you can access them for yourself Cheers oldbrummie

Thank you so m unch I have now found out that I can find a lead by typing Oxen into the search box. This web site is very good old brummie

Pardon my ignorance buy if Northwood St is up by Dudley Rd and runs along the canal then there were only houses on ones side???????// I am talking 1935 Perhaps I have the street names mixed up Cheers old brummie

Does any one have any idea as to when Friston S tLadywood was built. It was just one long st and on one side was made up of houses all joined togetherThe other side was terraces and a much better scheme I llved in Friston st at age 6. I have seen some pics in Oldmacs Ladywood but would like...

Many thanks to a all of you who found the time and made the effort to send in those really pictures old brummie

Edit. Threads now merged. A short time ago I started a thread r2 oxen pulling a covered wagon in Brum around 1937/8 I cannot find this thread and if someone can tell me how to find I will be pleased Since then I have been thinking about it a bit more and the name Atora Beef Suet rings a...

My wife and I were talking about our early days in Brum and the Ox dawn cart that went around the shops delivering some product like OXO or Beef Suet Would Phil maybe have a pic Cheers from Aussie Old brummy.. Forgot to say.2Oxen pulled the cart. Cart was like an old Western covered wagon...

Name:HUMPHRIES, Kenneth M Registration District: Birmingham County: Warwickshire Year of Registration: 1952 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep Spouse's last name: Lea Volume No:9C Page No: 221 Name:LEA, Audrey E Registration District: Birmingham County: Warwickshire Year of Registration...

Re: marriage look up please Hiya, The Marriage records from 1870 give the same info as above, but there are a three possible matches on the 1871 census which would, I think, have been taken at the end of march that year, so just a month or so later :- Number 1 1871 census transcription...