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Happy birthday Janice

The GRO gives her year of birth as 1915 Name:Year of Birth: GRAFF, PHYLLIS MAY 1915 GRO Reference: DOR Q3/1992 in BIRMINGHAM (0611I) Volume 32 Page 806 Entry Number 231 Could this be the birth record that you are seeking?

I'm fairly sure that this workshop was a one man business

Hi! I'm wondering whether anybody can remember a vehicle repair shop in an old building in Inge Street opposite the Fox pub during the 1980's

Great minds ....I messaged a relative who collects old radios and got the same response ie: I can't reply directly, but you could tell them there is an Eddystone user group at https://groups.io/g/EddystoneUserGroup - They are there almost soley for this type of support

Very interesting Jan. I think that you are right about the cottages and barn being sold much earlier

I don't think so as Graham's memoirs tell us that his father installed, electricity, running water and sewerage after purchasing Old Barn

I'll have another look but i don't think so he was only about twelve when he moved into Old Barn, after working for a while he went into the army and became a Tankie. He followed his parents out to NZ in 1947 after marrying my aunt

Yes just domestic and a small holding. Another thing that I am lucky enough to have is a book written by Frank's son Graham entitled ' The Life and Times of Graham Armstrong' Below is a quote from Graham:

Hi! Viv This may help to clear your baffles: Frank was in a senior position with Dunlop at the time that he purchased the Old Barn. In the mid 1940's Dunlop were setting up a tyre manufacturing plant near Christchurch New Zealand. Maybe an offer too good to refuse Frank went out to New Zealand...

I'll dig my files out shortly but I think that may tie in with when the family emigrated to New Zealand

Could this be what Mr Terry purchased and then sold off the cottages

Hi! Janice I think it quite likely that he purchased a neighbouring farm but he only wanted the land and not the buildings

Frederick Walter Terry in 1921

I have wondered whether the two cottages that Frank Armstrong knocked into one were Wiggins Hill Cottages but the entry in the 1939 register suggests not. I think that I will be havng a holiday in the archives next time I'm across in the Uk

Hi! When my Uncle purchased the property it consisted of two cottages a tythe barn and land . It was known as Old Barn at the time of purchase. I have a copy of the newspaper article but I'm not convinced about the previous name that is mentioned.

Thank you Janice. Sorry that I can't identify the second woman. The photos which are very old were scanned from my aunt's photo album when I visited her in New Zealand several years ago

Francis was known as Frank. Although the photo isn't clear I think that the lady is Frank's wife Blanche nee Harrison-Evans

Hi! Lyn I have several photos of the inside taken from estate agents leaflets after the inside was butchered

Hi! Lyn Yes! the photos were taken by Francis. I don't know who took this very grainy picture. The young boy is my Uncle Graham aged about twelve. The two men are his father Francis and Derek the brother of Francis. Unfortunately I don't which is Francis and which is Derek