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Hi Traceyj - do you mean the photo of the TB sanatorium my mother was in during the war? If so I reattach a photo, see if this works. I would love to hear anything about the San you can tell me, my mother died many years ago and never got round to telling me anything about it. I am not even sure...

Many thanks for all your comments, I will now follow some of them up. Certainly the photo of West Heath does not seem to match but will do some more research. I do have lots of photos of the beds being outside, all young ladies of a similar age it would seem and all in 'muftie' rather than...

Hi, does anyone know of an old TB sanitorium that may have been in the Sheldon area during WW2. My mother was in such a place at that time but I cannot remember where it was, she may have been in a hospital in Sheldon - or I may have it totally wrong and her friend was a Nurse Sheldon...

Many thanks to you all for your helpful comment. I will probably never know exactly what my Grandfather was up to, however, these notes are very useful in helping to get a fuller picture of what he may have been doing at this time. He was originally a carpenter, certainly until the mid-1900's...

Thank you both so muc for your responses. It is only recently I have found out about his work, I never met him as he died well before I was born and I do not remember hearing much about him. Grandad was an Electrical Fitter and latterley a Fitter in Jig and Tool Room, any ideas what he may have...

Hi, does anyone know of an old TB sanitorium that may have been in the Sheldon area during WW2. My mother was in such a place at that time but I cannot remember whether she was in a hospital in Sheldon - or I may have it totally wrong and her friend was Nurse Sheldon. Anyone know about such a...

Does any one have any info on the type of aircraft my Grandfather might have been working on in the early 40's (he died in 1941 whilst still working at the Austin as a 'Fitter in Jig and Tool Room of Aeroplane Factory at The Austin Motor Company') please. I would be very grateful if anyone might...