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hollond john and billly

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Astonian

gone but not forgotten
hi guys i am reseaching the hollond family of 245 king edwards rd ladywood
i hope this is the right place but now i an
m thinking am in the wrong secion andmay be its the cencus look up i do opologise
there is the father is namewas bonna hollond his sons was jojn he sang like david witfield
and i think he had a sister called irne and the other brother whom was a butchers mechant in later days
if this is possible i thank every one for here time
best wishes Astonian
 
Re: john and billly hollond

Hi Astonian
In 1955 there was a Nellie V Holland and an Albert Holland at 245 King Edwards Road. (Nellie's maiden name was Harper and they married in 1931)
1945 and 1950 they were at 1 Park Place, Stour Street.
1939 they were at 8 court 5 King Edwards Road
1935 they were at 1 court 3 Vaughton Street.
I will I M you names of births

 
Re: john and billly hollond

hi linda
many thanks you are a real gem for coming up with this for me albert s nick name was bonna and yes is come back to me nellie wa is wife
and also i se w why he bought the cross keys in steward st way back in the fifties and why his favorite pub was the bell at the bottom of king edwards rd and at the corner of stour street and he also bought the cross keys way back in the fifties and the colledge arms at spring hll across from steward st was his one and first favorite pub you would always see his bike out side the colledge pubhe was well known in lady wood he later sold the cross keys to his son inlaw i think itws ron and his daugher afte having a acident at work ron and cath was are takers at the salford rd blck of flats by aston all rd i very much appreciate if you can im me the rest many thanks lynn speak soon alan Astonian
 
yes i knew the holland family of king edwards road.bona was the local sweep, but i new them when they lived in the first house in stour street befor moving to king edwards road, i lived in the first house in springhill passage,next to mitches shop.
there were eileen,kathy,johnny,and billy. the last time i saw any of the hollands was about 25 years ago ,and as a taxi driver i picked eileen and her husband up from a flat in aston.

zafria
 
Hi zafria
I am very sorry to have missed your reply to my request on the Hollands family but I must have been in hospital area weeks ago so I can only presume
That's when I missed your reply
It was good news to hear that you knew the Hollands family they was friends of ours every one of them I would certainly love to know where they are now
Its been decades since I last seen them Kathy and ireleen and Ron its been longer since we last of john in fact the last time we heard of john he was living with is parents in king Edwards red as his mom used to go bar my he used to part strip is bike and get it to his bed room he was a great fan of Mario panzer always singihis high pitch just like mario panzer would if he went onto the voice in them days he would have won it
Billy and Phil his younger brother we was all great pals and we had a gang not trouble makers we all associate with each other
Along with a couple of kids from the street I actually got to meet one of the lads through a guy whom is a member of this forum named Ronnie
Langford I spent years looking for Ronnie and through this guy on here gave me his number to ring and lord and behold it was Ronnie
I phoned him up and spoke on the phone and he lives insutton now and I went to visit it I spent hours with him the Hollands family also know Ronnie and his father
Albert Ronnie was one of our gang at the time we was all growing up
Ron told me he last seen billy many years ago he said he came over and took him out in his company van he was a butcher
He had his own premises a whole sale ware house in nelson street Ladywood and had the Birmingham contracts to supply meats to the schools for many years
But I have since learnt that's not the case and Phillip had his own electric contractors business in war stone lane some where
Old bona the sweep bought the pub in steward street after having a major accident at Lucas,s in great king st with his compo money
But then gave it to Kathy or Eileen and Ron to run and of course the mother this was many years back now she was my mothers friend very close especially when my father died she supported her through and through in 1958 I am surprised you knew old Mitch bless her and her shop lovelely old lady
My mate Dave Allen also lived next to Mitch shop and her daughter lil we often
Speak about those days and of course old Mitch there was great family's and friends down there old bono was always in the bell on the corner of stout street also at the college arms it would be great if I could catch up with the lads billy and Phil I can only imagine john would have died by now catch and ireleen and Ron must be getting on now if they have not passed away yet I can presume the two lads are still alive today as they must be getting on in age like us all
Thanks zafferia for contacting us I only I was around when you sent the thread look forward to hearing from you again I hope
Best wishes Alan , astonian from 243 kingedwards red Ladywood
 
Astonian said:
Hi zafria
I am very sorry to have missed your reply to my request on the Hollands family but I must have been in hospital area weeks ago so I can only presume
That's when I missed your reply
It was good news to hear that you knew the Hollands family they was friends of ours every one of them I would certainly love to know where they are now
Its been decades since I last seen them Kathy and ireleen and Ron its been longer since we last of john in fact the last time we heard of john he was living with is parents in king Edwards red as his mom used to go bar my he used to part strip is bike and get it to his bed room he was a great fan of Mario panzer always singihis high pitch just like mario panzer would if he went onto the voice in them days he would have won it
Billy and Phil his younger brother we was all great pals and we had a gang not trouble makers we all associate with each other
Along with a couple of kids from the street I actually got to meet one of the lads through a guy whom is a member of this forum named Ronnie
Langford I spent years looking for Ronnie and through this guy on here gave me his number to ring and lord and behold it was Ronnie
I phoned him up and spoke on the phone and he lives insutton now and I went to visit it I spent hours with him the Hollands family also know Ronnie and his father
Albert Ronnie was one of our gang at the time we was all growing up
Ron told me he last seen billy many years ago he said he came over and took him out in his company van he was a butcher
He had his own premises a whole sale ware house in nelson street Ladywood and had the Birmingham contracts to supply meats to the schools for many years
But I have since learnt that's not the case and Phillip had his own electric contractors business in war stone lane some where
Old bona the sweep bought the pub in steward street after having a major accident at Lucas,s in great king st with his compo money
But then gave it to Kathy or Eileen and Ron to run and of course the mother this was many years back now she was my mothers friend very close especially when my father died she supported her through and through in 1958 I am surprised you knew old Mitch bless her and her shop lovelely old lady
My mate Dave Allen also lived next to Mitch shop and her daughter lil we often
Speak about those days and of course old Mitch there was great family's and friends down there old bono was always in the bell on the corner of stout street also at the college arms it would be great if I could catch up with the lads billy and Phil I can only imagine john would have died by now catch and ireleen and Ron must be getting on now if they have not passed away yet I can presume the two lads are still alive today as they must be getting on in age like us all
Thanks zafferia for contacting us I only I was around when you sent the thread look forward to hearing from you again I hope
Best wishes Alan , astonian from 243 kingedwards red Ladywood
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Hi Astonian,

Billy Holland is my wife’s grandad, I stumbled across your post while searching the internet. I’ve shown him and he was over the moon hearing people’s memories of him. Unfortunately his brothers Jonny and Phil passed away recently but Billy is still alive and well.

He’s currently living in Halesowen and if you’d like to get in touch with him I’d be happy to give you his phone number or pass your contact details onto him, I’m sure he’d be very excited to hear from you.
 
hi debneym if you look under astonians user name it says..gone but not forgotten which sadly denotes that this member has passed away...

lyn
 
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