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tresario

tresario

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:rolleyes:

My 87year old mother has just related a tale...
She has apparently put this in the mail on 17th November. It's not a story I ever recall her relating before, thought I,d share it so here goes..

It was 1942/43 and she was working on the trams as a conductor. She would have been about 18/19 and new to the area as she originated from Durham.

She met a boy about the same age from Kingstanding called Raymond. He took her home to meet his mother, who she thinks was a widow and that she doesnt recall the mention of any brothers or sisters.
He had bought her a nice warm scarf and some fur leather palmed gloves, and she had bought him a scarf too. He worked in like an ironmongers along Lichfield Road He delivered plumbing parts, sand and cement to small jobs and drove a 'lovely Royal Blue Van'. :stare:

Mom got home sick and went awol from work back to the North East and never told anyone she was going. However on her return she was summoned to the head office and given a good telling off. She was taking her first tram out after her reinstatement when Raymond came around the corner and shouted something at her. She was unable to stop for fear of getting into trouble again. As she didnt know her way around other than where she lived, she didnt know where to find him, and never heard from him again. She said he was a lovely lad and would love to know what happened to him.

I have no idea where this has come from, all I did was phone and say the subscription she bought me for my birthday was the best present she ever bought me and I had traced my Smith family back centuries..then she said ..so are you going to find him for me????:confused:

Anyone heard this tale before, hopefully from a Raymond..her name was Edith Bradshaw:shocked:
 
Awwww Tresario that is so sweet. Edith obviously took a shine to Raymond wouldn't it be nice if someone knew who he was!:)
 
Morning all,
Yes, a lovely story. Mom's never mentioned it before so it was a bit of a suprise. I think my best bet would be to find out what the iron mongers on Lichfield road was called that drove lovely Royal Blue vans. I might be able to trace him from there. I always think of Raymond as a quite 'modern' name for that era. OOh just had a thought, I posted on here for my older gentleman friend that comes into our office some time ago, he was a Raymond..well you never know do you..
Back to the drawing board
Best Regards
Bernie
 
There was also a Berringtons opposite Mavis's hairdressers on the litchfield rd, I used to do mrs beringtons hair
 
Patty I had forgot that one. I am sure someone put a photo on of one of them but it is not on the Lichfield road thread. Bye. Jean.
 
What a wonderful story tinged with sadness , but told with such a wonderful memory . It would be lovely if they could find out who Raymond was AWHHH :)
 
Thanks everyone for your help. We might have a bit more information. The van, was in fact a small open backed lorry. The 'ironmongers' was on the same side as Ansells going towards Salford Bridge. So if you were going away from town towards what is now spaghetti junction it was down from Ansells under the bridge on the left??? I have no idea, Im thinking Aston Railway bridge, towards the Edward pub?
Regards
Bernie
 
tresario said:
:rolleyes:

My 87year old mother has just related a tale...
She has apparently put this in the mail on 17th November. It's not a story I ever recall her relating before, thought I,d share it so here goes..

It was 1942/43 and she was working on the trams as a conductor. She would have been about 18/19 and new to the area as she originated from Durham.

She met a boy about the same age from Kingstanding called Raymond. He took her home to meet his mother, who she thinks was a widow and that she doesnt recall the mention of any brothers or sisters.
He had bought her a nice warm scarf and some fur leather palmed gloves, and she had bought him a scarf too. He worked in like an ironmongers along Lichfield Road He delivered plumbing parts, sand and cement to small jobs and drove a 'lovely Royal Blue Van'. :stare:

Mom got home sick and went awol from work back to the North East and never told anyone she was going. However on her return she was summoned to the head office and given a good telling off. She was taking her first tram out after her reinstatement when Raymond came around the corner and shouted something at her. She was unable to stop for fear of getting into trouble again. As she didnt know her way around other than where she lived, she didnt know where to find him, and never heard from him again. She said he was a lovely lad and would love to know what happened to him.

I have no idea where this has come from, all I did was phone and say the subscription she bought me for my birthday was the best present she ever bought me and I had traced my Smith family back centuries..then she said ..so are you going to find him for me????:confused:

Anyone heard this tale before, hopefully from a Raymond..her name was Edith Bradshaw:shocked:
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Sorry to disappoint but your mother was married in 1942 and pregnant with her first child in 1943.
 
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