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  • Stapes
    Stapes reacted to Spindle End's post in the thread Canning & Co & Electroplating with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I knew of and worked with a few of the names mentioned after W. Cannings had closed. A few ex Canning staff started their own...
  • Key Hill Brian
    Key Hill Brian reacted to col1955's post in the thread Summer Lane with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I might of put this on before. I owned the newsagent shop from approx 1973 till 1983 ish. The other photos are of the yard between the...
  • Key Hill Brian
    Key Hill Brian reacted to col1955's post in the thread Summer Lane with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I might of put this on before. I owned the newsagent shop from approx 1973 till 1983 ish. The other photos are of the yard between the...
  • MWS
    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Isn't Joseph the English version of Giuseppe?
  • MWS
    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Ms Minnie Lloyd 1938 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Shirley Road I think. Which goes from Warwick Road to Stratford Road (at Robin Hood Island).
  • MWS
    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Ms Minnie Lloyd 1938 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    this is the 39 eve of war census for the minnie lloyd i mentioned in my post 8...writing is not good so i cant make out the name of the...
  • C
    col1955 replied to the thread Summer Lane.
    I might of put this on before. I owned the newsagent shop from approx 1973 till 1983 ish. The other photos are of the yard between the...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread D A Nicholls, hardware dealer, 42 Rowheath Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The hardware store was there from 1963. In 1962, Kellys list it as Cyril Pilling, hairdresser. It is still there in the last Kellys in...
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Yes an A. Iommi. So that would either be my grandad Anthony or his brother Albert. Both passed.
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Did you see who registered the death?
  • Barbinoz
    Barbinoz reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Summer Lane with Appreciate Appreciate.
    this photo has been on before but i dont think the 2 taken at the back of them prior to demo has...great addition to this thread..i did...
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Yes I just looked it up aswell. Really didn’t know some names had English versions. Giovanni is John aswell.
  • T
    Taxi Tom reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Northfield with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Second picture looks like a postcard. Another version appears on Pinterest.
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    If so, I didn't know that.
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Isn't Joseph the English version of Giuseppe?
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