GENERATIONS : FAMILY PHOTO GALLERY

Clare Rumble


A Grandmother whispering answers to her eldest Granddaughter to help with her homework, Grandpa in the background with youngest Ganddaughter helping to teach her the piano. My mother is originally from Singapore and met her husband when he was posted with the British army to Singapore in the 1960's. They arrived back in England with their first child (my Husband) and built a life here in the UK. Their grandchildren (my children) now live in Birmingham.


Grandma, Grandpa, Granddaughter at front, Granddaughter at back
2022 , Lyneham, England
Lyneham, England, 2022

Jeanette Irwin


Family trip to Blackpool



1961
1961

Elizabeth Evans


Me and my Dad with his darts trophies that he won in local leagues around Hockley.


My Dad and I
1979, Our family home, Birmingham
Our family home, Birmingham, 1979

Lyn di Mascio


This is my nonna and nonno. Her parents fled Italy. They had il baccio della morte. The mafias kiss of death. Maria Carmina eloped with Giuseppe (my great grandparents). She had been promised to someone else. They jumped on the first boat not knowing the destination. When they arrived here they were sent to Birmingham where they set up a boarding house in the old Italian quarter. Giuseppe also made ice cream and sold it.


Teresa and Giovanni di Mascio (my grandparents)
1920s, Italian Quarter, Birmingham
Italian Quarter, Birmingham , 1920s

Frances Smith


4 generations of my family. The first great-grandchild for my parents.


Me (Frances), my dad, Gordon, seated, my daughter, Helen, with her daughter, Katie-May
2014, At my home in Yardley, Birmingham
At my home in Yardley, Birmingham , 2014

Stephen Godwin


3 generations of the Godwin's of Winson Green. The old guy seated, William Henry, his father was stabbed by his partner in Sutton on Boxing Day 1875. Less than a year later, William was born and adopted by his Uncle. His wife (seated) Sarah was a gentle soul and stood 6ft. She lived with a cancer on her head which she covered with her hair. She lived and ran a small shop at 169 Devonshire Street. Their son (standing) is holding a child Mary. At 6ft 5, like his Mom, a gentle soul, he married Maud (standing with the baby), a dot compared to him but the matriarch among them all. The well dressed lady with the girl standing (Philomena) is Aunt Liz - in 50 days time she would be on the autistic spectrum. The couple getting married were Rose Godwin and George Pritchard who continued to reside in Devonshire Street. The 2 young girls died, one aged 12, the other 9 I think, within a year of each other. Philomena lived her final months in a rehabilitation unit in the Malverns as the illness had caused her to go blind. Maud and William lived at 95 Caversham Road, Kingstanding. The elder, William Henry, was a cobbler and a Freeman of Stafford. His family were Cordwainers. I have the history back to 1640.


William Henry Godwin (seated right). His wife Sarah Godwin nee Allcott (seated to the left), with baby Maud Godwin nee Jennings, baby George Godwin. Married couple George Pritchard and Rose nee Godwin (seated), with Lizzy Godwin and Philomena Godwin. Standing with girl William Godwin Jnr and Monica Mary Godwin.
1920s, Devonshire St, Winson Green, Birmingham
Devonshire St, Winson Green, Birmingham, 1920s

Frances Smith


Photo taken after the birth of my first granddaughter. This was the first great-grandchild for my parents. Four female generations.


Me (Frances) on the right, my daughter, Helen, left, my mom, Joan, holding Katie-May.
2008, Stechford, at my parents' house.
Stechford, at my parents' house., 2008

Jo Wheeler


This is a picture from my Grandparent's wedding on 2nd Oct 1915 at St Oswalds Church, Small Heath, Birmingham.


My grandfather (the groom) was born in 1888, Stamford Road, Handsworth, with my grandmother (the bride) being born in 1892, Denbigh Street, Small Heath. The lady in the hat (next to the groom) is my great-grandmother who had three children out of wedlock before 1900, my grandfather being one of them. Next to my great-grandmother is the bride's brother (born 1882). Next to the bride is the groom's sister, born in 1898, Westminster Road, Handsworth - also one of the illegitimate children. Next to the groom's sister is the bride's father, born in 1857, Leicester. By the time of the wedding it is said that the other illegitimate child, born 1886, Ladywood Road, Birmingham had found out he was illegitimate and emigrated to Canada in 1912, so missed the wedding. I do not know who the four children at the front are.
1915, A studio not far from the church in Small Heath, Birmingham
A studio not far from the church in Small Heath, Birmingham, 1915

Graham Knight


The White family moved to West Heath in 1953-1956 from Ladywood having first moved to Birmingham from South Warwickshire, where they were farmers, in the 1860s. In 1948 Ruby White (3rd from left back row) married Leonard Knight (taking the photo thus not in it), whose family had been agricultural workers in Suffolk since Anglo Saxon times. They moved to Turves Green in 1953, 3 months after the birth of their son, Graham, who is shown being held by Stan Ogidel. Stan was originally from Poland and settled in Birmingham after World War 2 with his his wife, Pearl, who was Ruby’s twin. The twins were children of Dick and Josie White, 2nd and 3rd from right, as was Dick, their eldest son (at right) and Joan (2nd from left). To Ruby’s left is Rose Page, Dick Jr’s 1st wife. The two older boys are Roger and Graham Hurcombe, sons of Ruby and Len’s next door neighbours.


Stan Ogidel, Joan White, Ruby Knight, Rose White, Dick White, Dick White Jr, Graham Knight, Roger Hurcombe, Graham Hurcombe, Josie White and Pearl Ogidel.
1954, In the back garden of 45 Turves Green, West Heath in Northfield, Birmingham, B31
In the back garden of 45 Turves Green, West Heath in Northfield, Birmingham, B31, 1954

Bev Allen (Warren)


In the living room with my family


My father, my two older brothers and my baby sister
1959, In the living room at Willclare Road, Sheldon, Birmingham, B26
In the living room at Willclare Road, Sheldon, Birmingham, B26, 1959

Janet Barron


Outside our family home during the VE celebrations


Great Gran, Gran, Aunt Joan and her husband Reg, and my Dad William Smith
1945, Hayden Croft Kitts Green, Birmingham
Hayden Croft Kitts Green, Birmingham, 1945

Jackie McCartney


Me and my younger sister taken while under social services care. I only have 8 photos from my childhood.


Myself Jackie McCartney (Kennedy) and Tracey Walton (Kennedy)
1978, I'm not sure, social services took your picture back then and put you in a book so potential parents/family could decide if they liked the look of you
I'm not sure, social services took your picture back then and put you in a book so potential parents/family could decide if they liked the look of you, 1978
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