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The Stanley Family
Dennis's Farewell Party in July 1967
The Stanley Family
1967
1967
Charles Barwell
This is a photograph of my Father and Grandfather, front centre is Cecil Barwell and next to him my Father Bryan Barwell, together with the men from our factory who made up the James Barwell Limited No 1 Platoon HQ Company of the 40th Warwickshire Battalion Home Guard. The business ran for 130 years on Great Hampton Street in Hockley. This photograph was taken outside their parade ground at Icknield Street School. We still live in Birmingham, and my children are 10th generation Brummies.
Cecil Barwell, Bryan Barwell and the men of the James Barwell Limited No 1 Platoon HQ Company of the 40th Warwickshire Battalion Home Guard, all named.
1940, Parade Ground, Icknield Street School, Birmingham
Parade Ground, Icknield Street School, Birmingham, 1940
John David Blizard
Beacon Road Coronation Party 2nd June 1953 held in the church hall on Collingwood Drive, Pheasey Estate, Great Barr, Birmingham 22A.
Residents of Beacon Road, Birmingham
1953, Church Hall in Collingwood Drive
Church Hall in Collingwood Drive, 1953
Margaret Middleton
Middleton Family at the Queens Jubilee
Middleton Family
1962, Tavistock Rd, Acocks Green, Birmingham
Tavistock Rd, Acocks Green, Birmingham, 1962
Nina Mildenhall
Kathleen Ryan came from Southern Ireland and John Beckfoŕd came from Westmoreland Jamaica. They found they had a lot in common when they came to Birmingham. The welcome to both sides was hard when they arrived in England. They both worked all there life even after retirement and both stayed together through the good and the bad in life. Sadly John passed away in 2011 and Kathleen passed in 2014, leaving two children and four grandchildren, passing on the respect for people of colour and religion.
Kathleen Ryan and John Beckford
1959, St Francis Church, Hockley, Birmingham
St Francis Church, Hockley, Birmingham, 1959
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
Maya Rai
Maya was born in the Suva, Fiji Islands and moved to Willenhall in the 1950’s with her Husband and 2 eldest children. Maya had a further 2 children born in Willenhall, one of which was Alfred (pictured third aged 6). Alfred has always lived and worked in the area and married Nicola in 1990. Their eldest of 2 children, Megan, was born in 1993, pictured last here at aged 8 months in the family christening dress at Woodside Way, Short Heath, Willenhall.
Maya Rai's parents: Bodh Mati Rai (Mother) and Kuber Rai (Father), Maya Rai, Alfred Rai and Megan Gosnell
Approx 1952 - 1993, Fiji Islands and Willenhall, UK
Fiji Islands and Willenhall, UK, Approx 1952 - 1993
Cheryl Gillam
Nan Irene 1929, Mom Janet 1959, three Daughters of Janet born 1982, 84, 87. Three generations of women at a party for my sister and my son who share a birthday.
Irene Simms, Janet Sheppard, Rachael Sheppard, Gemma Sheppard, Cheryl Sheppard
2016, Castle Vale, Birmingham
Castle Vale, Birmingham , 2016
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
Jo Wheeler
My Grandparents - possibly an engagement photo
Rowland Wheeler and Frances Maud Wheeler nee Postlethwaite. Their 1915 wedding picture is also in the gallery.
Approx 1915, Bordesley Green/Small Heath, Birmingham
Bordesley Green/Small Heath, Birmingham, Approx 1915
Rosemarie Stephenson
The first photo is of my mom Jean Gunter and myself (Rosemarie Stephenson). We had lots of holidays, mostly in caravans, sometimes chalets but always in the UK. The second photo is me aged 1 year 9 months and was taken in Rhyl 1961. My Father’s car, in the background was a Reliant Regal. Possibly a Mk IV, 3 wheeler.
1961, Rhyl, UK
Rhyl, UK, 1961
Colin Jessop
My nan
Ivy Billingsley and Prince
Approx 1960, Rear of outdoor on Wilson Street, now demolished
Rear of outdoor on Wilson Street, now demolished , Approx 1960
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