Jimmy Edwards was born February 5th 1895, the only son of Tom Edwards, Blacksmith of Bishop’s Itchington. Tom and his wife Elizabeth had four girls before they had young Jimmy. Jim ...
Continuing the extracts from Julie Barnett’s account of her wartime childhood.1
A schoolboy, Percy, pumped the organ in church. His ‘family, like mine lived in Eathorpe, they had a thatched cottage ...
Verity Fincher wrote down reminiscences of growing up in Abbot’s Salford. Her recollections of the village and its residents offer an insight into life in Abbot’s Salford in the early 20th century.
Cottages and gardens
Our village, ...
The Shop, the Pub, the Farm
The pub’s just round the corner, the Oak and Black Dog to the left of the shop. This was really the heart of the village. In the ...
When Birmingham grew, the area round Brook Lane and Robin Hood Lane was needed for more houses, so our family decided to move. Brook Farm, along with others in the ...
In part one, I mentioned Romilly Lunge’s overseas adventures. His life in film had seen him mix with many famous people. Hitchcock once interviewed him, and they both admitted to ...
Hillcrest farm in Warton, North Warwickshire, was a rural place seemingly far removed from the bright lights of London and Milan. For a while after the war however, the farm ...