WINSON GREEN

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#CC3366" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04106732dkcfyw.png"> <div> <IMG SRC="5e5c8980.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="152" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ****TED WINS A <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>NATIONAL</U></FONT><U> </U>AWARD***</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.niace.org.uk/ALW/2005/TheMedia/Ted%20Rudge.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.niace.org.uk/ALW/2005/TheMedi">http://www.niace.org.uk/ALW/2005/TheMedia/Ted%20Rudge.pdf</A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="4c1998c0.jpg" border=0 width="153" height="140" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> H M PRISON WINSON GREEN </div> <div> Viewed from Villiers Street</div> <div> <IMG SRC="4c29f8d0.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="141" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> (Birmingham Asylum)<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> ALL SAINTS HOSPITAL<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="4c39c830.jpg" border=0 width="156" height="131" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> WORKHOUSE</div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #CC6699;" BGCOLOR="#CC99CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> Birmingham, England. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B></FONT><B> </B><B> </B><B>|   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Birmingham, England. 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FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="6aa2d640.jpg" border=0 width="45" height="100" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT><B>To collect and save information about</B> "<B><U>The way we were" </U></B><B>in WINSON GREEN</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>ANY STORIES OR PHOTOGRAPHS YOU WOULD LIKE</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><B> PUBLISHED ON THIS WEB SITE </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#00FFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>PLEASE CLICK ON </B></FONT><A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact "><B><U>Contact </U></B></A></div> <div> <U>LATEST UPDATE</U></div> <div>      WHITMORE STREET  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>04/07/08</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT></div> <div>      LODGE ROAD <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >04/07/08</FONT>   </div> <div>      ABBEY STREET <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >02/07/08</FONT>    </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >     BLACK PATCH </FONT>19/06/08 <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(LATEST COMMENT)</FONT></div> <div>      HANDSWORTH NEW ROAD GIRLS SCHOOL <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >13/06/08 </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(School Photo)</FONT></div> <div> BLACK PATCH  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >09/06/08  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >( COMMENT)</FONT></div> <div> ABERDEEN STREET <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >01/06/08</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> CARL CHINN</div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >will broadcast his WM Radio Programme  </FONT></div> <div> at the </div> <div> BIRMINGHAM ROMANY MEMORIAL REUNION<FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC0033" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="9eb901b0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="283" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> to be held in the grounds of  the</div> <div> "Soho Foundry Tavern"</div> <div> <U>JULY 6th 2008 </U><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >1till 4pm.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Everybody is welcome to this <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC0033" FACE="Arial" >FREE</FONT> event</div> <div> For further details or a copy of the BRMR newsletter. </div> <div> Email: ted.rudge@btinternet.com</div> <bR> <div> <U>MEET US AND CARL CHINN AT THE BRMR REUNION</U></div> <div> SOHO FOUNDRY TAVERN 1920s</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="96b57ce0.jpg" border=0 width="599" height="462" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>*****************************</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> HANGED AT BIRMINGHAM</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="9e1faa10.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="161" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT>This is the title of a proposed (Next Year) new publication by Steve  Fielding  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>www.stevefielding.com</U></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>Steve has already written "Hanged at Pentonville", "Hanged at Durham" ,"Hanged at Liverpool" and "Hanged at Manchester" comes out soon.</div> <div> <U><IMG SRC="9e86ea00.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="9e973a00.jpg" border=0 width="115" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="9ea70a00.jpg" border=0 width="112" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <div> Can you offer Steve any information, stories, anecdotes etc. Is Winson Green gaol  haunted?  Have you been inside or outside on the morning of an execution?  Do you have any information regarding the history of the prison. </div> <bR> <div> Steve has already built up a good collection of material for the book and has copies of the execution book from the gaol which listed details on all the executions and photographs of many of the killers hanged, along with letters to the hangmen. </div> <bR> <div> On our site there is already information that could be used, if you were the author  please let me know if you have any objections to Steve using it. </div> <bR> <div> Please be assured any information you supply that is used in the new publication will be credited to you.</div> <bR> <div> Please give Steve your support and  send it direct to <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >steve.fielding@ntlworld.com</FONT> or to me <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >ted.rudge@btinternet.com</FONT> and I will forward it.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> "Good Luck"</div> <bR> <div> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="9bdfa930.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="147" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="9bffaa10.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="161" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="9c1faa00.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="160" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>HM PRISON</B></div> <div> WINSON GREEN</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> 01/10/07 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3333CC" FACE="Arial" > *** </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>MURDER QUERY***</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Could you help </B><B>John Gillon it's about</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > a story he heard years ago and I wonder if  anyone on the web site knows any more . </FONT></div> <div> The story is about a police constable who murdered a women on the side of the canal, I believe it took place in the twenties in the Winson Green area and the police constables name was Powers that is all I know about it. </div> <div> If you are able to help E:mail <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" >jgillon61@hotmail.co.uk </FONT>with any addittions.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Mike Greens reply </U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><U>26/10/07</U></FONT></div> <div> As a young child, I remember my mother talking, in hushed tones, about this incident. Joseph Powers, who used to be a policeman, lived very near to us, at what I think would have been 20 or 22 <B>Heath Green Road</B>, and we used to pass his back gate when using the passageway to the backs of the Williams and our house. </div> <div> My mother claimed that Joe Powers, who I believe was Irish, had once chased her!  He later committed a murder and was subsequently hanged at Winson Green prison. This was confirmed to me when, many years later, I read an account of the affair which was published in a crime series (by Fenton Bresslaw?) in, I think, The People newspaper. </div> <div> Apparantly a young courting couple were strolling along the canalside in Winson Green when they were stopped by Powers who claimed that he was a police officer and that they were breaking the regulations by being there. </div> <div> When the young man offered some objection, he was knocked unconcious by Powers and when he recovered, his girlfriend was nowhere to be seen and her body was found later on. When the police questioned the young man, the detective in charge instantly had a hunch on the identity of the killer and took the young man to a nearby factory, (I believe to be Cannings on Constitution Hill) where the employees where coming out and the young man identified Joe Powers. This all took place in the very early Thirties. </div> <div> Mike</div> <bR> <div> <U>The answer to the above question </U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><U>26/10/07</U></FONT></div> <div> Power, James Joseph</div> <div> A former policeman sentenced to death at Birmingham Assizes by Mr Justice Swift on 9th December, 1927, for the murder of Olive Turner, a young factory worker. One night in autumn l927, twenty one year old Miss Turner and her boyfriend Charles Bromhead were strolling beside a canal at Winson Green, in the shadows of Birmingham prison, when they were stopped by Power. Pretending to be a plain clothes policeman, he asked them for proof of identity. When they could not prove who they were, he told them he was taking them into custody on suspicion of committing some crime. As they headed towards the station. Power suggested he was open to a bribe by saying they could 'square up with him.' Bromhead offered him fourpence. 'Fourpence is no good to me,' he replied. At that moment. Bromhead, rightly suspecting that Power was an imposter, told Olive to make a run for it. Power gave chase. and struck Bromhead a blow to face. rendering him senseless for a short time. When he came to. the others had disappeared. Further down the path. a courting couple spoke to Power who was dragging the distressed girl by the waist, and he told them he was a policeman taking her into custody. It was l 1.30pm. Five minutes later, another couple heard sounds of a struggle followed by a splash. Olive's body was later discovered in the canal. She had been raped and had died as a result of drowning. Thirty six year old Power was identified by several people as the man on the river bank claiming to be a police officer. As the sentence of death; was passed, Power shouted at the judge that he did not want any sympathy but announced that he planned to appeal. It failed, and he was hanged at Winson Green prison, a stone's throw from where he had committed the murder, by Thomas Pierrepoint and Robert Wilson on the 31st January 1928. </div> <div> An extract from  http://www.real-crime.co.uk/Murder1/DOCA.HTML </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Many thanks to </FONT>Mike Green  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >Email</FONT>: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >mikedrums@blueyonder.co.uk</FONT></div> <div> Click  <A HREF="http://www.real-crime.co.uk/Murder1/DOCA.HTML" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.real-crime.co.uk/Murder1/DOCA">DOCA</A>  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > to read many more murder stories from this source.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >21/09/07 </FONT>  <B> </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>DOES  ANYONE knew about a Joseph Frederick Morris who was hit by a train in 1954 he was only fourteen</B>.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> According to his death certificate he was hit by train on the railway line between Roebuck Lane and Trinity Road West Bromwich on the 22nd November 1954, and died the following day.  His parents were John Morris and Elsie Martha Morris, sadly they died before him. Joseph had a sister named Olive Morris "my mother" and they lived at Bradford Place West Bromwich. I never knew much about him as my mother died in 1979 I was only nine years old, she told me about Joseph who was my uncle before she died. Joseph was always playing a mouth organ and mother said he went to a school, but I can't remember if she said it was in Winson Green or Handsworth i would be very happy if you could display this on your web site, some one might know about this. A report  was suppose to be in the papers but having checked all the local librarys I can't find it.</div> <div> George Baker    Email: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" >ukozzy_69@hotmail.co.uk</FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>************************************************************</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="782c0100.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="272" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>July 2, 1971</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#3333CC" FACE="Arial" ><B>A school trip to the seaside ended in tragedy today when a train derailed near to Waverton, on the outskirts of Chester.  Only two hours before the accident Chester's temperature was registered at 87 degrees, the highest for many years.  The seaside special was carrying teachers and pupils back to Birmingham after a day trip to Rhyl.  Two children were killed and scores of others injured when the last coach left the rails and overturned at Tattenhall Junction, shortly before 6.15pm.</B></FONT><I>Cheshire Magazine</I>:</div> <bR> <div> <B>TO READ THE RESEARCH BY BOB TAYLOR and MAYBE ANSWER SOME OF THE MISSING DETAILS CLICK ON </B><A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SCHOOLS "><B>BENSON ROAD SCHOOL</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> *********************************************************************</div> <div> <IMG SRC="76258ff0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="511" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> GEORGE LIDDELL is remembered on the HANDSWORTH NEW ROAD SCHOOL page</div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" >HAVE YOU GOT A GEORGE LIDDELL  MEMORY?????</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6fcfa6b0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="107" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FFFF" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="72088960.jpg" border=0 width="136" height="150" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>                                                                                          </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Does anyone remember a </B><B><U>trip to Weston Super Mare</U></B><B> organized by councilor Tony Banks ?</B></div> <div> This was my first trip to the seaside and I remember it vividly,</div> <div>  it was a free trip for the two streets Kent Street North and Norton Street.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Does anyone remember </B></FONT><B><U>St Stephen's RC School </U></B><B>Nineveh Road</B> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" >See 24/09/06 entry for Kent Street North</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>CAN YOU HELP?</U></B></div> <div>  I would like to know if anyone knows of Beaumonts Building Winson Green around about1839.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Peter Bayliss  Email: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>lisapeter@tiscali.co.uk</U></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> ODE TO WINSON GREEN</div> <div> by </div> <div> FRANK THORNHILL <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Times New Roman" >03/0906</FONT></div> <div> I have written my thoughts in the form of an ODE.</div> <div> To tell you of my life as a kid, in my humble ABODE.</div> <div> Some of you reading it may find it FUNNY.</div> <div> But what must it have been like raising kids without any MONEY.</div> <div> I have lived in this city all of my LIFE</div> <div> I have witnessed its triumphs, its troubles and its STRIFE.</div> <div> When I think back to how it was THEN.</div> <div> When families could number four, six, eight, or even TEN.</div> <div> Our house was quite tiny; in fact it was small, but very still NEAT.</div> <div> When you opened the door, you were straight onto the STREET</div> <div> The pavement outside was covered with GRIME.</div> <div> But to me it dain`t matter, after all is was MINE</div> <div> The area I lived in was then called a SLUM.</div> <div> But to me it was my home, my house, and also my HUM.</div> <div> No telly for me, when I was a KID.</div> <div> No one had got one and nobody DID.</div> <div> .</div> <div> We had gas in our house, and no ELECTRICITY.</div> <div> For the wires hadn't got to our part of the CITY.</div> <div> Fridays were washdays for our mom and ME.</div> <div> And I`d light the fire under the tub, on my bended KNEE.</div> <div> In the “brewhouse” she'd mangle and maid, rub and then SCRUB.</div> <div> All of that washing that came out of that copper TUB.</div> <div> She'd put in a “blue” to make the clothes clean and BRIGHT.</div> <div> Never did find out how “blue” turned black mud into WHITE,</div> <div> We played in the gutter, the road, and the STREET.</div> <div> Cos that’s where your mates where, and that’s where you'd MEET.</div> <div> We didn't have gardens, no lawn or a SHED.</div> <div> And most of your mates slept three to a BED.</div> <div> If you mate had a birthday that lived over THERE.</div> <div> You would go to his party, with spoon, plate, and a CHAIR. </div> <div> You sat down and ate whatever you'd GOT,</div> <div> And pleased you'd been asked and so gulped down the LOT.</div> <div> The loo was a building built at the BACK.</div> <div> The side entry was cold it was bleak and BLACK</div> <div> That’s how it was in the times way back THEN.</div> <div> I do hope for mankind that don't come back AGGEN.</div> <div> We played hopscotch, marbles and also FOOTBALL</div> <div> We also played cricket, with the wickets drawn on the WALL.</div> <div> When Christmas came round you hoped you'd get something you'd like/</div> <div> And if you were lucky it may be a BIKE.</div> <div> The house that I lived in is long, long GONE.</div> <div> Replaced by council with a bright shiny ONE.</div> <div> When I think back to what it had BEEN.</div> <div> I'm glad I'm a lad who lived in WINSON GREEN</div> <bR> <div> <B>***************************************************************</B></div> <div> <B>DO YOU HAVE</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>ANY BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS</B></div> <div> <B>like this one BELOW???</B></div> <div> <B>visit our new page "winson green now"</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>LODGE ROAD</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> as we once knew it and </B></FONT><B>LODGE ROAD</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> today  </B></FONT></div> <div> <B><U>See the Stories page for more details.</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="17bfaaa0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="17dd9aa0.jpg" border=0 width="217" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The new estate includes All Saints Park built on the site of All Saints Hospital</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="60118d20.gif" border=0 width="280" height="210" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="66320d80.gif" border=0 width="288" height="216" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> ***************************************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <B>CLICK here to help save </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BLACK PATCH"><B>BLACK PATCH</B></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="46b2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></div> <div> <B>  </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="704ce2c0.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="300" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="50" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><B>How important is Black Patch Park I will tell you, if it was a building it would have listed status , but unfortunatly it's not. To anyone who was brought up in Winson Green it was the very centre of our lives. Mom and Dad took us there to play when we were just kids, and we took ourselves there when we were older to while away the school holiday. We took a bottle of pop and some sandwiches and stayed there all day, with never a care in the world. 'The Patch' must not disappear, it is as important now as it was then,probable more so. Our open spaces are fast disappearing and this must not be allowed to happen here. Good Luck in your fight to keep it. </B></FONT><B>JIM   </B>08/07/05</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>********************************************************************************</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="55dfa590.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="345" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>£11-95 UK post free</B></div> <div> "BRUMROAMIN"<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>by TED RUDGE</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Tells the story of the Romany gypsies from </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >and the history of </FONT></div> <div> <B>"THE BLACK PATCH"</B> </div> <bR> <div> <B> ted.rudge@btinternet.com</B></div> <div> <B>for details</B></div> <bR> <div> Including a lot more about our area that has never been published before with a . </div> <div> Foreword by Professor Carl Chinn MBE</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="686" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 230 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="4bb2ce00.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="4bc53dc0.jpg" border=0 width="339" height="220" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 131 WIDTH="317"><div> <B><U>11 September 2003</U></B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Billy </B></div> <div> Pulling the <B>Vardo</B> (Bow top Caravan)<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> along Bristol Road on the way to the pre Book launch of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >"BRUMROAMIN"</FONT>in </div> <div> Victoria Square Birmingham</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><U>17 September 2003</U></B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>TED</B> <B>RUDGE</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Signing copies of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>"BRUMROAMIN"</B></FONT>at </div> <div> Birmingham Central Library </div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ******************************************************************************************************</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="2ba2cbf0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="191" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                 </U></B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="2bb44bf0.jpg" border=0 width="324" height="191" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> <div> <B> Information about this post  card </B></div> <div> <B>see the streets page (Winson Green Road)</B></div> <div> <B> <IMG SRC="21a1bbf0.jpg" border=0 width="283" height="191" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div>         <IMG SRC="3974cbf0.png" border=0 width="332" height="191" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> **********************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4b24b970.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="151" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                                      <IMG SRC="4b480960.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                         <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="4b82d640.jpg" border=0 width="45" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="4be91c30.png" border=0 width="657" height="195" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> ******************************************************************************</div> <div> <IMG SRC="4c089c80.jpg" border=0 width="137" height="200" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#00FFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>"Do you remember" </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Does anybody know where the house show in this </div> <div> photograph was?</div> <div> If you are able to identify please</div> <div> E:mail<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#008000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><U>ted.rudge@btinternet.com</U></div> <bR> <div>  I'm not certain but, is it possible the "Mystery Building" that you want identifying may be (and only may be) the old vicarage that was behind Victor Road. It was demolished in about 1956 (or thereabouts) and when it was the builders made a mistake when demolishing the tower as it fell onto the wall that divided the vicarage grounds from Victor Road and many bits of it went through one of the house windows and landed up in the kitchen. It created a fine "Tadoo" in the Evening Dispatch and Mail. Looking back through the old paper records (I think there was a photograph) may help. Regards <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >Pat Limacher 15/06/07</FONT></div> <bR> <div> ************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <B>Can you recall </B><B><U>An airshow at Summerfield Park</U></B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>the star of the show was a vulcan bomber ?? </B></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >Paul Gattrell</FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Email:</FONT> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>carole.hewitt@btinternet.com</U></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ************************************************************</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bgfl.org/carlchinn/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bgfl.org/carlchinn/">http://www.bgfl.org/carlchinn/</A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="4fb5e4e0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="78" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>*****************************************************************</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="9bffaa10.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="161" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>