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Welcome to the Raybould’s website
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Welcome to the Raybould’s website

This is a memories and recollections web site which emerged in 2013 when the remaining ”direct” cousins met at Hazel’s invitation to celebrate her 70th

3 January 202119 August 2022 by Rayboulds2 Min Reading
Would you believe it…
Cecil Espin, David Espin, Uncategorised

Would you believe it…

A (very thoughtful) lady was doom-scrolling on EBay as one does and suddenly a name rang all sorts of memory bells. Could it be the

16 September 2025 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
A day out…
Adeline, Agnes, Annie Maria, Uncategorised

A day out…

in a field, a group of beautiful people, flowers in their har…. Mmmm, a bit twee but the image does give off a certain idyllic

5 May 20255 May 2025 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Just saying…
Walter and Emily Jane Raybould

Just saying…

My Mother used to say, “it’s black over Bill’s Mother’s”. I questioned her as to why it was black, who Bill was and where precisely

10 June 2024 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Charles Hill (Tenor)
Charles Hill, Uncategorised

Charles Hill (Tenor)

Some more press cuttings of Uncle Charles.

8 June 20248 June 2024 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Charles Hill (Tenor)…
Agnes, Charles Hill, Ian, Uncategorised

Charles Hill (Tenor)…

Ian has outlined in some depth his life growing up with a Father who gave singing recitals and entertained for a living. There is a

4 June 20244 June 2024 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
1911 census.
Walter and Emily Jane Raybould

1911 census.

Walter and Emily Jane duly carried out their responsibility to complete the census as required by law. This is probably the most important one for

31 May 20241 June 2024 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Stratford Road 2
Walter and Emily Jane Raybould

Stratford Road 2

This is very much the scene that the Sisters would have seen in about 1930. Solihull Road is away to the right, so this is

27 May 2024 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Agnes, Charles Hill, Geoff and Vicky, Ian

Give him the money, Mabel…

Uncle Charles won’t like the reference to the Wilfred Pickles programme broadcast on the Home Service of the BBC around war time. I read today

22 May 202422 May 2024 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Stratford Road
Walter and Emily Jane Raybould

Stratford Road

In 1908. This is the junction of Solihull Road (the family lived at 52) and the Stratford Road where the butcher’s shop (which was where

22 May 2024 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
19th November 1940
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19th November 1940

It was a Tuesday, and on that day, or more accurately the night, Germany launched a raid on the Birmingham Small Arms factory in Tyseley.

21 November 202328 November 2023 by Rayboulds6 Min Reading
What did you do in the evenings Mom?
Ivy

What did you do in the evenings Mom?

In the days before television that is, or even in the fifties and sixties when families ate together and before all known conversation died due

11 October 202311 October 2023 by Rayboulds3 Min Reading
Sarehole Mill, Middle Earth and the Sisters
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Sarehole Mill, Middle Earth and the Sisters

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001p713 Just up the road (Stratford Road natch) is Sarehole Mill from which JRR Tolkien took inspiration for his writing. It was Middle Earth. The

8 August 20238 August 2023 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
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