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
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
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
Ian must have had a deep rummage and produced this gem. Emily Jane is pictured holding “young” Arthur Short (Gladys) and Ian Hill (Agnes). Both
Fascinating, all that about wartime food substitutes. I remember the meat shortage, but I don’t remember those – my mother tried us on rabbits and
Or is it “Free, the Pumphrey two” (to anybody that would like them)? It’s a good slogan for a supermarket, but in this case the
Ian has been clearing out his cupboards and drawers and came across this which he asked me to publish… It is a typewritten note, probably
I was perusing the above, looking for photos of Ian’s great-grand children to correct errors on the site and came across memories of Aunty Pumphrey,
Ian wrote: ”The picture under the heading “Yardley Wood Road” was Yardley Green Road – there is a real Yardley Wood Road nearer Yardley.The house
Ian sent through; “Auntie Pumphrey’s will, made at 84 Yardley Road. She was probably living with Annie at the time. When Auntie Annie died the