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Where are you from? Brisbane, Australia Comments: I have been living in Brisbane for only 3 months, before that Dubai, Taiwan and Derby, but Bilbrook is where my roots are, my Mum & Dad still live there and my Dad, Jack was instrumental in the erection of the sign in the middle of the village green, having moved to Bilbrook from Norwich in the 1930s and working with BPs until he retired, only to subsequently become a stalwart of the Boulton Paul Heritage Centre at the old factory. I am coming home (yes - its still home!) on holiday at Easter. My memories of 1960s Bilbrook: Shops - The shops near the school where I used to spend my three penny bit was called Wheatleys and was a greengrocer with a confectionery counter just to the right of the door. I could talk for hours about mojos, lucky bags, flying saucers, gobstoppers, fireman's hoses.... etc etc. Other shops there were a dry cleaners (I think - Sketchleys??), Whitehouse and Siviters Hardware, A greengrocer, shoe shop and haberdashers. Opposite side of the road - Frosts the Chemist, Chandlers Butchers, Hancocks (?) Greengrocer, the Post Office. Next to the Woodman (then run by a chap called Roy Millward and his wife and their son Warren(?)) was Fletcher's Garage, repair shop and coal yard. I worked here on the pumps with a load of other local lads and can remember the family (Brothers George, Henry & Bill, George's wife Nelly and son Rob). 5 Star was 6/8d a gallon!!!! I can also remember Bill's wife Irene who was called "Aunt" by all of the pump boys. She was a lovely, gracious lady who I well remember, who only died within the last couple of years - a sad loss. I can also just remember the "New" shops by the green. The furthest up Duck Lane was a barbers run by Bruce Holding (Holden?) a friend of my family and his son Michael a school mate of mine at the primary school. There was also a record shop with listening booths where I bought my first record (Telstar) for 6/6d, a greengrocers run by Peter Broadbent (Ex Wolves footballer), a newsagents, a hardware shop and a chippy at the end. There were more but I can't recall them. Down along Pendeford Mill Lane, of course, was Madeley's (still run by Roy, who used to deliver to the house weekly, all orders being in a small red book that I would take into the shop for my Mum, and a chippy (Charnel's I think, who had two daughters Vicky and ??). The old Chandler's Farm House was next to the village green and I can just remember it derelict. There were two trees which, if I remember correctly, were at the front and rear of the house, and these are (or were) still evident in front of the flats next to the village green. Lane Green CP School used to have two footpaths along its perimeter, both of which passed in narrow alleys down to Bilbrook Lane and disappeared long ago, although I think that the alleyway immediately to the right of the school drive is still there. We used to go trainspotting on the bridge. In those days there were loads of old steam locos from Oxley sheds going to Shrewsbury and an hourly non-stopping express to London Paddington from Birkenhead & vice versa. Sometimes we would take the train to Low Level (9d return, stopping at Dunstal Park) or occasionally to Shrewsbury where we would get the "stopper" back. This was the only stopping train that had a steam loco on the front, the rest being diesel units! It arrived at Birches & Bilbrook Halt at 18:20. I can (as per another corespondent) remember the Brambles between Dam Mill Lane and Downie/Florence Road before the police houses were built when It extended right up to the village centre before Brookfield Road was built, and the old Greyhound Pub was still called the Doctor's Surgery. Happy days - was it always sunny (apart from winter '63 of course)? Paul Holmes
Where are you from? FAREHAM, HAMPSHIRE, UK Comments: Hi. I, like Lyn Guest and Maurice Tennant, am a decendant of the Tennant Family from Billbrook, and my Great Great Grandfather was George Tennant, the winning plaintiff in the case of 'IVY COTTAGE - 1912'. My mother is Susan Reasons(nee James). Her mother, my nan was Edna James (nee Tennant) now deceased. She was born in the Birmingham borough of Bloomsbury / Duddeston and grew up in the Loxton Street area with her 2 sisters. Her father was Arthur and Amelia Tennant. Arthur was the son of George Thomas Tennant, the supposed illegitimate son of John and Elizabeth Tennant (nee baker ?) If any one can help me with more research on this side of my family, I'd be most grateful. I am only in the early stages, but have traced several lines back, but anything to collaborate my findings would be useful. It would also be good to hear from any distant relatives who are maybe still resident in Bilbrook, or elsewhere in the world. Having spent many years growing up overseas, it is great to find 'roots'.
Where are you from? Australia Comments: I am a descendant of William Tennant who used to live at Ivy Cottage.
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Where are you from? Bilbrook Comments: Update the site. Half the shops on here don't even exist anymore.
Where are you from? Bilbrook Comments: I cant believe exerybody is talking about how nice Bilbrook is! I live in Bilbrook and i think it's a shithole like everywhere else these days. I have a sneaky suspicion that there are more than a few inbreads in Bilbrook too! [View Entry]
Where are you from? Born in Birmingham but went to Australia in the 1980s and am back for a while in Banbury/Oxford Comments: I'm researching my family history and I have recently discovered that my great grandfather, Moses Richards, moved from Blymhill to Bilbrook and married his second wife Lucy Hughes around the mid-1800s. I'm trying to find information about their 11 children and what happened to them. If anyone can help I would be eternally indebted.
Where are you from? Boston, Massachusetts, USA Comments: I lived in Bilbrook for 8 years before leaving there to come to America back in 1982, this website brings back many fond memories
Where are you from? born Bilbrook now in south northants Comments: thank you for creating this website - its excellent and lovely for me to have a link with my home village
Where are you from? Staffs Comments: Nice site, but would be improved if it were updated
Where are you from? Cannock Comments: Does anyone know of a local newspaper for just the Bilbrook/ Codsall area? What is it called/ contact details. Many thanks!
Where are you from? Gurnads Comments: Can't wait to get that bloody rubbish cleared up. Someone needs slapping for this. That road used to be so pleasant. Bloody nuisance it is!
Where are you from? Bilbrook Comments: I live in the village and have done all my life. Being 28years old i have seen a few changes within the village but it is truly amazing to see pictures dating back to 1800's of the village. I remember the 2 shops where Tesco now is, i was a regular cutomer in the sweet shop Warinders on my way home from school! I also remember the post office moving to it's current site in now Tesco's. Thanks for doing this site, it's really interesting.
Where are you from? Holbeach, Lincolnshire Comments: In the course of researching my family, I was surprized, and delighted to find the Bilbrook web-site. Most fascinating was the discovery of the contribution from Dianne Linton, my third cousin. The photographs of Ivy Cottage, and the report of the 1912 court case were particularly valuable since my great-grandfather, George Tennant [1841-1914] was born there, and was the winning plaintiff in the case. If anyone can put me in contact with my cousin, I should very much like to share any information we may have of our respective branches of a former Bilbrook family. Should you be interested, I can supply an image of the 1867edn of the OS 1" map of the Bilbrook/Codsall/Tettenhall ares |
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