Jessie Road in Aldridge is a large community – there must be plenty of Bill’s mates still about. Image from Apple Maps.

I’ve had a very interesting enquiry from reader Rebecca Elizabeth who’s trying to trace some of her father’s old friends: The old fella is nearing 60 now and he’d love to get in touch with his old mates again.

Rebecca Elizabeth wrote:

Hello Bob

I’m trying to do a good deed – I’m trying to trace my dad’s old friends for him.

My Dad is Willian (Bill) Poxon who  lived in Jessie Road, Aldridge in the 70s and attended Aldridge High School and left in 1978.

He had friends in the Jessie Road area, but also some that drank in the Railway Tavern in Brownhills for years but hasn’t been able to find any of his friends from there either.

Two of his friends were called Steven Williams and Julia Roberts and they left school with him in 1978.Searches on Facebook have drawn a blank.

I hope this helps and thank you so much
Rebecca Elizabeth

Thanks to Rebecca for such a lovely, thoughtful enquiry – let’s see what we can do.

If you can help, please do. You can contact Rebecca directly via Facebook by clicking here, or you can comment on this post or mail me: BrownhillsBob at Googlemail dot com, or hit me up on social media wherever you follow me.

Cheers everyone.