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Have friends in Fordhouses!!!
My Stepsons, used to run the Antiques fairs in Coven, On Sundays, and I did the printing leaflets for them. know that area. Born Walsall, till 14 then West Bromwich, but on leaving School in '44 worked for Birmingham Canal Navigations, in Broad street Wolverhampton, (At 14)and weighbridge in Horseley Fields (Wulfrun Wharf) used to have dinner, in the Dining Rooms, in Pipers Row.
Of course, Wolves is now a City. Know Cannock too, used to use the Barley Mow, on the chase. Cannock used to have a good market.. Love Don (Aged 80)

It's a small world - I was born in Fordhouses and my parents still live there - in the house they moved into when I was a 6 months old!!

I still refer to the City Center of Wolves as the Town Center as that was what it was when I left. Will be there this weekend as it is my parents 50th Wedding Anniversary and I am going home for a long weekend to help them celebrate - should have all the kids and the grandkids there for the first time in a long time!!

So ..what will you be doing this time next year Don??

Hopefully, Back in Shropshire, and living in the house I left, four years ago, with my Thai wife, and totally different furniture, different (but smaller) Car and with friends and family close by. When I left, I had been spending wastefully - so that has stopped.. Don.

My husband and my two dogs will be here in UK with me, I will have a small car and the future will look good.

They are so few and far between Jackie we might have to share him ha ha!!

Great, where in Lincs ? we are both from south Lincs and have family in Spalding and Holbeach. We are planning a trip to Lincoln for the Christmas market that I heard a lot of good stuff about last year. We are over near Newark Notts last weekend, We may live now in Norfolk but Lincs still does feel more like home,

Keep the faith folks, you will achieve it.

last year at this time in USA we spent the Thanksgiving weekend making a start on getting our house prepped as the first step in coming back, but wait, no, the first step was having the ambition like you all have, then we got to work on the house.
Now one year on, here we are, transition achieved.

Good luck to you all.

I brought a 9 year old and a 3 year old back from the US years ago, they were accepted immediately. I think American children are confident and do well here. Mine have US passports, but are very English.

My parents live just out side of Grantham in a Village called Allington..

Thanks ,that is encouraging

I agree ,American kids are very confident -my eldest had to do it the other way round as we came to the US when he had just turned 7.

This time he will be 13 , he is a bit of a mix !

My younger son will be 8 ,he is very American (not ALL his accent though ) a he has been in the US from 2 !

My little girl is just 2 ...at least that will be easy

My eldest has sticky feet about moving again ,if only he knew how English he really is

small world, we were only 10 miles up the A1 from Allington at the weekend, visiting friends in Balderton

WOW, it is a small world..maybe sometime after I move back we can meet for a glass of wine and a chat somewhere..