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I'm researching a friend's Parr family history and have got stuck on one line, his paternal grandmother Gladys Taylor, who married a Parr. I'm told Glady's mother was called Bertha but have no surname for her. I have been unable to locate a likely entry in the 1911 census returns. I understand the family lived in or near Birmingham.

If anyone comes across Gladys or her mother, I'd be very grateful for a heads up.

Many thanks. 

Can anyone tell me how long people have been campaigning against disability discrimination please?  I'm doing a writing course and for my current assignment I interviewed a 99 year old lady yesterday. This lady contracted polio aged 5 (she is now in her 90s) and has had to wear callipers ever since.  She told me, quite matter of factly, "In those days, if you were disabled, you were nothing," and went on to explain that everyone assumed she would never be much good for anything, so she was pretty much written off.  She sat no exams, never had a job and worst of all, from her point of view, she never got married and had children.  It was just always assumed that in spite of being able to travel around on her own, on foot and on public transport, in spite of being fit enough to help her mother with her younger siblings, somehow she was not good enough to study, take an exam, or look after a family of her own.  Can you tell I'm a bit peeved?? 

I've been looking for some sort of history of disability discrimination to use as research for this and further writing and would be really grateful for any advice or input.

thanks,

Mrs Lizzy

I was on a bellringers' trip to a few churches in Suffolk yesterday and took some photos of graves etc. Hopefully some members may find them interesting.