I thought it was Robert Plant in the thumbnail. He`s from the Midlands....

There's a movie about him growing up in Eastwood - and about Viv Anderson and Gary Birtles. It's called "Local Heroes", 2023, available in the usual places.

Turi is an amazing kind soul with a deep knowledge, i am truly in awe of her

@daniellamcgee4251

5 ай бұрын

Me too. I think I want to marry her, but there are as many obstacles to that becoming a reality as there are Y chromosomes she has seen under a microscope. 😆

The picture on the wall of richard, that's my ancestral uncle

It's an amazing story. I looked for my Aunt for years and had my DNA but no look. She disappeared in 1933 never to be seen again. I did research found in Enfield in 1965 but then it went cold.

@bevanbuckwheatshea5520

5 ай бұрын

❤good luck to you Tony. Hope you find your biological dad. All the best

Best of luck.

Get the work records for where his dad worked. Don’t think it will be hard to find a polish guy called Peter that worked dyeing. Ppl have great memories, esp about secret love affairs/ children etc

@nicolad8822

5 ай бұрын

What firm keeps 1950s employment records? He might have left within a couple of years.

@daniellamcgee4251

5 ай бұрын

It sounded like they were waiting for a response regarding inquiries made about the place of work. But maybe there are no records available any more, so people's memories are important.

@KC-gy5xw

5 ай бұрын

Hahaha, Every West Indian man who worked with my dad in the 50's was called 'Joe', which people called him until he died!! They may have called every Polish guy Peter..

@BeachButterfly22

5 ай бұрын

@@nicolad8822 negative Nancy. You’d be surprised . Obviously your gen y or z. Ever heard of 1066 doomsday book? Google it . England are renowned for their record keeping. Duh

@BeachButterfly22

5 ай бұрын

@@KC-gy5xw wow you’re a positive person. Thank god you’re not trying to help him. Oh wait… you wouldn’t bc all polish men are called Peter lol 😂 😂

If they knew he worked at a certain place and his name was Peter surely there is a surname?

@silentnight9655

5 ай бұрын

Confidentiality and all that.

@ann_onn

5 ай бұрын

@@silentnight9655 No, they literally don't have a surname yet. I read an article about his search. The dye works no longer exists, and anyone who worked there with him is probably dead, because that'd mean they were adults in 1955.

@silentnight9655

5 ай бұрын

@@ann_onn Oh okay. His work is cut out then.

What about tax records or city directories or property records? For these kept in England during that time?

Are they saying they know his full name and place of work but they can't find a trace of him now?

@nicolad8822

5 ай бұрын

He could have been born a hundred years ago!

@daniellamcgee4251

5 ай бұрын

They only have the name 'Peter'. Probably an anglicised name, and not his birth name. No family name, no date of birth, no exact place of birth, presumably no matches on a any public family DNA testing sites. It's tricky. The way Prof. Turi worded it, it sounded like a reply hadn't been received regarding 'Peter's' place of work.

@daniellamcgee4251

5 ай бұрын

​@nicolad8822 100 years ago is not a problem, depending on the country, if you have more identifying details. Especially if others in the (extended) family have uploaded DNA, photos and other information on public family tree systems. Fun fact: I am a Gen X-er and my biological grandmother was born in 1895. 😅 My grandmother was 41 years old when she gave birth to my Dad, and my dad was around the same age when I was born.

@nicolad8822

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@daniellamcgee4251 Well yes with public records if you have a full name. And they obviously did not have any close DNA hits or Turi would have found them. But company records, and expecting former workmates to still be alive?

@ann_onn

5 ай бұрын

@@daniellamcgee4251 He came over from Poland during the war. The Nazis destroyed a lot of records, and British records were patchy back then too, because they were more concerned with the war. It's gonna be difficult, unless someone can personally remember him - and not many will still be alive, if they were old enough to be working in the 1950s.

Takes two to tango however the onus is on women to take precautions against unwanted pregnancies. And at least know the man's full name just in case you end up with his child. I think it is incredibly selfish and unfair to withhold such important information from children. I sincerely hope Mr Woodcock gets some proper answers.

@jennypage2005

5 ай бұрын

I disagree that it is the woman's responsibility to deal with contraception!

@silentnight9655

5 ай бұрын

@@jennypage2005 Who is going to get pregnant?

@ann_onn

5 ай бұрын

Different times. He was born before the pill was even available. You have no idea whether she took precautions or not - they certainly weren't 100% effective. As regards not telling him - that's an incredibly personal issue, and it's wrong to make assumptions without knowing all of the circumstances.

@silentnight9655

5 ай бұрын

@@ann_onn This is the www. Everything is for public consumption. Stay away otherwise.

@silentnight9655

5 ай бұрын

@@ann_onn He put himself out there, people are going to have opinions.