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Alma Jones paid a visit toher old school, ErdingtonHall, last week, 91 yearsafter she first startedthere.Alma, now aged 96, first walkedthrough the doors of the school build-ing in 1924. In those days, it was called RylandRoad Elementary School, and childrenstayed there until they were 14 yearsold.

There have been plenty of changes inthose nine decades, but the old partsof the building are much the same.And the school has kept the log booksand enrolment registers since it firstopened in 1918. Alma, whose maidenname was Hewlett, has her nameneatly handwritten in the entry for19th November 1924.Alma now lives in Poole, in Dorset,and travelled up to Erdington HallPrimary School with her son to visit theplace where she grew up, and receivedher education. Talented and bright young girls likeAlma did not have the same opportu-nities that they have today. Womenwere not even allowed to vote at elec-tions until 1928. It was an unequal world. But Almamade the most of her talents, andtrained at a business college in thecentre of Birmingham. Her Dad had topay for that part of her education.Alma learned shorthand, typing and

book-keeping, and moved down toLondon where she became a stenogra-pher. Thats a skill that requires superfastshorthand and typing skills. In thedays before digital recording equip-ment, courts of law used to have ste-nographers to write down and recordevery word that was said.Alma went higher than that. Sheworked in the civil service and record-ed some of the items in Hansard, theofficial record of words spoken in theHouses of Parliament. Some achieve-ment.And after all these years, she stillremembers her early school days. MrChatterley was the headtecher, sherecalls, with a smile.

She has fond memories of playing golfat Pype Hayes Golf Club. She and hergolf team won a trophy and had theirphotograph published in theBirmingham Gazette (now called theBirmingham Mail).On her return visit last week, Almaspent time talking to some of theschools pupils. They must have beenimpressed by her charm, her intellect,and her achievements. Alma uses a wheelchair after a caraccident a few years ago left her withtwo broken legs and two broken arms.She smiles as she tells the story. Infact, she smiled all through her visit.Her cheerful and kindly charactercharmed us all last Friday.

Above: 96 year-old Alma Jones (nee Hewlett), back at Erdington Hall, withZaka Hussain and Lily-Mai McLaughlin, both aged 10.Below: the register that records Almas enrolment to the school in 1924

Back to school91 years laterAlmas happy return to Ryland Road Elementary School

Alma, from a school photographat Erdington Hall. It used to beRyland Road Elementary School.

The director of a tattoo shop inCastle Vale has been jailed fora total of 12 weeks for a seriesof offences. Stephen Sebastian Delaney, aged 22, ofFarnborough Road, is also set to appearat Birmingham Crown Court next monthwhere he will be sentenced for a furthercrime of cannabis production.The court heard that he had produced alarge quantity of cannabis, more thanfor personal use, and that there wasevidence of drug dealing.Delaney is listed as a director of theNeedle2Skin tattoo parlour in

Farnborough Road, Castle Vale.He was jailed last Friday after he failedto keep to conditions of court orders forprevious offences, and failed to surren-der to custody in breach of bail condi-tions.Birmingham magistrates heard that hehas a flagrant disregard for courtorders.

Delaney had previously been given a 12week suspended prison sentence byLeeds magistrates in September 2014for driving a silver Nissan Qashqai vehi-cle in Middleton, Leeds, while he wasdisqualified from holding a licence.In September 2013 he was given acommunity order by RedditchMagistrates for driving a Vauxhall Corsaon the M42 while he was disqualified,and having taken the vehicle withoutconsent.In August 2012, Delaney, then aged 19,was prosecuted for driving in Erdingtonwithout a licence and without insur-ance. He was on that occasion given sixpenalty points for the driving offence,and was electronically tagged for a six-week curfew for possession ofcannabis.A spokesperson for Needle2Skin saidthat the tattoo shop will continue tooperate with its consortium of artistsand will not be affected by the absenceof one of its directors.

Jail for directorof tattoo parlour