Dr Jim

Added by Christopher Cottam

Located under Ornamental

Story behind the treasure: As a baby I was looked after by an elderly neighbour, while my mother and father were at work at Castle Bromwich helping to build Spitfires. To keep me amused, particularly during air raids, she gave me 'Dr Jim' to play with. He was in turn, Johnny Mack Brown, Hopalong Cassidy, and Gene Autrey, and helped to shoot down many German Aeroplanes. When Mrs Sellman (neighbour) died, she left a note bequeathing him to me. I kept him close ever since. My wife always says, she would know I had left if Dr Jim was missing.