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Oh My Goodness, yes you are right. Thank you one and all. That's brilliant and well done. It is very hard to know when living across the world in Australia.
Cheers from Oz
Rhoma
Hi All.
Is anyone able to help me with the address on this marriage certificate please. It is for Bordesley, St. Andrews, Birmingham. It's obviously 24 ??? Road. From other writing examples it looks like it starts with an E. (When checking the E in Established Church). Thanking you in advance...
My Great Grandparents are on this list - their marriage 7th April 1895 - David Vines Kirkwood and Rose Annie Gardner. Thank you for your efforts to transcribe all this information.
Yes this is it, love the photo of it now!!! Well actually I prefer the postcard version but I can imagine my Dad walking up the streets here. Just love it. Thanks again
Hi Lyn,
I was wondering if anyone knew what the street name would be. I was hoping to tie it into one of the addresses I have that my father lived at. Living in Australia it is hard to figure out what fits where in Brum. I have him on the 1921 census as living in Brook Lane near the Billesley...
Thank you Lyn, I have the photo of the art class at Dennis Road School posted on the thread in 2017. When I showed it to my Dad in 1996 he said that it had been his exact class room. Unfortunately my Dad was running away from something or someone after WW2 and he came to Australia with my mother...
Thank you so much Janice,
you've certainly given me some homework to do. I'm going to see if I can find out what year my Dad started at Dennis Road Public School because that might also tell me where he transferred from.
I really appreciate your time and effort, maps and all!
Kind regards
Rhoma
Hi all, I've found my father living with foster parents at 87 Brook Lane, Moseley on the 1921 census and it says he was at school. He would have been six at the time. The school at Billesley didn't open until Nov 1925 and it only took ages 5-9 and my Dad would have been 10 by then. My Dad was...
Hello,
I thought you might like to have this photo, it is a postcard that my Dad (Raymond George Kirkwood) had, he said that he used to live just around the corner out of view of this picture.
Thank you Brummy-Lad, yes it does appear that the 8 has disappeared especially when you look at the map which shows the lot numbers. My Dad was a Brummy Lad too.
Thanks again and stay safe