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  1. marie.e.bee

    Whitmore Place, Road, Lane, Street?

    Hello, According to the 1881 census, my second great grandmother, Kate Harris (age 1) with parents Alfred and Eliza Harris - are listed as living at 1 Whitmore Place, Bordesley. I’ve been trying to find out exactly where the house would have been, but I’m finding Whitmore Road…Lane and Street...
  2. F

    Recommendations? Lives of c19th & c20th Birmingham oral history

    Wondering if anyone has any recommendations for oral histories from this period - ideally I would like to hear people from Small Heath and Bordesley (especially those who lived in the back to backs) talking about their lives. It seems to be weirdly difficult to track these oral histories down...
  3. S

    New Bond Street father-in-law's shoe repairers 1960s

    My father-in-law Lew Powis (# 'L for Leather') had this business on the corner of New Bond Street post WW2 which has now been swallowed up by a traffic island and a Dunelm store. But the cobbles are still visible if you walk a little way up off the main road. He also had a small outlet at...
  4. debbieironmonger

    Abraham Ward Rhodes, Deritend Bordesley

    Hello, I have tried searching in the forums looking for some advice on how to find further information about one my ancestors. I am hoping that someone will be able to help. I have found an Insolvency Notice in the London Gazette 21st May 1850. Issue number: 21097 Page number: 1473: In the...
  5. debbieironmonger

    Oxford Place, Bordesley

    Hi, I could do with some help in locating where Oxford Place was. In the 1901 census it is described as St Andrews Parish Bordesley. Any Idea's??
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