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Skinner street
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hi LDavies if you are looking for help with your davis ancestry could you please start a new thread under the letter D in the SURNAME INTERESTS section of the forum..
cheers
lyn
Hi shiela ive got that photo me and mom are on moms turning her head im on her lap just got back in the forum hope your well john lynch
Hi John, I think our Raymond is sat behind you on the table, it was good to hear from you . We are well here, hope you are too and Margaret. Send her my love. Living in Tamworth now and so is my sister Val.
Lovely marg and me would love to meet up some time got couple of pictures of you and me and marg ive just got going a gain on this forume loved living in skinner lane got lot of memories even thogh young when we left hope to hear more from you
Yes would love to meet up
It has been ages since i have been on here just trying to see how to send you my details
Thats great do you remeber steve bowater and his brothers phil and peter steve worked in the pigary in the market and i worked on the market lots to talk about lernt to ride bike in skinner st happy days
John my email is [email protected]
will leave it on for 24hours plus I am on Facebook if you are under Sheila Clarke (Foulkes)
Hi sheila when you want to meet up john and marg lynch
hi shelli not sure if you are still looking in but if you go to your thread below we have posted some info you maybe interested in but start reading from your post 1
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I don't know the location of this street, but I expect it was cleared away as it was condemned housing at the time of this photo. Mr Faulkner was obviously a resourceful gardener and you can imagine the joy he gained from cultivating the space,
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
That's my grandfather who I never met. It was in the corner of the courtyard that was enclosed by Skinner Street and Dean Street. My grandmother outlived him by many years and passed away in 1955.
The photo has come as quite a shock to me as I've never seen a photo of him before.
Thanks Viv.
The photo has come as quite a shock to me as I've never seen a photo of him before.
Thanks Viv.
viv we have a thread for skinner lane but the thread name needs changing to skinner st so i will go and do that now..i will also post clives photo of his grandad on that thread..
clive what a find you must be delighted..i think if you went to birmingham library and looked at the actually newspaper the photo could be clearer be nice to frame it..providing they have the despatch papers it should be easy as you have the date of publication
lyn
clive what a find you must be delighted..i think if you went to birmingham library and looked at the actually newspaper the photo could be clearer be nice to frame it..providing they have the despatch papers it should be easy as you have the date of publication
lyn
Hi Lyn.
I'm over the moon. I had no information of my grandfather. As is usual in previous generations, not so much info was passed down. My siblings and I were weekly visitors to that house along with my parents. It was my dad 's father and I can't ever remember reference to him. In number 18 Skinner Street lived my gran and dad's sister and her husband and next door at number 17, dad's other sister and her husband. I'm sure my grandfather must have passed away between the years of that photo and my birth in 1945. They were all hard working and good living folk and I have fond memories of them. This latest photo has completed the picture for me. It was an unusual way to find out but, in a way has created another story to pass on to our offspring.
Clive
I'm over the moon. I had no information of my grandfather. As is usual in previous generations, not so much info was passed down. My siblings and I were weekly visitors to that house along with my parents. It was my dad 's father and I can't ever remember reference to him. In number 18 Skinner Street lived my gran and dad's sister and her husband and next door at number 17, dad's other sister and her husband. I'm sure my grandfather must have passed away between the years of that photo and my birth in 1945. They were all hard working and good living folk and I have fond memories of them. This latest photo has completed the picture for me. It was an unusual way to find out but, in a way has created another story to pass on to our offspring.
Clive
its ok clive ive found him...on the 1939 eve of war reg living at no 18 skinner st with lucy who i presume is his wife..looks like he died in 1940..on the 1921 census he and lucy are at 18 skinner st living with them are walters 3 step children all with surname of callaghan and one son george falkner aged 8 (your dad ?)..so i presume that lucy had been married before..hope this info is of help
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Lyn, shall tidy up the original thread (named Skinner Lane) as it contains info about Skinner Lane and move it to a separate Skinner Lane thread.
Edit, the references to Skinner Lane have now all been moved to the thread link below
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/skinner-lane.62399
Edit, the references to Skinner Lane have now all been moved to the thread link below
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/skinner-lane.62399
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All of that info is correct Lyn. George was my father (1913-2000). His sister's maiden names were Callaghan. I now know when my grandfather passed away.
With reference to Viv's initial post, the houses in Skinner Street survived until 1966 when they were demolished to accommodate the 2nd generation wholesale markets.
Thanks again for your help and input.
Clive
Clive, I expect WW2 intervened and put a hold on any planned clearance of the Skinner Street houses.
clive in case you do not know walter is buried at witton...would you like me to post the 1921 census ? as it contains more info such as where people worked which is very interesting to know..i think one of the step sisters worked for kunzles in broad st
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ok clive but it is not an electoral roll its the 1921 census the census is taken every 10 years...any problems just give us a shout
lyn
no worries clive if there is anything else we can help you with regarding family research going further back to finding out who your gt grandad etc was just ask and i will start a new thread for you under our surname interests section of the forum as we are always happy to help
lyn