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    Corner Shop Grange Road, Small Heath

    Re: Grange Road Thank you very much for the information Pedro42. Both websites are very useful, much appreciated. Regards, Jackieb422ag
  2. J

    WW1 Army Information

    Thanks again Mand, I'll certainly give this site a try.
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    WW1 Army Information

    Thanks Mand for the info. I've tried Ancestry but there's no record of him in the WW! Army Pensions or Service Records, although they haven't finished entering the M's yet on the Service Records. Then I have to hope his details have survived and are in the 'burnt documents'. There's also no...
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    WW1 Army Information

    Can anyone help please. I know that my uncle served in the First World War, but had no information regarding his regiment. However, I have just found him on the Absent Voters Index which states George William MOORE 60263 Pte 2/1 RNDC Co Hussars. Does anyone know the full title of the regiment? I...
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    Corner Shop Grange Road, Small Heath

    Grange Road Sorry fergie, there's no one left now in the family that would remember. My mother would have been the one as she had a fantastic memory about the 'old days'. It's always the case though, you wished you'd have asked more. The name Underhill is familiar, all the shop keepers...
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    The Nelson Public House

    Thanks to everyone for replying. I've been trying on and off for some years to find information about the pub. Great picture postie. My Grandparents used to run a shop in Grange Road and after my Gt. Grandfather, Alexander McClure, lost his sight, my mother used to fetch his beer in a white jug...
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    The Nelson Public House

    Can anyone help please. I'm looking for any information or pictures of The Nelson Pub in Small Heath. I've been told that it may have been in Green Lane. My Gt. Grandfather used to frequent the pub and he lived in Baker Street, Small Heath, so I imagine it wouldn't have been too far from his...
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    Corner Shop Grange Road, Small Heath

    A big thank you to pmc1947 for the picture and John Houghton for the extract from Kellys Directory. I recognise some of the names as my mother used to talk about them.
  9. J

    Corner Shop Grange Road, Small Heath

    Unfortunately pmc1947 I haven't received the photograph. Perhaps you could try again when you've got time. Thanks. Jackie
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    Corner Shop Grange Road, Small Heath

    Thanks Alf, I agree. I've been researching my family history for some years now and I've never come across a site with such a wealth of information and local knowledge. I hope I'll be able to help someone in return. Thanks Postied for the great picture. The corner shop is obviously the same...
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    Corner Shop Grange Road, Small Heath

    Thanks Michael for the picture. I appreciate your time in replying.
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    Corner Shop Grange Road, Small Heath

    Hello to everyone, My Grandparents, Samuel Holloway and Ada Ann (McClure) used to have a shop at 56 Grange Road, Small Heath, in the mid 1920's and early 1930's. It was actually located on the corner of Grange Road and Bertram Road. It was a general grocery/greengrocers shop and they also...
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    Primitive Methodist Chapel, Jenkins Street

    Can anyone help please. I'm looking for any information or photographs of the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Jenkins Street, Small Heath. Does the building still exist? My Gt. Aunt, Harriet Holloway, married John Gannon there on the 25 Dec. 1891 when it came under the District of Aston.
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