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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Tyndale House, Highfield Road, Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    In 1900 it is listed after number 23. By 1908 it is not listed at all.
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    MWS reacted to Donbogen's post in the thread Nostalgia with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hes asking for Directions
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    MWS replied to the thread Nostalgia.
    Without watching the video the mind boggles at what job the lady on the right has.
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    MWS reacted to warren's post in the thread downtime with Appreciate Appreciate.
    apolgies for the downime, two CIRTS, are fighting it out for dominance i keep removing one but it keeps coming back but think ive sorted...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Ivory Place with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Wouldn't have found it without this info. Thanks
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Ivory Place with Appreciate Appreciate.
    1868 Directory sheds a bit more light on the position I can't find Court 28 but I assume from this 1954 map it which shows 122 that it...
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    MWS replied to the thread Ivory Place.
    Transcribed as Irving Place on findmypast.
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    MWS replied to the thread Ivory Place.
    Have you looked at the households numbering next to Ivory Place and looking for those on a map to get an idea where it was?
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    MWS replied to the thread Parker, William Howard.
    He appears to have been born in Kings Norton, reg. Jun 1889. He was the son of William Joseph Parker and Eliza Elizabeth Payne. In 1891...
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    MWS replied to the thread Interesting and Unusual Names.
    A war baby? Did he go to pieces in an argument? ;)
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    MWS reacted to devonjim's post in the thread Interesting and Unusual Names with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I had an uncle George Shrapnel Leek. Doesn't seem to be a family name.
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    MWS replied to the thread Interesting and Unusual Names.
    Another strange name across whilst researching a family tree - Kossuth Plato Hopkins (born Bham). It's suggested that Kossuth may have...
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    MWS reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Nostalgia with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Very well said! I think that most families lived within themselves, not all but more than today. We/I knew what my lot was and for the...
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    MWS replied to the thread Nostalgia.
    I'm probably a generation younger than most posters on here. I can look back now and imagine that it was probably quite hard for my dad...
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    MWS reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Nostalgia with Appreciate Appreciate.
    So very very true! We look at our grandchildren who we love dearly, they have no idea of what we dealt with. They are all embroiled is...
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