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    St John Ambulance Brigade

    I joined the St John Ambulance Brigade in 1981/2 as an ambulance cadet at Yardley Village Quadrilateral Division which at that time was based at St Edburghas church hall Yardley with the unit being run by Ken and Yvonne Marland. Training evenings (I think!) used to be on a Wednesday and I can...
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    WWII Barrage Balloon Sites

    Interesting post - my grandparents lived in Oakhurst Road throughout WW2, as did my late uncle who would've been around 7 years old in 1940.My dad can also recount a few passed on snippets from that time - my gran apparently called the anti-aircraft gun 'Big Bertha' due to the noise when firing...
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    Middlemore Home?

    You may or may not have come across this website but there are references to the Middlemore Home locations in St Luke's Road on the following page: https://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/BirminghamMiddlemore/
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    Vicarage Road, Aston

    Excellent - just what I was looking for :-) - many thanks for that, much appreciated!
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    Vicarage Road, Aston

    That would be excellent - thanks :-)
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    Vicarage Road, Aston

    Hi, I wonder if anyone could advise me of/point me in the direction of a good quality detailed map of the Vicarage Road, Aston area - in particular, one which shows the location of individual addresses, i.e. court houses? I have two specific addresses relating to family members who lived in...
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    Maternity Hospital, Newhall Street (?)

    Thanks once again for the further details, I'll probably be make a further 'photo trip' into B'ham at some point as I also want to take a look at the building which used to be the Middlemore Home in St Lukes Road - it's just even more interesting and often quite poignant too in a way (to me...
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    Maternity Hospital, Newhall Street (?)

    Many thanks for the replies, very interesting!
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    Maternity Hospital, Newhall Street (?)

    Hi there, I've just had a very quick scan through the hospital threads and could not see a reference so thought I'd post an enquiry thread. I'm currently researching a person in my family tree who I've discovered was one of the Middlemore Home children sent to Canada under the mass emigration...
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    Fox Crescent, (off Fernley Road) Sparkhill

    Hi - somewhat of a longshot but thought I'd post an enquiry on the off-chance......wonder if anyone (or anyone's family) may have known of the 'Richards' family of no.8 Fox Crescent (off Fernley Road) Sparkhill (?) - I'm currently researching my maternal grandfather's family and this would...
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