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Hello, does anybody have any info on the Spears factory in Great Hampton Row. As this is my surname and today i found a film about the fire in 1959, i would be interested if anyone knew anything about it. i realise most of you wont be old enough to remember 1959 but its worth a try. many...
Hello, I wonder if this is the right forum for a start but Im wondering how I can find out which part of the Royal Warwickshire regiment my gt granfather was in. He was born in 1891, would he have been too old to be in WWII, did the Warks regiment exist in WWII. My granddad said he went to...
Hello, has anyone heard of a pub called the Fountain that was in Nechells/Aston. I was talking to my grandad today and he said his aunt used to run it, her name was Lily, but not sure how many years ago. Grandad used to live in Lupin St so I'm not sure if it was by there, can't find Lupin St...
Does anyone have any more information of licensee Joseph Brendan Burke and wife of the Dog and Partridge, Birchall St/Moseley St around 1963 - 1965?
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for family interest
Hello, can anybody date this photo of George Arthur and Theresa Howell, my gt grandparents (on left) and their daughter Olive's parents-in-laws, Mr and Mrs Harvey. George and Theresa born roughly 1890's.
Thanks
Donna
Does anyone remember Aston Church Road in the 1960's? As you come down from the lights at Washwood Heath Road, keep on the left hand side and just past Taronis, was there a little pub that looked like a house or was it a house that people used to drink in? I have memories of standing outside...
Does anyone have any info on Spears family, big in Aston/Nechells/Saltley area, especially pub at traffic lights Aston Church Road/swimming baths?
Thanks
Surname interests: Joyner, Howell, Stokes
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