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    Cafes in and around Birmingham

    hi does anyone remember burns cafe 1676 bristol road south rednal, it was my grandparents transport cafe and used to have all the lorry and car drivers in from the longbridge plant in the early sixties
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    Cowdrill

    hi claire will double check my info i believe hetty,etty and esther are one and the same just variants of name i have a marriage date for joseph and esther marriage has 23 sep 1832 at st martins church birmingham kim
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    Cowdrill

    hi claire, just seen your post you have contacted me on ancestry but not sure if u go my repliy the cowdrill i have in my family is by marriage my gt gt grandmothers first husband was william cowdrill born 1849 his parents were joseph cowdrill 1812 to 1870 and esther bennett 1813 to 1876 kim
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    Cornish Bros Corporation St & New St

    hi everyone, have been going through some old post cards addressed to my gt grandmather at cornish brothers was wondering if anyone had any info on cornish brothers believe it may have been bookshop early 1918 many thanks kim
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    red lion lancaster st

    hi can anyone help me i have just found this to be an address of my gt gt gt gt grandparents was wondering if anyone had pic of this pub or any info, the address from 1891 census 30 1/2 lancaster st red lion john and mary ann hill
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    Gaskell and Chambers

    hi my grandfather worked there for many years has a bar fitter i know he was there in 1936 it was on marriage cert his name was michael burns known has frank does anyone know him kim
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    pub in Cuckoo Road Aston

    thanks peter
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    pub in Cuckoo Road Aston

    hi its me again does anyone know the name of the pub on cuckoo rd according to 1901 census address listed 62,3,4. cuckcoo rd pub manager was elizabeth lloyd many thanks kim
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    looking for pub name

    hi thanks for the information and pics its a great help, my gt gt grandfather was samuel lloyd wife elizabeth and were there in 1891 accordinding to census. another of my relatives lived in moland st court19 house2 michael burns a shoemaker
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    looking for pub name

    hi i am trying to find the name of a pub that was at 81 aston st has my gt gt grandparents were the publicans there and would love to find pic if i could can anyone help kim
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