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    Metallic Bird Cage Makers:

    I'm certainly interested in any info on Birmingham birdcage makers. My wifes family ran A stokes & Co of Legge St, Aston. Rumour has it they made very grand cages, but we have no proof. Although we do know that when one of the owners died in 1934, he was wealthy enough to leave over £20,000 in...
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    Fairfield House School

    I have attached a school photo of my father -in-law at Fairfield House School in about 1913. Can anyone give me any more information about the place ? I believe it was in Church Road , Yardley, which was where he lived. Does anywhere hold archives of such schools ? I imagine it was a private...
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    A. Stokes & Co - Legge Street, Birdcage Manufacturers

    Thanks for all the additional info. I do not believe the screw manufacturers were linked to the birdcage manufacturers, I think that the screw company were taken over by gkn at some point. My reasons for believing there is no connection is that the father of the founders of the birdcage business...
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    A. Stokes & Co - Legge Street, Birdcage Manufacturers

    I'm trying to find out more information on A. Stokes & Co, metallic birdcage manufacturers of 75 Legge Street, Gosta Green. They operated from at least as early as 1890 until the 1960s (judging by phone book entries). They were initially run by Alfred Stokes who later took his brother George...
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