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    The Kingstanding

    Well bu**er me! That's 10 minutes walk away, opposite the Police Station
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    Ernest Malin

    Mom has Ernest's war records, he wasn't in Greece. He was sent to France mid-1916 (the Somme I believe), and was invalided out towards the end of that year following injury. Then, as you say, he died in 1918 from Influenza contracted during the epidemic.
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    The Kingstanding

    How the hell have I never noticed that in the last 30+ years? Do you know if it was filled in completely? Are there any pictures of inside? I'm into my WWII history.
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    The Kingstanding

    I live not far from here and I agree, it's gone to rack and ruin. There was a lot of talk surrounding the pub arson attack and the supermarket planning request being declined just days before - coincidence maybe? The whole precinct is, and always was, an eyesore. Most of the leases have now...
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    Great Barr Colony

    Yes it is true. I believe it was around 1960-ish and around Halloween time. Cynthia Stride was apparently the victim, she lived on Queslett Road just a few houses away from the main entrance.
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    Ernest Malin

    Janmal, I have sent you a message. I am the grandson of Leonard, b.1910. Ernest has proven rather elusive in our efforts to trace his roots so it would be good to swap info.
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