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    Blakesley Hall

    My Great Grandfather, Joseph Whiles lived in Blakesley Hall as a tenant farmer and I finally visited the house, now a museum of course some 15 years ago. Strange to think that my grandfather, Thomas, his son ran around those corridors about 1870 onwards. This was Joseph (b. 1816) probably aged...
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    Blakesley Hall

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    Chapman Road Small Heath

    Thanks very much Viv
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    Chapman Road Small Heath

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    Chapman Road Small Heath

    The entry from Kelly's is so interesting. My Great Grandfather and my Great Great Grandfather were mentioned in Birmingham trade and business directories as running their business from 34 Congreve St from the early 1800s. I believe that one of my Great grandfather's businesses was a tavern...
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    Chapman Road Small Heath

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    Chapman Road Small Heath

    Thank you for the map. You have pin-pointed the site of my Grandfather's shop very clearly. He was a very well known figure: he was well educated and played the piano wonderfully. He was also an immensely talented artist. He lived with us at 22 until he died when I was 3: I remember the...
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    Chapman Road Small Heath

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    Chapman Road Small Heath

    Many thanks to everyone who provided these fascinating entries! So kind of you! I will reply individually too. Regards Val W
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    Chapman Road Small Heath

    Many thanks for this! It's closer than I've ever reached before...! The aerial view is difficult for me to tie in with very old memories as I am not a spring chicken any more! I wasn't born in 1940... When the shop was bombed in 1940, my father took his dad down Chapman Road and literally...
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    Chapman Road Small Heath

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    Chapman Road Small Heath

    Yes. I can confirm that it was 353 Coventry Road. The name was Thomas G Whiles. Actually, his father Joseph Whiles, my great grandfather, had the tenancy of Blakesley Hall and my grandfather lived there as a child! I contacted Blakesley Hall some 15 years ago and had a conducted tour of the...
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    Chapman Road Small Heath

    Have you any photos of Small Heath? My grandfather had his butchers shop on the corner of Chapman road until it was bombed in 1940. It i think 353 Coventry Road. I'd reallly love to have a picture of it! I was born in Chapman Road and lived with my family there at no. 22 and then No 19. Any...
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