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    Surgical Apprentice Hand

    This is the occupation of a relative in the 1939 Register. Does anyone have any ideas about what it means? maria
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    Visiting cat

    Several weeks ago a cat started to visit us, and we began (perhaps wrongly) to give her treats. Then, as she seemed so ravenous, we started to give her sachets of Sheba. We think she has a home somewhere, though we’re not experienced with cats, but she does seem to need food, and turns up at the...
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    Actor David Markham

    Not actually of Birmingham, but he spent time in Winson Green Prison as a Conscientious Objector during the Second World War. I was leafing through an anthology called 'Don't You Know There's A War On' by Jonathan Croall and found a chapter written by his wife Olive. It sounds pretty awful, but...
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    Inquest report

    Could someone remind me how to find the report of an inquest? An ancestor of my husband's was killed in an accident in Islington in 1928. I've found lots of newspaper reports of the accident, but we would like to know what actually happened. (That sounds a bit odd!)
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    Topsy Jane

    I'd never heard of this actress untill seeing "The Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner," in which she played the hero's girl friend, on television last night. She had a very sad life...
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    Jeremy Brett

    His mother was a Cadbury, and his first school was in Balsall Common (sounds like a small private school). https://www.jeremybrett.info/factfile.html Maria
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    Woman's Hour Serial This Week

    I've only heard the odd minute, but it seems to be about an Edwardian vegetarian man who is walking from Land's End to John O'Groats (or the other way round) to promote the vegetarian way of life. In this morning's episode, the Birmingham Vegetarian Association was mentioned, which as a...
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    Auntie Cakes

    My great-aunt in Stechford was always known as Auntie. (Her husband was always known as Uncle. I don't know why). She often used to make small cakes with coconut, or coconut fairy cakes. When my nephew was little, he used to call them "Auntie cakes." Did anyone else have a relative who gave...
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    Radio 4 Programme About Chamberlain And His Umbrella

    The symbolism of his umbrella changed in relation to events vis-a-vis Germany. https://bbc.in/2aTDxic
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    Programme About The Midlands

    https://bbc.in/1VjM1mo This is actually a radio programme. I've only heard today's, but previous episodes can be iPlayered. maria
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    NHS History

    I'm not sure if this is the right place, but I wondered if any one had seen this https://peopleshistorynhs.org/peoples-history-of-the-nhs/ They're asking for people's memories of the NHS. maria
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    Grand Casino Dance hall Corporation Street

    Not a night club, but I didn't know where else to post. This morning on Saturday Live (Radio 4) a Battle of Britain pilot who lives in Solihull was being interviewed. He said that he had met his wife in a dance hall in Corporation Street, and I wondered where it would have been. It was in 1943...
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    Mobile phone problem

    There's a text message I can't open, or rather there's the envelope sign on the screen and the inbox says there's one unread message, but the message doesn't seem to exist! It happened when I was receiving several messages from a friend who writes long ones, so they often arrive in two halves...
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    House history

    I would like to find out something about the house where I used to live. Can any one advise me on how to start? My parents moved into the house some time before 1954, not long before that, I think, and my mother's half- brother was born in the house next door in 1913. I'd like to find out when...
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    Photo with slight mystery

    This is one of many photos that have come down to me and I have no idea of the subjects or places. In this one I do know something; on the extreme right is my great-aunt, known as "Auntie," Lizzie Kemp, sometimes known as Dolly. She looks about 40 here, which would mean that the picture dates...
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    Judy Garland in Birmingham

    My apologies to you Maria, but instead of replying to your post enquiring when and where Judy Garland appeared in Birmingham, I accidentally replaced your post by my answer, and cannot reverse this. However I gave found a date as shown below: She apparently appeared at the Hippodrome ...
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    Dating photos

    Is there any one who could have a go at dating a couple of wedding group photos? I've got a good book by Jayne Shrimpton, but it isn't helping me. maria
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    Birmingham on Radio 4: Making History

    There was an interesting item about some lost paintings, and the School of Art: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05375l1 maria
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    Sunset Song, 1971

    Does any one remember this? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072570/ I remember seeing it and finding it very involving, but can't recall a lot about it, just one or two situations. All I can recall is Vivian Heilbron as the heroine. It's impossible to get hold of the DVD, apparently. The Lewis...
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    Birmingham Society for the Care of Invalid and Nervous Children

    I 'inherited' a tiny booklet which is partly a calendar from 1942 from this organisation. I'd never heard of it, so looked it up: https://pettrust.org.uk/archive/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:overview&catid=81&Itemid=120 Hope the link works. It sounds quite admirable. The...
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