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  1. Barbinoz

    Saltley / Duddeston & Nechells Area

    Thanks for this, Graham runs an amazing page on Facebook, a wealth of information about Birmingham. Search for Birmingham Old Prints, Photographs and Maps 1600-1900's
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    Borough Lunatic Asylum All Saints 1851

    Thank you Rosie, most of my family were interred in Yardley, a new cemetery for me to explore, digitally!
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    Borough Lunatic Asylum All Saints 1851

    Thank you Rosie, no I didn't, so he only there a few days! I knew he was at home on the 1851 census. I wouldn't imagine he has a head stone but it's good to know where the bodies from St Thomas' went to Warstone Lane. I was Googling and his problem could have come from a virus. Cheers Barb
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    Borough Lunatic Asylum All Saints 1851

    Thank you Janice, sadly most of the links are no longer valid. I did a search before I asked but there doesn't seem to be any concrete answer for anyone who lives abroad. From what I can make out, I think the Central Library holds what records there are but they aren't all catalogued. Thanks...
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    Borough Lunatic Asylum All Saints 1851

    Hoping someone can tell me where I can apply to access any available records for my 3rd Great Grandfather Thomas Turner. I've recently found out that he died in the Lunatic Asylum 1/12 /1851. I've been trying for years to narrow down when he died and then his burial record for St Thomas popped...
  6. Barbinoz

    sayings

    haha! It was you look like wreck of the Hesperus, I like your Nan's version best! It was from a poem by Henry Longfellow about a ship in a storm a sea. My Dad used to say all of those and "so and so looks like a bag of muck tied in the middle" and "straight up and down like a yard of...
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    sayings

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    sayings

    Lady P, we're certainly not thick! Here's what researchers reckon the original productions of Shakespeare would have sounded like: To me it sounds like a West Country accent, I found I liked it better than the plays I saw in Stratford in the late 60s! Who really knows, I'll just stick...
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    sayings

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This made me smile Lady P! Living in Australia and having a Midlands Accent (Coventry) I've often said that Shakespeare talked like me, I get funny looks from some! ;)
  10. Barbinoz

    Mortimer Dent

    Thank you so much Janice I can pass these on to my cousin, I'm sure she'll find them very interesting, she was very fond of Richard Warren (I just realised I've called him Jones!) He was like a big brother to her. I'd seen the other family trees too, I think they're related to the wife, Doris...
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    Mortimer Dent

    Thank you for that Janice, yes I'm on Ancestry but I only have the basic UK subscription. So that address is great, I looked on Google Earth and the house is very large and well appointed with a big garden, not as grand as my other cousin imagined! I can now show her what it looks like. I...
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    Mortimer Dent

    Hi everyone, I've just found out some new information about a 2nd cousin and his wife, Richard Jones and Evelyn M Dent. They married in 1946 and she was the daughter of Mortimer Dent who had a string of Picture Theatres in and around the Birmingham. The info I have (verbally) is that the...
  13. Barbinoz

    They Were Caught In Our Old Street Pics...

    What a great pic, as you say they all look so proud and smart! My maternal Granddad, Herbert Allen worked for them for many years starting off as an engine cleaner at the age of 13, working up to tram driving, which he did until his death at the age of 60 in 1935. He would have been around 34...
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    R.I.P Dennis

    So sorry to hear this RIP Dennis, sending my sincere condolences to his family and friends xx
  15. Barbinoz

    They Were Caught In Our Old Street Pics...

    Gee thanks Mohawk! Now I've got "I'm leaning on the lamp-post at the corner of the street in case a certain little lady goes by" in my head! Hope you have too! :tongue: LOL Love this thread, Mainly because I'm a nosey person!
  16. Barbinoz

    Brummie sayings & language

    Wow What a woman, 102, that's a marvellous innings! My Dad - if he'd have lived would have been 100 this May last. So he's have been the generation after you Nan. Great memories xx
  17. Barbinoz

    Brummie sayings & language

    Hi Dennis, I've only ever heard my Dad say that, I thought it was one he'd made up! I think it must have had a more innocent meaning in those days ( 50 odd years ago) as the worst my Dad ever said was "bloody"! He also used to call Brum the "Holy City - more Holey than righteous" in...
  18. Barbinoz

    Brummie Children Trip To The Sea, With Views Of Brum

    Thanks Wendy! I just sat and watched this film and really enjoyed it! I would have been the same age as the older children on the trip. I grew up in Coventry and never really saw housing like these kids came from even though there were areas of Coventry as poor. I loved seeing how these kids...
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    They Were Caught In Our Old Street Pics...

    Great idea for a thread, enjoying it thanks!
  20. Barbinoz

    My Partner Tony

    So sorry to hear of your loss, sincere condolences and may you find comfort in your wonderful memories. It's great you and your friend can enjoy a holiday together. I'm sure Tony would be happy to see you have such a lovely friend to support you xx
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