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  1. changinman1

    Walter Collins and the Beet family

    Tragic ...I dont know the people that you are referring to , i just know that my grandad was involved.
  2. changinman1

    Hi can some kind person colourise this please of my grandad 4th from left top row please

    Well what can I say this is stunning , and looks way more realistic than the original black and white version of mine , thanks for taking the time to do this for me.
  3. changinman1

    Hi can some kind person colourise this please of my grandad 4th from left top row please

    You are spot on , this is a photo of a photo and even your version is better than mine so thankyou so so much for this and the advice .
  4. changinman1

    Hi can some kind person colourise this please of my grandad 4th from left top row please

    Hi its the warwickshire
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    Hi can some kind person colourise this please of my grandad 4th from left top row please

  6. changinman1

    PRESSBURGERS TAILERS BRISTOL ST

    nothing to do with mods tbh , the coventry scene was SKA .
  7. changinman1

    PRESSBURGERS TAILERS BRISTOL ST

    yes i was
  8. changinman1

    PRESSBURGERS TAILERS BRISTOL ST

    Thye were proper characters the guys in that shop .
  9. changinman1

    PRESSBURGERS TAILERS BRISTOL ST

    Thye must have disappeared early to mid 90s then i guess
  10. changinman1

    PRESSBURGERS TAILERS BRISTOL ST

    No from 1979 up unti lthe mid 1980s there was a massive mod revival and bands including people like Paul Weller.
  11. changinman1

    Text translation

    You are right yes demographics change , and people and money move around .
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    Text translation

    Hi Janice ....and is that condition linked to coma then ?? , thats actually a good shout , thankyou , it does make sense , its like the inability to carry on living or wanting to live and exhaustion from lack of nourishment ....hard to believe for someone from knowle its an affluent area ...
  13. changinman1

    Text translation

    Hi I have a death certificate that I’m trying to understand and not my family but it’s bugging me , what is the word before coma please , I can’t make it out
  14. changinman1

    Walter Collins and the Beet family

    thanks Reg ...very young to die ...all of them REST IN PEACE
  15. changinman1

    Tideswell Road /Thornbridge Avenue - Great Barr

    she lived at 21 Tideswell Road
  16. changinman1

    Tideswell Road /Thornbridge Avenue - Great Barr

    Her name was Evelyn Pursall
  17. changinman1

    Winson Green Mental Hospital And Rubery Hill Asylum

    Hi can I ask you how you found all of this info as I have a great great grandfather who died in Rubery hill hospital and I’m trying to get any info on how he died and why he was admitted, thanks
  18. changinman1

    Winson Green Prison

    Hi Iv found out that one of my paternal grandfathers Joseph Field was transferred from Winson Green on April 7th 1897 to Rubery Hill asylum, he died in there in 1890 but what I need to know is why he was in winson green in the first place . ???
  19. changinman1

    Rubery Hill Asylum Hospital

    Hi ye it was a long shot but hey not to worry.
  20. changinman1

    Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force WW1

    oh Janice thankyou for this info , so basically he ticked the box like a lot probably did at that time , im guessing it was compulsory .
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