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  1. shavedfish49

    Help with absent voter please.

    I've found a relative on the absent voter list of 1918 and I don't understand the associated acronyms: "Driver 5th A. Aux, A.S.C." Can anyone decipher that please?
  2. shavedfish49

    Not all were heroes!

    An interesting story revealed itself when I was researching my family's name during WWI. My grandfather, who died before I was born, was a bit of a 'B' to my father and his siblings and I always thought he was a big tough-guy sort of bloke. Now I think he was just a bully. I found he joined...
  3. shavedfish49

    The Broadway

    My wife used to live a few doors away from the Broadway pub in Belchers Lane before moving to Sheldon. Her grandfather resided at the house for about 50 years and the Broadway was his second home! Does anyone have any old photos please?
  4. shavedfish49

    Great Lister Street and surrounding streets.

    Some time ago I spent several hours at the Central Library copying the 1889 map of Birmingham onto A3 sheets. Areas covered were Gosta Green, Great Lister Street and surrounding streets and east to Alum Rock Road. It's helped me with my genealogy finding correct place names like Lister Square...
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    William Manton, Saltley Hairdresser 1861-91.

    My g/g/grandfather WILLIAM MANTON was a hairdresser on the census for 1861 and 1871 at High Street, Saltley, and Alum Rock Road in 1881 and 1891. Can anyone confirm these details for me as I have no access to trade directories. Was he still there in 1895? Many thanks.
  6. shavedfish49

    St Matthews school, Duddeston (Nechells) Newbie!

    Hi everyone I'm new to the site. I'm looking for pics of my first school St Matthews, Lupin Street, across the road from the church of the same name. Can still remember those large fireplaces roaring with coke fires in the early 50s. I was born and brought up in Godwin Street, Ashted off Gt...
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