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    CHRISTMAS SONGS AND VIDEOS

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    Digbeth Music Hall London Museum Music Hall

    The Arthur Lloyd site states it opened on 24 December 1863, but it was ready to open much earlier according to an earlier newspaper report..... It gained it's licences in late August.
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    The Last Post

    https://www.snopes.com/music/songs/taps.asp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Post
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    Birmingham Statue Campaign

    Another suggestion was to have King Kong back... ;)
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    Birmingham Statue Campaign

    Someone on the radio, yesterday, suggested that a wrecking ball and crane knocking down old buildings would be a very suitable to represent Birmingham.... Both unfunny & funny at the same time...
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    An unidentified object on a disused churchyard

    There's a very similar one on https://www.flickriver.com/photos/wilfy2007/5456389735/ The grave of Sarah Wrench (1833-1848), by the North wall of the chancel at St. Edmund's Church, East Mersea, Essex, is unusual for an English grave because it is covered by a mortsafe, a protective cage used...
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    Clothes & shoes of yesteryear

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    Help finding my Uncle

    Sorry TAY.... I'm still at a loss to know the answer to most of my questions above. None of my Cousins have any information on this part of the family..... Joe died around 1970, (can't remember off-hand) then the family went to live in Australia. Whether they all went, i've no idea. I'll look...
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    Searching for a street or building....

    Cheers for that. :courage: I have used that site before and it'll be very helpful for most of what i want,.. i think? lol BiLL
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    Searching for a street or building....

    Thanks for the info. I'll use FMP once i get all the info together for what i'm looking for. :courage: Thanks again! BiLL
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    Searching for a street or building....

    Cheers Sue... I've already used the Electoral roll site, which helps a lot. I'm looking for places in 1891, 1901 & 1911 mainly. Not all in Birmingham, but most are. I just assumed there'd be a breakdown of this information somewhere, at least. I'll probably transcribe it all myself then post it...
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    Searching for a street or building....

    Is there an easier way to search for a street or building in the Census's rather than ploughing through endless pages....? I'm using the Census Summary Books on Ancestry to narrow them down, obviously a 'name' would help, but i'm not doing that sort of research. For Birmingham, you could have...
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    The William Tyler at the Yew Tree

    Hiya kids.... ;) I received an answer from J D Wetherspoon today about why the pub is being called 'William Tyler'. "Farming was the way of life in Yardley into the early twentieth century. The centuries-old trade of tile making was first carried out by farmers and also lasted into...
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    The William Tyler at the Yew Tree

    Sorry.... My first attempt with a photo' since the new way.... It's just a map from the book i referred to..... :friendly_wink:
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    The William Tyler at the Yew Tree

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    The William Tyler at the Yew Tree

    This is from "Acocks Green History Society" & where the name possibly comes from.... Brick and tile making in Yardley The standard work on early Yardley is Victor Skipp’s Medieval Yardley. This is an extract from chapter 19: Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century Crafts, with associated...
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    The Sydenham Golden Hillock Road

    I'm looking for more information around the time Frank and Gaynor ??????? ran it.....
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    The Sydenham Golden Hillock Road

    Hi Phil, that photo' is one that i found..... Still can't find one later. Morturn... Do you remember a barmaid in there, name of Carole Baker? Just wonderin'.
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    Brummie sayings & language

    My Mom used the word 'Blart' or 'Blarting' for someone crying.... Looking for it on a search engine, it means something completely different. There's a mention of it meaning crying up north....... She ain't never been there though. :)
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    Marlborough Park (Recreation ground)

    You got it Col..... Everyone i talk to knows it as "Blakesley Park" (Blakesley school park, etc). It baffled me as to why someone from the council didn't even know where it was. :)
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