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  1. johndavies

    Vanishing printer ink

    I bought a Lexmark S500 wireless printer 9 months ago and have used it little since then. Just BW documents and a maximum of 20 pages and certainly no printing of photographs. Yesterday I was suprised to see that the printer was reporting low ink on black and megenta cartridges and the...
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    Pte WE Savill

    My great uncle was not a Birmingham man but I would be grateful for some advice on how I could find out more about him. I have been extremely lucky in tracing my mothers ancestry back to 1652 and I now wish to find some background information on certain members of the tree. He is commemorated...
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    Your Claim To Fame

    Having worked in Childrens hospitals most of my working life I had the pleasure of meeting many celebrities. There were many, but those that come to mind are: The Duke of Edinburgh* Princess Margaret* Princess Diana* Kojak Victor Bruno* Steve Davies* Jasper Carrot* UB40* Nobby Stiles Bobby...
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    Taylor Martha and George James Davies

    This is one frustrating mystery. Martha Taylor and George Davies were the parents of my father John Louis Samuel Davies born in November 1919. I have traced the lineage of his parents but what happened to Martha and George is an absolute mystery. I know they were resident in Dawlish Road Selly...
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    ‘Bomb’ Collection Box Bull Ring

    Many years ago (about 50) my father regulary took me to the Bullring. I always remember the walls surrounding the Bullring having a coliseum like appearance.Just inside the entrance was a defused WW2 bomb. I have looked at many photograps of the "ring" but cannot see any that agree with my...
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    Trinity road Birchfields B6

    I lived in Trinity Road until 1961. Large Victorian/Edwardian houses, three storeys high and huge cellars. the fun we had in that cellar...until my dad made up a story about a butler hanging himself there, we never ventured down those stone steps again. I have been unable to find any information...
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