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hi aggie
check the hotels on hagley road edgbaston one old smithy and the ajoing hotel the grove are combined
and the rowland family live at the back of the hotels on city road its a big house
and before then he was a steward at the kings norton social club up at cotteridge and before that the staggs head summer lane before buying the hotel called the grove and as years rolled by he bought the next door which was called old smithy
in the seventys the irish chap whom ran old smithy went through a bad financial times bryan bought him out
but there was talk within the circle of friends whom he took over from the kings norton club which is oppersite the cotteridge working man club in cotteridge
and with the family of his own his daughters are grown up with there own family and they was taking over and he was contemplating going to the isle of white for his retirement so look up 192 as suggested and ring those numbers for possible contact i am sure the family still live in the house facing city rd edgbaston ; best of luck Astonian;;
check the hotels on hagley road edgbaston one old smithy and the ajoing hotel the grove are combined
and the rowland family live at the back of the hotels on city road its a big house
and before then he was a steward at the kings norton social club up at cotteridge and before that the staggs head summer lane before buying the hotel called the grove and as years rolled by he bought the next door which was called old smithy
in the seventys the irish chap whom ran old smithy went through a bad financial times bryan bought him out
but there was talk within the circle of friends whom he took over from the kings norton club which is oppersite the cotteridge working man club in cotteridge
and with the family of his own his daughters are grown up with there own family and they was taking over and he was contemplating going to the isle of white for his retirement so look up 192 as suggested and ring those numbers for possible contact i am sure the family still live in the house facing city rd edgbaston ; best of luck Astonian;;
