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Thomas Wilkes - Grocer - Beech Lanes

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Simon68

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Hi there,

Yet again I seem to be drawn to Birmingham tokens in my daily wheeling and dealing, probably, in my personal opinion, because Birmingham had the best engravers, medallists, diesinkers etc over the course of time.

Anyway, I now have this great 1 shilling token of Thomas Wilkes, a grocer, from Beech Lanes, which I can only track down to the Harborne area of Birmingham.

Would anyone be able to do a directory look up for this tradesman please.

Regards

Simon
 

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AT the moment he is not coming up on a directory search. Drawing blank on his name in Beech Lanes
 
hi simon are you certain its beech lanes birmingham and i dont surpose you have any idea of the date of the token ?

lyn
 
probably just coinsidence but ive found a thomas wilkes in clark st rotton park which i think is not that far from hagley road on the 1901 ..shopkeeper/grocer

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MWS said:
Annie Wilkes, who appears to be the wife of Thomas above is listed at Beech Lanes on the 1921 census, she is listed as a shopkeeper. Beech Lanes is listed under Kings Norton/Smethwick which seems to cover a large area in 1921.
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so it looks like the thomas wilkes on my 1901 is our man mark....great...could be thomas has died by 1921

lyn
 
Annie appears to be alone and listed as married.

Thomas appears to still be at Clark St listed as a grocer, also alone and married.
 
Thomas was still alive in 1939 (dies 1942), he is listed at 251 house and shop Hagley Road West, which I presume would have been the Beech Lanes address where Annie was in 1921.

He is with a daughter and a William Turner who she subsequently marries.
 
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