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      MWS reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Just visiting - short, between-digs, temporary stay - longer term arrangement?? Who knows? I wonder if that was it and he was back in...
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      MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
      That was my guess until I raised the other house had different surnames. At least we have her on Harborne Road as Chris thought.
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      MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
      So definite proof that Rose did live on Harborne Road for a time. Shame about the number. I'd favour 413, partly because if it was...
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      MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
      413 both before and after the war. As MWS said it is unfortunate that no erolls or records exist during the war to help us know when...
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      MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
      The reason for asking first was that the address is not entirely clear as you can see on the attached. As a matter of interest I also...
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      MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
      I just can't see Rose on any record living on Harborne Road. From 1921 onwards she is at 10 Wheeleys Road and then at 18 Pereira Road...
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      MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
      chris never worry about us getting fed up or bored of helping out...your brother did so well given his limited resources and you have...
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      MWS reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
      MWS, thanks for those comments. I have to say that I am deeply conscious of the effort and interest shown by you, Janice, Lyn and others...
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      MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
      I don't mind tangents. If requests get a bit more involved I sometimes do a bit of a tree to keep track of people and then if I find...
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      MWS reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
      I'm sorry that it looks as though I have led you off on another tangent by mention of my great aunt, Rose! (I just don't know why so...
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      MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
      I don't know why she was there but I still think it's a possibility. The year is wrong but the month of birth matches the reg. and she...
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      MWS reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
      As promised, a brief note to explain where Sarah Rose Myers "Auntie Rose" fits into my family history picture. A timeline: 1832 -birth...
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      MWS replied to the thread Cemetery - nearest to Deritend.
      I'd guess the tannery came later. It says in the articles that a plan of the land may be seen... I wonder if that plan still exists...
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      MWS reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Cemetery - nearest to Deritend with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Always in favour of reviving old threads Pen. Thanks. Going on your info, I wonder if this was it ? A burial ground not actually on...
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      MWS reacted to Lady Penelope's post in the thread Cemetery - nearest to Deritend with Appreciate Appreciate.
      No sign of the chapel or the 'pleasant little hamlet' mentioned in Viv's cutting. It couldn't have been very salubrious being next to...
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