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    Wilfred Albert Bedson

    Brilliant Louisa - Im off to try your leads - thank you
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    Wilfred Albert Bedson

    I would dearly love to go to Birmingham Library and trawl but I now live in Greece so a L O N G trip. Interesting about the subscription to Birmingham newspapers though, I’ll look into that. Thank you all for your input. You have the correct details re William. I understand William was ill...
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    Wilfred Albert Bedson

    The nearest I can get is 1940s Lyn which is a huge span. All relatives who may have provided details have now died so I have no sources other than my husbands memory.....
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    Wilfred Albert Bedson

    According to my husband his grandfather was something of a hero. He was a Birmingham tram driver who saved someones life (lying across the tram track) and was subsequently awarded a set of three leather bound works of Shakespeare by the then mayor of Birmingham. These books were originally...
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