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    The Bell Marston Green.

    Hi would you have any photos of the bell inside or out from then and bell lane itself as i live d on bell lane for a long time thanks
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    Bundy clocks around Birmingham

    Yes i grew up on Bell lane and there was definitely one there just before the malthouse pub other side of road st giles road
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    Arthur Ilsley Gunmaker born 1891 i think

    Hi all , im hoping that some of you good people can help me with this one ,I lost my dad in 2024 and my parents had lived in the same house since 1968 and now its just mom left there . Shes been talking lately about the fact that they never took one photo of the house when they moved in because...
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    Co-op High Street Birmingham

    Well we must know each other then as that’s when I worked there for Bob Marston in about 82-84 my name is Karl
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    Co-op High Street Birmingham

    Hi thats amazed me that someone actually remembers him, can I ask you how you knew him please and if you have any stories / anecdotes about him or any background information on him or anyone that worked for him. Thankyou .
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    Co-op High Street Birmingham

    Does anyone remember the meat processing factory manager George Izatt , this was probably early 1980,s , he was Scottish , he interviewed me for a butchery apprentice role which I got , he was a very scary character to me as an 18 year old.
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    Wiseman’s Plumbers

    Hello everyone , i’m unfortunately writing a eulogy for my dear dad and i know he started his working life as an apprentice plumber for wiseman’s , would anyone know which street it was on please .
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    Birmingham Co-op Belmont Row

    What a fantastic story - I used to work for the coop back in the early 80,s so this is close to my heart , I love hearing actual workplace stories from days gone by , it fascinates me, I worked for a while at the start of my butchery apprenticeship at Albert street...happy days ...keep the...
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    Rubery Hill Asylum Hospital

    IF MY GT GT GRANDAD DIED IN RUBERY HILL WHERE WOULD HE BE BURIED ?
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    Rubery Hill Asylum Hospital

    Hi Janice , where would I find out where Joseph Field is buried please ?
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    Rubery Hill Asylum Hospital

    I got the info from Birmingham central library for my grandfather who was admitted there
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    Walter Collins and the Beet family

    Hi im the grandson of Charles Field and in the newspaper reports which ive got prints of he tried to climb a ladder to get into the burning bedroom window but failed , I didnt really know my grandad as I was very young when he passed away and he never really spoke about it to any of the family.
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    Rubery Hill Asylum Hospital

    I deffo will let you know , thanks
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    Rubery Hill Asylum Hospital

    you so great ,,,,,thankyou
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    Rubery Hill Asylum Hospital

    thankyou janice that would be very interesting if we could find out if they are available
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