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    Makeshift Row, Handsworth

    Now all I need is an old map :) Can anyone recommend one?
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    Makeshift Row, Handsworth

    You are stars! it doesn't sound quite so shanty-town like now
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    Makeshift Row, Handsworth

    Hi Lyn, Annoyingly he disappears until the 1861 census when the family reappears in Manchester. There is a mention in the 1851 census of a William Squires, which might be his father, but the dates don't match at all closely. I believe he was living in Sand Street, Birmingham in 1849
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    Makeshift Row, Handsworth

    Hi Everyone, I had an ancestor, William Squire, or Squires, who was listed as living at Makeshift Row in Handsworth in 1841, and I was wondering whether anyone knew anything about this area? It sounds to me like a temporary settlement? Could it be associated with the Soho works? At the time...
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