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    Prince of Wales Angelina street

    For anyone else researching this pub or its publicans: My great grandfather was Harry Webb who died at the pub in 1917. His father was Frederick Webb. His wife, Catherine, continued to run the pub after Fred died.
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    The Swan Yardley

    My ancestor, William Starling and his daughter Sophia (my great grandmother) ran the Swan in the late 1800s. Sophia sang at the opening of the remodeled pub. This is the newspaper advertisement for when they took it over: Lot 1 – “The Swan Inn” Coventry Road, Yardley,- all that valuable...
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