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    flossiefoster replied to the thread Olton Mill.
    Thank you so much, Jukebox, for that. I have always puzzled over the Olton Mill and the Lode Heath Pleck which I believe was somewhere...
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    flossiefoster reacted to jukebox's post in the thread Olton Mill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I don't think this windmill has any connection with the Lode Lane mill shown in post #10. The layout of the land is wrong as the area...
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    flossiefoster replied to the thread Olton Mill.
    Thanks, Lyn:sun:
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    flossiefoster replied to the thread Olton Mill.
    You're very welcome, Lyn. Thanks for your interest.
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    flossiefoster replied to the thread Olton Mill.
    Thank you for your prompt reply. I have a photo (the windmill building is in better shape but it doesn't have sails) but there is no...
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    flossiefoster replied to the thread Olton Mill.
    Mikejee: The photo of Olton Mill submitted by MBenne on 2nd September 2019 was posted a long time ago, I know. Do you have a date...
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    flossiefoster reacted to Elmdon Boy's post in the thread Olton Mill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A friend of mine lives in Bramcote Drive, I bet his unaware that on the corner was an old mill. I will tell him when I next see him, and...
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    flossiefoster reacted to robert's post in the thread Olton Mill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thanks Mike pass that place every day.
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    flossiefoster reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Olton Mill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here Robert
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    flossiefoster replied to the thread Olton Mill.
    An excellent map. Thank you.
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    flossiefoster reacted to Phil's post in the thread Olton Mill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The Mill Pool and Spinney is still across the road, I think the Olton Scout group have a hut there.
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    flossiefoster replied to the thread Olton Mill.
    MBenne: do you have a date when this photo was taken?
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    flossiefoster reacted to mbenne's post in the thread Olton Mill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Picture taken from a differnt angle facing up the road towards the canal bridge on Lode Lane
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    flossiefoster replied to the thread Olton Mill.
    My 4xgreat grandmother Hannah Morton (nee Gossage b1794)) lived here in the early 1800s with her husband (John Morton) who was a miller...
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    flossiefoster reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Olton Mill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Olton Mill near Solihull, Warwickshire, creator: Bernard Moore. 1897. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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