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Recent content by kazhutt11

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    Birmingham Evening Mail Garage

    Back in the late 1970's my Dad worked as a mechanic for the Evening Mail, I cannot for the life of me remember the road it was located on, it was somewhere behind Aston University I believe, but this could be wrong. I can see the building quite clearly in my mind as Mom would drive into town and...
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    Nursery at Tyburn

    Hello, we are distantly related I believe, my mother is Sandra Graham and Ada's child!!!!! I have pictures of your family I believe given to me my another branch. Small world and nice to connect with you.
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    Nursery at Tyburn

    Thank you for replying, the family name was Hill!!!! What a small world.
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    Nursery at Tyburn

    Thanks for the reply. James was born in Theberton Suffolk, I presume he moved for work purposes, I very much doubt too he owned the nursery, he may never have had anything to do with the place either, but family say that the Hill family lived in the cottages just outside of Humberstone Road...
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    Nursery at Tyburn

    My great grandmother Florence was living there when she had her child and family in 1897, the map I believe covers 1888-1913, that's what it says when I look at it and of course I would not know them as I wasn't born until the 60's and Florence died in the 50's.I have a vague memory of some...
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    Nursery at Tyburn

    This is a long shot but I am looking for information on a nursery that was at Tyburn, it is marked on an old map and I vaguely remember the cottages being at the end of Humberstone Road Pye Hayes when I was a child, my Mom and her family lived on Humberstone Road for a number of years. I think a...
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    Granville Street Ladywood

    I have replied on another quote, Angelique is no longer in the West Mids, she lives down south towards London. I am Karen, John's oldest daughter, Dad was a mechanic by trade, he worked at a few garages in his time and a well known car plant before moving to the Evening Mail as a mechanic for...
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    St Chads Schools

    Hi this is a long shot, he is still around as is Doreen his wife and Angelique his daughter. My Dad was one of the brothers from Granville Street, John, I think he worked at Watsons as well when I was young, before eventually working for the Birmingham Mail as well, three of the brothers worked...
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