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    Keith R reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread new electoral rolls on ancestry for birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    From September issue. Who Do You Think You Are.
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    Keith R replied to the thread forum problem.
    Had it earlier on PC....but tried now on tablet and OK.
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    Keith R replied to the thread Scott Arms, Great Barr.
    I wonder if Mr Day was the landlord of the cottages?
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    Keith R replied to the thread Yardley Cemetery Plot Map.
    I had this merry go around last year.Searched on their site and told me they were at Yardley so went to Brum library and found...
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    Keith R replied to the thread Scott Arms, Great Barr.
    From around 1860 up to the mid 1920's my wifes 3x Grandparents lived next door to Scott Arms in the Days Building which was a row of...
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    Keith R reacted to MWS's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The further you go back the greater the likelihood of that being the case, especially in the poorer parts of cities and towns. People...
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    Keith R reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Air Raid Precautions (ARP) records WW2 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The letters SP (stirrup pump) are still visible on the wall of a house in Endmore Grove, Erdington.
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    Keith R replied to the thread Jamaica Row.
    Up until recently there was a small road called " The Darkies" in Northfield. it was originally an alleyway that ran from Woodland Road...
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    Keith R reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Jamaica Row with Appreciate Appreciate.
    “I wonder if the Political Correct Gang would allow Sambo to be called Sambo even though Sambo was as white as the driven snow and a...
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    Keith R reacted to Genmac1's post in the thread Linotype operator with Appreciate Appreciate.
    My brother was trained as an apprentice Mono Type Setter at K & J's in West Bromwich and went to night school at Birmingham School of...
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    Keith R reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread Linotype operator with Appreciate Appreciate.
    That's an excellent description, Dionysus! My scout master was a printers' engineer and took a small party of us round the print shop...
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    Keith R reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Linotype operator with Appreciate Appreciate.
    At the post and mail 1the lino operattors sat there duly typing away with a lump of lead on achain at the back of there machines . They...
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    Keith R replied to the thread Linotype operator.
    As kids you could use John Bull sets and play at printing..... Linotype was Hot Metal setting but when I was apprentice from 1968 the...
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    Keith R reacted to NoddKD's post in the thread Linotype operator with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Is letterpress printing in use or has that died out? NoddKD. Briefly a machine minder apprentice.
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    Keith R reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread Linotype operator with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Linotype operator Linotype machines were used by newspapers and magazines for typesetting from the late 19th century until the 1980s...
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