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    MWS reacted to kt_brum's post in the thread 1920 -1948/49 Gertrude Lomas/ Walter Rawlins with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thank you so much for this information and your time. Very much appreciated.
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread 1920 -1948/49 Gertrude Lomas/ Walter Rawlins with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Not sure if the helps or not but.... Death registered 1947 March qtr Birmingham for Walter Rawlins aged 68 Buried Yardley Feb 1947...
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    I think you do have the wrong Walter and Hilda. I think your Hilda was the daughter of a Walter John Rawlins and an Emily...
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    All the info I posted in post #33 appears to be correct. Apart from Phyllis, Walter and Gertrude had twin sons born in 1920 - Norman...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Certificates General Register Office with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Prices seem to have gone up at the end of May. (edited as I originally typed June - two minds whether to put "end of" or "start of")...
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    MWS reacted to williamjukes's post in the thread Certificates General Register Office with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think the price increase was within the last few weeks. I did read about this on one of my genealogy FB groups. I ordered a digital...
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    MWS replied to the thread Certificates General Register Office.
    Prices appear to have gone up for certificates from the GRO. Don't remember seeing anything advertised about this so not sure when the...
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    Olive married a Roy Wilkins. They are listed with her parents on the 1960 ER at 80 Somercotes Road, who had been living there from at...
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    MWS replied to the thread Cobden Street.
    Would the jump in the numbers, from 40 to 46, suggest that there used to be 2 more houses which were at some point demolished to give...
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    MWS replied to the thread Free access.
    Findmypast is also free atm, all records I think. Not 1921.
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    MWS replied to the thread Cobden Street.
    Seems a possibility. The one family - Haddock - is on Cobden St in 1861 as well. Sadly no numbers listed in 1861 or 1871. If there's no...
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    MWS replied to the thread Cobden Street.
    There are couple of families that are on Cobden St in 1871 and James St in 1881. On the 1888 map James St is between Wilton St and...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Free access with Appreciate Appreciate.
    https://uk.forceswarrecords.com/ FREE ACCESS UNTIL 11 JUNE* Free Access Days - Research your ancestors’ military past Millions of...
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    MWS reacted to NOTSHARP's post in the thread IN OUR GARDEN 2024 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I bought half a dozen Geraniums from Lidl, on Tuesday. Good size plants. I am very carefully, hardening them off. It's almost Winter...
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    MWS reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread IN OUR GARDEN 2024 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    How about this - the International Space Station from our patio a few nights ago:- This is probably the best one - you can quite...
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