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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Six Ways Alum Rock with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This is it today although the pointed roof section has gone and the road to the left is pedestrianised.
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    MWS reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Six Ways Alum Rock with Appreciate Appreciate.
    An interesting view . Does 'Six Ways' still exist today? Think the corner shop name is 'Jester's Store'.
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    MWS replied to the thread Six Ways Alum Rock.
    Gowan Road to the left, Alum Rock Road straight on.
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    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Ravenscroft with Appreciate Appreciate.
    thanks mark...i hope that all the info we have provided has proved useful to dinkyt lyn
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    MWS replied to the thread Ravenscroft.
    Margaret was the daughter of Charles Henry Biddle and Lizzie Brigden. Lizzie was previously married to a George Samuel Stokes...
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    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Ravenscroft with Appreciate Appreciate.
    that date of birth confirms what is on the 1939 eve of war register for reginald so from that it seems we have the correct person who...
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    MWS replied to the thread Ravenscroft.
    If Reginald was born in 1907 then it's possible he married an Irene M Mellichap in 1927. On the 1939 Register they are both listed as...
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    MWS replied to the thread Toye.
    Sorry, it wasn't your father's mother that married twice, it was your father's grandmother (Leah's mother) that married twice. Leah's...
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    MWS reacted to brummy-lad's post in the thread Vicarage Road Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Looking at the 1950s map attached and the house numbers, Church Lane continued until it met the junction of Witton Lane and Aston Hall Road
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    MWS replied to the thread HOLBROOKS.
    The photo of the possible bomb damage appears to be a wider (better) shot of the one I posted on the other thread. Though not required...
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    MWS reacted to superdad3's post in the thread HOLBROOKS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Holbrooks Just read the thread under “Birmingham Blitz” and the bombing of the Holbrooks factory. Searched on forum and amazed at how...
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    MWS reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Acocks Green with Appreciate Appreciate.
    In 1939, there was still a working forge on Warwick Road. Source: British Newspaper Archive
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    MWS reacted to devonjim's post in the thread Acocks Green with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This forge was on Warwick Rd opposite Stockfield Rd. I would stop on my way home from primary school to watch the action in 1940's
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    MWS reacted to bestcover's post in the thread Emigration from Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Don't forget a lot of 'emigration' was via the British Home Children scheme from the late 1800's to around 1970. Usually put forward as...
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    MWS reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Emigration from Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I have done a couple of project in Nova Scotia, winters are very long and the weather can be brutal. I once went in the summer from NS...
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