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    MWS reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Christ Church New Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here is a view from New St which emphasises how Christ Church dominated the west end of the street
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Lambe is probably one of those names that is probably recorded as Lamb as often as it is Lambe. Took another shot at your Lambe...
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    MWS reacted to Keith R's post in the thread Italians in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We also had a POW camp just up the road on Groveley Lane Longbridge just before The Austins........its said they built Lowhill Lane that...
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    MWS reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread HS2 progress 2020 and beyond with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A lot of stuff there! But most importantly the admission that there has been and is still a problem. Mr Wild is a project manager, I...
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    MWS reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread HS2 progress 2020 and beyond with Appreciate Appreciate.
    HS2 6 monthly report July 2025. Ministerial statement. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/hs2-6-monthly-report-to-parliament-july-2025
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    MWS replied to the thread HS2 progress 2020 and beyond.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cjw689948qlo
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    MWS reacted to brummy-lad's post in the thread Chattaway Street, Nechells with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Yes Mark you're right I will edit the post. Thank-you
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    MWS replied to the thread Chattaway Street, Nechells.
    Wasn't it Cook St that used to be Trafalgar Road?
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    I certainly seem to have taken a wrong step with your Lambe ancestors, so those houses have no relevance. A fairly unusual name, a...
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Tracking Irish relatives can be tricky, there just aren't as many records available. Making the jump from English born descendants to...
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    A little bit of a guess (from your maternal side, Lambe?) ignore if wrong, but here are a couple of houses still standing (neither...
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    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    sadly suzanne this is the problem most of us have...a reason why i have spent the past 15 years finding and posting thousands of old...
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    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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    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    well i was born and raised around there suzanne and i dont recognise the area now..so many changes...just had another look at that map i...
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Bartons Arms is about the only building still remaining. Roads have changed, High St has been widened and the row of buildings...
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