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It all depends how likely you think that 2 Luciano's are the same person. Some people wouldn't until they had more proof.

It is a shame that Luciano's birthplace is listed as nothing more specific as Italy. I have found a few tantalising mentions of both an...

With just single picture from inside, and that probably a show flat, a bit of a mis-named article on the BBC...

An aerial view of William Street dated 1935 showing Courts 9 & 10

It doesn't look like the back of 33 from the map... https://maps.nls.uk/view/210969566 There is a thread for William St here...

Michael is the 7th in 1940 with mmn listed as Bradbury, so maybe but not sure. Joseph died at Arnhem in WW2. Molly, Angelo and Rosa...

Possible death

I assume they anglicised the name Pechio (or however it was spelt) to Peck. We know there was prejudice against Italians in some areas.

The story in my wife's family is that her maternal grand father, Arthur Bliss was a drinking colleague of Arthur Doyle. We shall never...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was not born in Birmingham, but he lived and worked in Aston (a district of Birmingham) between 1878 and 1881...

The only images I can find of No. 63, by 1967/68 it had been demolished and was part of the Thomas Startin Austin Dealership.

Luciano had 3 children with Elizabeth Smith - Alexandra, Violet (dies young) and Alfred Henry (who may not be his). He then had up to 7...

I am confused and I am not searching. We seem to be splitting the task - you search then I post. Transcripts and spellings do differ...

Thanks. I'm don't know why I asked that, there's a possible seventh child with the wrong mmn listed but he's not born until 1940, so...