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    MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    Excellent find. I think she was from Birmingham.
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This snippet from 1903 may explain Solomon leaving for the US. He apparently deserted Selina in 1902. She was brave enough to apply to...
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    MWS reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Alum Rock Road with Haha Haha.
    Close to nature , with butterflies, songbirds, blackberries, and a healthy walk to town every day. Lots of wood to burn and keep you...
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    MWS replied to the thread Alum Rock Road.
    Ooh no, I'd be living in a field. :)
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    MWS reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Alum Rock Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Three threads on the road have been combined. Two photos from 1913, when the area was far more rural
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    MWS reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The remediation depends upon phase1, or first phase findings are. There are some fairy tales regarding time. It depends on what the...
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    MWS reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Yes, it's the same with any area that's had a petrol station on it but I think maybe that's just 7 years?
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    MWS reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I don’t know when that was but here back in early 90’s we were required to conduct what is called a phase 1 environmental ground study...
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    MWS reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    For those still interested, her is a copy of the house in Ohio that we discussed earlier........ $53,800 4285 E 134th St, Cleveland...
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    MWS replied to the thread Snow Hill Station.
    I used to work across the road from a Council depot and when it closed down it was years before they built on it. The reason I heard was...
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    MWS reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Birmingham Central Library 1974 - 2015 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Central Library and Town Hall 1980. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    The re-registering and the name change I saw (a third cousin) were different things. Unfortunately, I can't find the latter atm, it may...
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    MWS reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Best remaining parts are the old door portals under Gt Charles St bridges:- Top of drainpipe:- I wonder if any of...
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    I suppose they may be in time. Certain records have limits when they become available, as much as a hundred years for some. I don't know...
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    MWS reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Oaks or Oak Station is now a suburb of Philadelphia and is/was at the junction of two navigable waterways, primarily running through...
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