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    MWS reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think your speculation/assumption might be quite correct.
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    MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    Just speculating but it would seem a bit random for Elizabeth to up sticks and move to the NE on her own, so she probably met Albert...
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    MWS reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Wonderful! That explains a lot. I wonder if she ever saw any 15 shillings; I doubt it and the emigration would certainly have put an end...
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    MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    She put Birmingham as her last place of residence on her emigration. Most likely candidate is an Annie Louisa Austin b1877 Aston.
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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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