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    MWS reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    (Sorry for the delay in acknowledging/responding. A bit under the weather. Back shortly. Chris)
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    MWS reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Pardoe’s Yard Ward End with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hi and Welcome to Birmingham History Forum. The yard your referring to was Pardoes Yard on St Marys Walk and St Margrets Road, Ward...
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    MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    Slightly on a tangent and with reference to the photo of Mary Parkes (post #35). There is a tree on familysearch (not sure if I've...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    2015 view of number 35 (in later views it is obscured by vehicles or large overgrown shrubs).
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The planning site does not contain full documents that far back but I did find these 2 snippets. For the second one which contained...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A second article from a Sandwell paper
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    MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    It appears that 29 - 37 High St are still there. Map from 1957 followed by link to modern street view...
    • 0 - High St Harborne.jpg
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    MWS reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thanks for that nice comment, Janice, and I'm really grateful to you, MWS and others for your generous interest and for contributing so...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Don't think there will be much more but if you think of anything post the request on here and we will see what we can do. New records...
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    MWS reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Water Orton with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The Church that lost its spire… St Peter & St Paul, Water Orton, by Eden C Middleton. 1891. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)...
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    MWS reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thank you, Janice. The links and connections are astonishing! There's a lot to think about. AND, whilst we appear to have drifted a long...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    1901 census has Emily Black living at 3 ct 24 Gt Colmore Street George was at 10 ct 5 in Gt Colmore Street
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Finally his death and probate being granted to your Mother.
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    To tie upanother loose end. Rebecca with her daughter Beatrice in 1921 and 1939
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    MWS reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Clifton Road Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Yes, it must have been 86, and in 1969 it would have been James Hunt, greengrocer
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