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as always chris i find your memories fascinating thanks for sharing them with us lyn -
What fascinating memories Chris. Thank you for sharing them. As I said before it has been a pleasure to help add "flesh to the bones"...
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Continuing..... Just one or two conversations did linger, for reasons unknown. One day, the talk turned to the Blitz. I don't think...
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A perhaps final word on George Thomas Tovey, (1862-1949), my maternal grandfather, as I remember him in the last 15 or so years of his...
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I am sorry to tell all members that the lovely Eric , a longstanding member of BHF has passed away. Lyn/Astoness noticed he hadn't...
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MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.John Bannister born c1799, married Martha Jewkes 2 Dec 1822 at St Thomas', Dudley. Died Oct 1862, funeral St Andrew's, Netherton 19 Oct...
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MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.A few bits if info on the early Bannisters. The earliest I can go back to with any certainty are Martha's great grandparents - John...
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hi peter and welcome...i have this photo of the farm dated 1940s...hopefully someone can also provide you with a map showing its exact...
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MWS replied to the thread Help Required WW1 Regiment.Just speculating. Is the bottom part of the badge a powder flask? So a Rifles regiment maybe, though different regiments appear to have...
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MWS replied to the thread Fisher family.Mary Elizabeth Hick was the aunt and sister in law of the 2 Alice's I mentioned on your other thread. Her brother Thomas was their...
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MWS replied to the thread Hick Family.There is an Alice Hick, who was listed as a grocer at 16 Beach St on the 1939 register. She was the mother of an Alice (and James &...
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MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread David Morris Inkerman House and Clarence Morris with
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ahh i guessed he would be a perry barr...at least you now know...happy to help lyn -
MWS reacted to Belfield's post in the thread Bowling Green Terrace and Road off Coventry Road with Appreciate.
Thank you so much for the information. This tallies with what I know from hearsay within the family. The part mentioning Coventry also...
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MWS reacted to MillyP's post in the thread David Morris Inkerman House and Clarence Morris with Appreciate.
Thank you all for your help, it’s all a bit of a mystery that I have learnt over the last 24 hours. My dad who did not know him either...
