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    MWS replied to the thread Bull Ring 1930s - 1950s.
    They seem to have sold a wide variety. One advert mentions budgies, canaries, tortoise, snakes, lizards, rabbits, golden hamsters...
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    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    st judes school hill st 1971..note the date of 1861 on the wall lyn
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    MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    Marriage of Maurice Myers and Elizabeth Abrahams... https://synagoguescribes.com/blog/person-details/?value=6528
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    MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    Seek and you will find. Marriage record transcription for Isaac Myers and Rachel Jacobs. Not as much info as I'd hoped but Isaac...
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    MWS replied to the thread Interesting and Unusual Names.
    This one is unusual (3 occurrences in Stoke) but I think quite cool - Hamlet Boon. I can imagine it being the name of 1930s private...
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    MWS reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Acocks Green with Appreciate Appreciate.
    General view of Acocks Green village, Birmingham. 1928. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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    MWS reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Acocks Green with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Dolphin Lane looking west, Acocks Green, Birmingham, creator: Fred Green (no date) (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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    MWS reacted to Harbach's post in the thread McGuire Phyllis of Birmingham & Canada with Appreciate Appreciate.
    How exciting to have found you, thanks to Maxine. I’ve actually had the postcards since 2010 when I left Abbotsford. I wish you’d lived...
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    MWS reacted to Syoung's post in the thread McGuire Phyllis of Birmingham & Canada with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I can't thank you enough. I will treasure these postcards. I also wish I lived closer - I would have loved to meet you in person. I...
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    MWS replied to the thread Bull Ring 1930s - 1950s.
    He doesn't appear to be. His father was from Droitwich, whilst the founder of Pimms was from Oxfordshire. This old thread may be of...
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    MWS reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread D.N.A. TESTING with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thank you for that, it is most appreciated!
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    MWS replied to the thread D.N.A. TESTING.
    One day maybe a descendant will discover the truth...that you are who you always thought were. :) With interesting ancestors from the...
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    MWS reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread D.N.A. TESTING with Appreciate Appreciate.
    For some reason I am not confident. Both parents and my sister are gone now and I prefer “no surprises”, 40 years ago I might have been...
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    MWS reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread D.N.A. TESTING with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I agree, the further back stuff is interesting!
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    MWS reacted to Lady Penelope's post in the thread D.N.A. TESTING with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I noticed that Ancestry were offering a big price reduction recently so perhaps they are experiencing a drop in custom. I don't contact...
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