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Forgive im at work having a Brew so im thinking on my feet yes ww2 soldiers numbers were changed ie if they moved regiments on demob...

You can apply fairly easily - I've just done so but it can take up to 2 years to get records back. You do hear back quite quickly if...

Another HS2 video (they seem to be popping up quite often now) and this one is much more professional than the previous one. Of Curzon...

In WWI soldiers could have different numbers, if they changed regiments for example. I wouldn't be surprised if the practice continued...

Is this what you mean Keith?

By coincidence, I was in Think Tank a couple of months black when I spotted an electric hybrid car by Frederick W. Lanchester of...

I guess that it shows ambition, but it is going to take an awful lot of "full houses" at sports and other events, to recoup all of the...

Thanks to Margaret Chamberlain for the information. It is about the history of Birmingham, but no idea where else I might put it: Last...

my post was just about the design of the building as it looks to me like the old meets the new type of thing but thinking about the...

It is nice that they've attempted to reflect the industrial heritage in the design but to me it looks like someone designed a stadium...

I assume that the above 2 photos are of Shaftmoor Farm rather than Greetmill Hill Farm, which was also on Shaftmoor Lane. It seems to...

Another from 1923.

Just wanted to share this :) as you’ve all helped me piece together who Alfred was, and that he wasn’t actually a foster but took the...

When Ashted was a fashionable Birmingham suburb. Source: British Newspaper Archive

I know what the record says but the point Lyn and MWS are making is not about late registration but that people paid less attention to...