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    MWS replied to the thread Beauvoisin.
    An unusual name though it seems not as uncommon as I thought it would be. Earliest sighting in Yorkshire?
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    MWS replied to the thread Johnson.
    Edward Wainwright was born 1813ish, I think Dordon rather than Atherstone. Hannah Davis was born 1821ish in Wilnecote, They married 22...
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    MWS reacted to Alberta's post in the thread Family coinsidence. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    My Dad was born in a Staffordshire town in 1924, his mother had married, against her families advice, to a man 10 years younger...
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    MWS reacted to cba's post in the thread D.N.A. TESTING with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thank you for posting the interview. It held great resonance for my own situation. I was born in 1950 to a young unmarried mother...
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    MWS reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread D.N.A. TESTING with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I just listened to this rather heart-warming conversation between Sir Paul Nurse and Prof Tori King. Paul Nurse comes from a working...
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    MWS replied to the thread HS2 progress 2020 and beyond.
    Previously I think I said it would be nice see a drone view from Curzon St to Bromford. Well here's one in the opposite direction...
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    MWS reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Coleshill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Cottage at Coleshill, Warwickshire., creator: Edwin Underwood. C1890s. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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    MWS replied to the thread Allens Croft Road.
    Here's 2 maps from 1950 & 1939. The map before the 1939 one is from 1916 and Allens Croft Road is not there.
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    MWS replied to the thread Cheapside Deritend.
    This map is from 1889, court 3 underlined...
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    MWS replied to the thread Christmas 2025 Greetings.
    Merry Christmas everyone, hope you all have a great time.
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    MWS replied to the thread Whalton or Wall.
    Doesn't help much but could it be Walton rather than Whalton?
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    MWS reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Beaufort Cinema Ward End / Washwood Heath with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This is the power generating house from the Beaufort Cinema
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    MWS reacted to mrbluesky1957's post in the thread Vincent Kerr with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thanks Mark. totally agree, dead end. Glad you confirm Wainwrights. Will be in touch once ive looked at them again. Thanks for your...
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    MWS replied to the thread Vincent Kerr.
    Unfortunately as has been discussed previously it seems unlikely that you can go any further than what you already know. Your...
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    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Witton Cemetery Burial Plot with Appreciate Appreciate.
    ok good luck..i did post you a link to a clearer map so just in case you missed my post here it is lyn
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