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    MWS reacted to brummy68's post in the thread Homer Janet with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I know the thread is a few years old now.. have just came across the group and saw the thread. Janet Homer is my mom she married Joseph...
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    MWS reacted to brummy68's post in the thread Homer Janet with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I know the thread is a few years old now.. have just came across the group and saw the thread. Janet Homer is my mom she married Joseph...
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    MWS reacted to I Am Nico's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I loved the revolution and the music being able to express that and the freedom of speech. The bra burning. The Greenham Common protest...
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    MWS reacted to Tinpot's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The young people in the 60’s had optimism that things could be changed. They were not afraid to express themselves. We were not going to...
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    MWS reacted to I Am Nico's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Our grandchildren are 50/50, they are somewhat happy but because they are spoilt they think they are hard done by and losing a parent...
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    MWS replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
    I don't disagree with a lot of what you say but it's nothing new. Expectations grow with every generation and my nan disapproved of what...
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    MWS replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
    How do you know they weren't, maybe you've been brainwashed to believe that they weren't brainwashed.
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    MWS reacted to Rich1064's post in the thread Smallbrook Ringway with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here are a few photos pre and post 1960's development
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    MWS reacted to RichSmith's post in the thread Smith and Ashford with Appreciate Appreciate.
    i was performing a leap of faith which happened to work, i had a feeling that g-grandfather and g-grandma lived opposite each other when...
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    MWS reacted to kwh's post in the thread HASTINGS Charlotte and OWEN Thomas with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Many thanks for your feedback. Here attached is some visual context.
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    MWS replied to the thread Smith and Ashford.
    I would definitely say the lower down court 28 is on Tower St. It fits in the sequence on that street but is out of sequence for...
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    MWS reacted to John L's post in the thread Smallbrook Ringway with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here is a link to Keith M Jordan's "The Inner Ring Road Underpasses & Murals of Birmingham" page 3 (9/67) includes a photo of the Hill...
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    MWS reacted to Curly's post in the thread hipkiss family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Much appreciated, confirms some of the hearsay and more info for the tree. I've been lax in updating the tree since my OH passed...
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    MWS replied to the thread Smith and Ashford.
    Courts 25 and 28 are both shown towards the top left on the map below, no numbers listed though... https://maps.nls.uk/view/228801899
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    MWS replied to the thread hipkiss family.
    Richard Hipkiss (father) b1835 d1914 was the son of (another) Richard Hipkiss and Elizabeth Williams. As mentioned he was a jeweller...
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