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    MWS replied to the thread Hicken family.
    Edwin George's father George died when Edwin was young and his mother Hannah (nee Curtis) married a Thomas Buckingham and they had a son...
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    MWS replied to the thread Hicken family.
    Alfred's father was called Edwin George.
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    MWS reacted to Smash's post in the thread Hicken family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Oh wow, he married 2 Elsie's and lost a son! I don't know how many other Alfreds there were previous but my grandad was at the 3rd. I...
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    MWS replied to the thread Hicken family.
    Alfred Morris Hicken was born in Budbroke, Warwickshire in 1898, died 1965. He was married previously to Elsie Laura Pignutt and had a...
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    MWS replied to the thread Hicken family.
    Alfred and Elsie were living at 6 bk 116 Bissell St in 1939 so might be where the young Alfred was born.
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    MWS replied to the thread Hicken family.
    Appears to have been the youngest son of Alfred M Hicken and Elsie Audley. Had 2 older sisters - Iris and Violet - and w older brothers...
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    MWS reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The next picture is taken from on of the back accessways off Legge Lane and shows the rear of these premises.
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    MWS reacted to RichSmith's post in the thread Anyone fancy sharpening their search skills? with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Found it, Aston was the district because he died in the city hospital at West Bromwich…. Scarlet fever and pneumonia
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    MWS replied to the thread Anyone fancy sharpening their search skills?.
    Not sure why because this is it...
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    MWS replied to the thread Anyone fancy sharpening their search skills?.
    See post #27, post #47 and post #49 for my thoughts on that.
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    MWS replied to the thread Anyone fancy sharpening their search skills?.
    Walter Ernest Thomas death probably registered Mar 1907 Aston, aged 2. You can see it as a digital image on the GRO.
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    MWS reacted to Ian K's post in the thread 500ft Payne and Griffiths, Birmingham Submarine Depth Gauge with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thank you, Morturn, that's terrific info. I spent 29 years of my 31 years Service in the Submarine Service and still every day is a...
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    MWS reacted to Morturn's post in the thread 500ft Payne and Griffiths, Birmingham Submarine Depth Gauge with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I have just done a image reverse search and found this: This item is a vintage submarine depth gauge manufactured by Payne & Griffiths...
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    MWS reacted to brummy-lad's post in the thread Garbett street. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The 1871 and 1921 census has the Old Robin Hood at 102 Garbett Street, corner of Summer Hill Road.
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    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Garbett street. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    here is a photo of the beehive pub and the old robin hood although i am not sure where in the old robin hood was expect it was on a...
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