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    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread William Powell's Gunmakers Shop, Carrs Lane with Appreciate Appreciate.
    2 nice ones here...the one shows what looks like 2 young lads eagerly looking in the shop window lyn
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    MWS replied to the thread allison st digbeth.
    Quite a bit of litter on that third photo, which you don't often see on old photos.
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    MWS reacted to Astoness's post in the thread allison st digbeth with Appreciate Appreciate.
    3 photos here pic 1 court 2 numbers 1 to 5 pic 2 allison st pic 3 allison st
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    MWS reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Bromford Lane. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    An almost empty Bromford Lane.
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    MWS reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Sladefield Road Washwood Heath with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This one is looking towards Sladefield Road from Belchers Lane.
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    MWS replied to the thread Washwood Heath.
    She's definitely the Somerville Road Martha Wells/Brain.
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    MWS replied to the thread The Brain Family.
    Are you sure her husband (John H Wells) died before she married Frederick Brain? That's usually one reason for using an 'previous' name...
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    Thanks so much. Yes, the Wells middle name helped immensely in tracking the right individuals. One of them, Charles Wells Cantrill, was...
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    MWS reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Washwood Heath Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think this one might be taken near the junction of Wright Road and Aston Church Road. The church in the distance could be St Marks...
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    MWS reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Washwood Heath Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This was taken near the junction with Rogers Road (right). To the left, you can just make out two houses in the process of being built...
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    MWS reacted to stuart67's post in the thread O'Neill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Can't thank you enough MWS. They did indeed move to Wales. Together in a plot overlooking Aberystwyth now.
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    MWS replied to the thread O'Neill.
    There is a little more info I could give (eg moved to Wales) but it's stuff you'd already know. Below is a link to a site from which...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread O'Neill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think the trees found by Fearny relate to the Terence born in 1942 not the one we want.
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    MWS replied to the thread O'Neill.
    Sorry about that then, I thought it might be after the info Faerny gave. Your mother was Philomena Sheehan? There do appear to be a...
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    MWS replied to the thread O'Neill.
    A few things don't seem to match so I may have steered you on to the wrong path. Is the obituary posted definitely your dad's?
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