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Hi Macdog. We share the same roots. Edwin Francis Watton's (1869) parents were Edwin Francis Watton (1839) and Eliza Bowen; his parents were Edwin Watton (1819) and Eliza Cox. This Edwin's sister Elizabeth and her husband Joseph Langman are my 2nd GG parents, so our MCRA would be his parents...

Just seeing this - quite a few still there that taught me when I started in '66; Levitt (RI), Minnie Cauldwell (Geog), Sam Eccleston (Dep Head), Kipper Coultas (Fr), Percy Pickering (Phys), and the great Welburn, fantastic artist. I had to give up Art in the 3rd yr due to timetable conflicts...

Youve got my other grandparents on here - Fordrough St., just before they knocked it down to expand the rail yard.

Hi Mike, You've got my grandparents on there too - just diagonally down from the cursor is 3, Oak Place (3bk26 Sherbourne). I think this all came down around 1960 - do you have any articles on the demolition?

Just stumbled across this a bit late... but the dates in your memory seem a bit off! Mine are, too, but luckily there's a St. Laurence FB group that has a lot more lucid members. I have strong memories of my time there, but I have never tried to match them to an exact time-line; started '59ish...

Judy, is this a clip that can be re-posted? Sounds interesting!

This is not in the Palmer line in my tree, but if you have your mother's DNA results it should be straightforward, if tedious, to work out her line. Sometimes an adoption was made from another member of the family; in the case of Dora Mercy Collette her mother was also a Palmer. If the DNA test...

A bit early for Christine I think, she'd still be at Moseley college - She was with Stan Webb by '63 though, pre Chicken Shack and Stan loved Hank Marvin.

Nothing to add of substance, except that I used the cross-city line a lot in the 70s - 80s; I was just by Northfield station and my gf in Four Oaks - door to door service! Later I moved to Malvern while at Uni and could do Malvern - Uni - Four Oaks - it's like it was built for me. But today is...

I remember the bierkellar as Mr Bills at the end of the 70s - was it the old Mr Sams or was that a few doors up?? We used to play at Mr Sams late 70s.

Yes, the 1st 2 are father and son, John Jr age 16 in 1861 and 26 in 1871, both hairpin makers. In 1881, John Jr is shown as a tin maker at 15 Barford St South; in 1911 he's at 76 Leopold St., just up from where my mum was born. With no home ownership and living from payday to payday, it still...

Hi Mike, I see a John Ault in Sherlock St. in 1861, and then at 40 Benacre St. in 1871 - is this your line?

Thanks for the link - these are great for the city centre.

Hi - these plans are VERY informative - would you have any plans for nearby 26 Sherbourne Rd? Is there a site where these can be viewed? Thanks! Chris

Hi Kalli, so sorry for only seeing this 13 years after you posted it! If your'e still interested, the record above has his demob address wrongly transcribed a 8 Oak Place, Sherbourne Rd. In fact the record shows it's 3 Oak place (Oak Place was a terrace of 3 houses back 26 Sherbourne). He moved...