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    Canning & Co & Electroplating

    Charlie Peace, real name Trevor.
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    Jesse Nash 28 July 1824 – 1908

    Get in touch with - https://www.wesleyan.org/communication/archives You will find they have extensive records
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    Birmingham History Fair

    Yep, its a dumb jpg file but easy enough to add this - birminghamhistoryfair.uk https://midland-ancestors.shop/Event002
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    Birmingham History Fair

    Latest list of Exhibitors from the website, should be a good do - Andrew Lound Odyssey Presentations Andy Maxam Publishing Balsall Heath Local History Society Birmingham & Midland Institute, The Birmingham Archives & Heritage, Friends of Birmingham Back to Backs Birmingham Medal Society, The...
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    Birmingham History Fair

    Link to the dedicated website - Birmingham History Fair
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    Canning & Co & Electroplating

    Do you still wear that earing that Frank told you not to ? :)
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    Canning & Co & Electroplating

    Just browsing this thread again to again see this. Graham Ford poor chap suffered an uncureable brain tumour in 1986.
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    Airships over Birmingham ?

    That's tickled the little grey cells. In 2010, didn't 2 come over here ? I was working in Wolverhampton at the time.
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    Airships over Birmingham ?

    It passed over the Wolverhampton site about the same time. Do I recall correctly, it met with disaster not long after it went back to the USA ?
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    Any old boys - Turves Green boys sec mod 1960 -1965

    Colin moved on from Cannings D.O. to the Gas Board. That would be about 1980, long time ago so not sure.
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    Unwanted certificates

    Try Society of Genealogists. You may have more luck.
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    Canning & Co & Electroplating

    Paddy would frequently come out with a number of mind boggling phrases as you were talking to him. Phrases such as auchta muckty, hum de la haa, the higher they fly the fewer.
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    Canning & Co & Electroplating

    Two different people, Ken Vickers and Joe Vickerstaff.
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    Airships over Birmingham ?

    C.F. Resting was Danish born, a manager at F.W. Woolworth and employed variously a maid and a chauffer.
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    Heritage Open Days September 2022

    28 Groups up to date, and a good mix for historians.
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