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Recent content by Roboz_8

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    Rea Street

    Thank you. I will check out the 1871 census.
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    Rea Street

    A parade perhaps. Are the windows of the pub boarded up to protect them?
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    Rea Street

    In 1861 census, Joseph Edmonds lived at 46 Rea St, St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Occupation cabinet brass founder. I would appreciate help in identifying no.46 on the map and other insights you may have.
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    Mornington Smethwick

    I think you're right about the alleys for accessing communal wash-houses and toilets. I wonder if they managed to grow food in the front gardens.
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    Mornington Smethwick

    Thank you. On the plan the houses appear to have front and back gardens. Mom told me the family lived in impoverished conditions.
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    Mornington Smethwick

    Amazing, thank you . My ancestors lived here for about 15 years in the early c20th.
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    Mornington Smethwick

    Thank you, so much.
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    Mornington Smethwick

    My grandfather lived at 25 Mornington Terrace, Mornington Road, Smethwick up to Jan 1921. I would appreciate guidance on where this may be as the maps I’ve looked at don’t identify it.
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    Birmingham fatal drownings 20th Century

    Hi Liz, my great grandfather, William Jones 1876-1920, my mother recounted fell into the canal and drowned. He was a fitter at Railway Carriages and Wagon Company Works, Smethwick, Staffs, married (1903) to Edith Woodhouse 1883-1944, residing at 25 Mornington Terrace, Smethwick. I would love to...
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    Edmund Street

    I was an in patient at the Ear Nose and Throat in the 1970s to have tonsils removed. I have vivid memories of the Victorian ward with beds either side of an aisle with a table in the middle. I loved the jelly and ice cream they served post op.
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    Loveday Street and Loveday Street Maternity Hospital

    Thank you for the posts and photographs. Without them, I would not have been able to see where I was born in 1963. Coincidently, I worked in the catering department at Sorrento Maternity and Monyhull hospitals from 1986 to 1988.
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    Adelaide Street Deritend

    thank you
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    Adelaide Street Deritend

    Thank you.
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    Adelaide Street Deritend

    Carpenter’s Arms
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    Adelaide Street Deritend

    Moon lounge pictures
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