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Similar to a Verger but with a stick for poking ! I immediately imagined Mr Bumble in Dickens' Oliver Twist when I read the newspaper... -
superdad3 replied to the thread Suckling and Sons Ltd Camden Street.This is another advert for Wm Suckling & Sons. similar to that in post 8 above. How odd that a well known silversmith made auto parts...
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superdad3 replied to the thread Birmingham Municipal Bank.If you want to look up your local branch, perhaps it's worth mentioning this web site again...
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I made no statement about the location of Gracewell Cottages. Parish boundaries shift. I think when Tolkien lived there it was Sarehole...
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This is outside the Mander Centre in Wolverhampton, but could be seen in Birmingham. The Broads Manufacturing Company Ltd., historically...
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superdad3 replied to the thread Tolkien's Birmingham.Boundaries and local administration are notoriously difficult to follow. By the start of the 19C the Parish had long replaced the manor...
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superdad3 replied to the thread CW Cheney, Factory Road in Hockley.Hi Lyn & Mike, Just looked up original photo which was on "Birmingham Images: Library of Birmingham" with the caption : Date:1920 -...
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superdad3 replied to the thread CW Cheney, Factory Road in Hockley.C.W. Cheney & Sons. were founded in 1898. They were described in early directory as "Jewellery case makers by a patented process the all...
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I’ve only recently discovered the value of “ ephemera” on ebay as a starting point for checking out a Birmingham company. [Apols if you...
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