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    Picture restoring

    Many thanks to Mike ad Denniss John Hughes
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    Picture restoring

    I have a photo of my mother taken about 1928 with her dog Bonzo.She was Sarah Elizabeth Hughes(Jones) b 1901 in cotteridge Its very dark can it be brightened up? Regards John Hughes
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    Then & Now

    It could well be taken looking north from the Rowan Way corner.It was all Houses in Rowan Way. I can rememeber as a child watching from our upstairs as a bungelow went up in flames
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    Then & Now

    I walked up Central Avenue many times,living in Rowan Way from 1930 to 1954 Regards John Hughes
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    Photo brush up

    Can this photo of my Father William Frederick Hughes b 1899 be lightened up It was taken about 1920 in The North West Frontier(Afghanistan) he was in The Royal Flying Corp(RAF)
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    Molesworth Oliver

    I am most great full Andy.that is all I need.Some time soon hope to pay a visit there Regards John Hughes
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    Molesworth Oliver

    Hello Brummie I am looking for the burial records for William George Hogan 1966,his wife Gladys 1941,daughter Rita L 1941.all in same grave at St Nicolas Kings Norton. I have looked at the Church web site and they charge £15 to do a search win or lose. What section of Ancestry will show these...
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    They Were Caught In Our Old Street Pics...

    !834 seems a bit unlikely. JH
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    Old street pics..

    What a cracking Photo JH
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    Schools Assisting Food Production in WW2

    At Kings Norton Grammer School we helped raise Pigs and were rewarded with a nice piece of pork when they met the end of life Regards JH
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    National Service

    National Service Pay I have come across my Realease Leave-Statement of Soldier's Account I will post a copy on the forum What interest me is an item under Debits.Realease leave payment £7.0.6 How come I was charged this sum to leave the army?Have we any members of the forum who were in The Army...
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    National Service

    Back in 2008 I went into this matter in some detail having read an article in Soldier magazine concerning K Back in 2008 i saw a article in Soldier Magazine concering Korea gratuities,up to then I had no knowledge of them.It worked out that I would have been paid a lump sum of £20.our...
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    National Service

    I wa posted to Korea in 1952 and was in a LAD reme unit attached to Div.Sig Reg just south of the river Imjin my service no was 22693662.all for about £2 a week.They even failed to pay me the Korea Bonus I was due I have tried to claim it using my MP Tom Watson,but they claim they can not find...
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    Ninds Garage Pershore Rd 1920-30

    Lets try another one
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    Ninds Garage Pershore Rd 1920-30

    I have some photos of the garage at 1214 Bristol Rd and with luck i can post them JH
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    George Harold Faragher died 1919

    I would like to post a photo of a dedication to him issued by the war graves Commission .Its a pity they did not run to a head stone for him.He was burried in a un-marked grave John Hughes
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    Ninds Garage Pershore Rd 1920-30

    On a photo of this garage 1514 Pershore Rd possibly in the 1930's there is a painted sign advertising Pratts,what would be their business? possible no 1512 How long did the Nind garage last Can some kind sole have a look at Kellys Regards John Hughes
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    Pratt and Nind,Dealer/Grocers

    My Aunt Dois May Nind was living at 1514 at the time of her Marriage in 1925
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    Pratt and Nind,Dealer/Grocers

    How interesting .I have several photos of 1514.it was a coal dealers then a garage.My Aunt Doris May Nind b 1902 married Charles Jones then a tram driver.I am now in touch with another of the Nind clan Mike b 1942 there is a shop at 1514 to the present day What is the name of your new book...
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    Pratt and Nind,Dealer/Grocers

    i am to an extent answering my self.In 1916 Kellys Directory of Worcestershire a entry for Pratt and Nind,Grocer 29 Broad St JH
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