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    Pratt and Nind,Dealer/Grocers

    I am lead to understand a relative of mine Francis Horace Nind b 1879 had a shop,possibly in Stirchley 1924 Can anyone supply any more deails Regards John Hughes
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    Birmingham FC

    What a great result too bring our fantastic away support up from the depth of despair to great joy. What we want now is some decent owners Birmingham based John Hughes Blue nose
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    Birmingham City Football 1939-1945

    After following theBlus since 1944 I find the present situation very depressing but I still go home and away. Lets hope we can say good bye to the Chinese. Keep on to the end of the road J Hughes
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    A non playing DVD disc

    My Dvd was not playing and I was going to dump it,as a last resort I did a Goolge search looking for tips A answer came up wash it in plain washing up liquid.2 washes a rinse and drying and it plays as good as new.I have even made a copy as stand by I am going to look at some more which do not...
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    Primrose Hill Farm Hole or Holme Farm

    It is not clear if he owned the farm or rented.he was a farmer all his life,in 1881 he was a farmer of 17 acres at Groveley Farm Coften Hackett.In 1911 he was a widower aged 71 living with 6 relatives on the farm.His son John Grantham was married to my grand mothers sister but by 1911 he was a...
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    Primrose Hill Farm Hole or Holme Farm

    A relative of mine William Grantham b 1840 d 1928 is on the 1891,1901,1911 census a farmer living at Hole Farm Westheath The information I have is that it was later called Primrose Hill Farm and was a 15th century timber framed house. i payed a visit to see it a few years ago and you can not...
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    PDF Images - how to post

    Re: posting a image on the forum What am I doing wrong.I have raised the image and made it 100% passed the cursor over it and clicked on the paper clip.what is supposed to happen now?what is a photo editor. Regards JH
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    PDF Images - how to post

    I have a image on Pdf which will not post,how do I convert to JPG or JPeg etc Regards John Hughes
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    Old street pics..

    I think this is a view going toward Brandwood End.On the other side of the road to Colmore Rd School Regards JH
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    Handsworth Cemetery Private George Harold Faragher

    Pollypops I have used this link and as you said it gives the details of George Faragher(Evans) and the certificate is not of death but a very nice Certificate in Memory of Private G H Faragher,Remembered with Honour.Birmingham (Handsworth) Cemetery Commemorated in Perpetuity by the...
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    Handsworth Cemetery Private George Harold Faragher

    Many thanks for the link. I have already made a copy of this from the internet. It says in Memory of George Harold Faragher Remembered with Honour Birmingham(Handsworth) Cemetery Commemorated in Perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Many thanks to all the help given to me in my...
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    Handsworth Cemetery Private George Harold Faragher

    Pollypops Did you not see my reply to your message about the certificate for George. Was it a death cert and if so what did he die of? Cheers John Hughes
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    Handsworth Cemetery Private George Harold Faragher

    alas Janice George was buried in a paupers grave and like all those buried in section 8 there is no head stone or any markings to show were any grave is located.I travelled to Handsworth Cemetery to take a photo and returned empty handed. there is no monument or any sort of visible record of...
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    Handsworth Cemetery Private George Harold Faragher

    Pollypops What certificate? is it a death cert,if so what was the cause of death Regards John Hughes
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    Handsworth Cemetery Private George Harold Faragher

    I have been to see section 8,it is all grassed over.I E mailed Handsworth Cemetery They replied all the graves in section 8 are common graves(paupers),there are no markings at all.
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    Handsworth Cemetery Private George Harold Faragher

    Private George Harold Faragher died 1st March 1919 aged 19 He was buried 10th March Using a web site Find a Grave.it gives plot:Screen Wall.8 2256 this means plot 8 grave 2256 but what does Screen Wall mean? Regards John Hughes
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    They Were Caught In Our Old Street Pics...

    What a interesting link.Ladies in the nude showing their natural beauty to lighten up a dark dank day JH
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    W & T Avery Exhibition Of Wwii Photographs

    Thanks Colin.Sounds Good. We have met Andrew at his Titanic Exhibition last year at Soho some twenty of us made the trip Cheers JH
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    Thomas Faragher

    It is indeed that Patrick and Polly Pops has given me a link to Key Hill grave index There are just 2 Faragher listed Thomas Harold 1914 L212 Amy Lucy 1959 vault 17 Thank you both for the help John Hughes
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    Thomas Faragher

    Thank you very much for your reply.To test your ability there is a Patrick Faragher b 1870 said to be buried in Key Hill cemetery 1907,is there any record and would the grave still be there. Regards Jh
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