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    What sort of industry would moulders be employed in?

    Hi BordesleyExile. My father worked in the office of a company called Hoskins & Son in Bordesley, right alongside the railway. They manufactured hospital beds among other things and some of the components were manufactured from cast iron. They did not have a large foundry but I well remember...
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    Bingley Hall

    Here is a message for Loisand - Adept Brummie I see you are looking for the name "Pearsall". I have a Mary Anne Pearsall (1846 to 1913) (b. Braithwell, Yorks) who married my Great Grandfather, George Platt (1844 - 1927) (b. Bristol, Glous). If I can help email me ttalpp-i@tsn.cc OldBrummie
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    Bingley Hall

    Lloyd Don't know if this will help in your searching "Penfold" but there is a "Penfolds Wines" in Aussie. Famous family with a long history. Try the old Google on "Penfold" and see what you come up with. Me, I'm looking for Platt. Rance. Pearsall. Nightingale. Chinery. Kershaw. Deakin...
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    Bingley Hall

    Hi Nick. Sadly I have no other memories of "Dr Crock" besides that one concert. I guess I was too young to even know what they were all about but I do remember I thoroughly enjoyed them. Those were the days of the "Wireless" and that was our (almost total) means of obtaining enertainment until...
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    Bingley Hall

    All this talk of Bingley Hall brings back many memories for me too. However I might say I got onto this site quite by accident as I was looking for information on "Dr Crock and his Crackpots", who I saw at Bingley Hall at an Ideal Homes Exhibition. I recall very little about the exhibition...
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    Cadbury's Bournville Factory

    Re: Cadbury's Bournville I am searching my family history and am looking for a contact who might have access to historical employment records at Cadbury. My grandfather Edward Chinery was a plumber and either worked for or was contracted to Cadbury for a number of years, some time between 1917...
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    Bingley Hall

    Di.Poppit, you are searching name Worrall. I have a contact Dennis Worrall (age 71)who lived in Lyndon Rd Sheldon (now Solihull) but currently lives o/s. If you think he might be who you are looking for, email me on ttalpp-i@tsn.cc . OldBrummie
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