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  1. Davenport

    Swanshurst Park

    I remember going to Swanshurst Park with my cousin in the late 50s. The family lived in Jutland Rd. We would have a bottle of pop and a waggon wheel. Happy memories.
  2. Davenport

    Castle Bromwich

    Castle Bromwich a beautiful place in 1905.
  3. Davenport

    Final resting places of the famous in Birmingham

    Hope you don’t mind me posting this extra information on the Davenport family. Not only was Baron John Davenport a philanthropist, donating £100,000 in July 1930 to establish the charity in his name and still going today with an estimated fund value of £30 million. But his cousin Frank R...
  4. Davenport

    Final resting places of the famous in Birmingham

    I do not have a close up photo of the book but as far as I can remember it was placed by the brewery employees. It records their appreciation of him being an excellent employer. Baron John was my 2nd cousin 3x removed,his great grandfather is my 4 times great grandfather Robert Davenport founder...
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    Final resting places of the famous in Birmingham

    This is the resting place of Baron John Davenport.Brewer
  6. Davenport

    C Green &Son No 10 Bull Ring

    This is the marriage certificate showing 10 Bull Ring.
  7. Davenport

    C Green &Son No 10 Bull Ring

    Thank you so much for this photograph showing the address, what a find
  8. Davenport

    Bomb Damaged Bull Ring

    Ah Thanks,
  9. Davenport

    Bomb Damaged Bull Ring

    Do you know what the brick tower on the right hand side with the metal railings around is ?
  10. Davenport

    Alderlea Secondary School Shard End

    Not sure of date, possible mid 60s
  11. Davenport

    10 Bull Ring.

    Thanks Janice, could be that C Green had a shop on the premises as well as manufacturing and she was a sales person there.
  12. Davenport

    10 Bull Ring.

    Thank you for this
  13. Davenport

    10 Bull Ring.

    I also assumed that it was mainly a commercial and shop area so the flat above does seem the most plausible explanation. Her surname was Sneath she was a salesperson, and her Father‘s profession was coach painter. Thanks for the map. Thank you for your help.
  14. Davenport

    10 Bull Ring.

    I have a distant relative who married in June 1931 at St Martin’s Parish church. She gives her address as 10 Bull Ring on the marriage certificate. I presume this was a residential address and wonder how it fits into the market / retail area that I know of ? Thanks.
  15. Davenport

    Rotunda

    My Wife used to work on the 13th floor for Legal & General in the late 1970s
  16. Davenport

    Alderlea Secondary School Shard End

    Sorry it’s not very clear.
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