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good evening every one ,I am trying to find a pub at the address given,it is on the 1871 census ,run by a mr Healey and was the something Tavern,is anyones eyesight better than mine and work out what the something is,I know you are all toooooo young to have visited.Does any one know anything...

Thanks for the info Mike ,will look into it Shelagh

Has anyone heard of Swann Cycles Shelagh

Has anyone heard of the Swann Cycle made by Daniel J.Bradley in Hope street Birmingham around 1900 Shelagh

lfred Owen was the Chairman.He used to come to work in his Roller and Float passed us without a word,I was only 16 and had to take messages up to him in the Directors corridor,I used to be frightened to death but not as much as when I had to deliver or fetch messages from the factory.I was so...

Hi Barry, I did see the book of rememberance online and found that my relative who died in France/Flanders in October 1914 wasn't in the book,although I have confirmation of death and Cemetary from the cwgc,I have since found out that the I can have his name added,after Providing the relevant...

I also remember the gypsy ladies that came around, about twice a year and put the fear of God into most of the housewives,they never seemed to appear when the men were at home.Everyone thought they were going to put a curse on them if they didn't buy anything,bearing in mind they could have...

I have been looking for my rellies at Yardley cemetary and found they were in Public graves,"I said ,paupers grave?" and the lady was very upset that I called it that as she said ,that was what everyone expected at the time ( iwas looking at 1900),she said it's the same as cremation is today...

The lavender seller sat just after Charles road traffic lights ,near the Gondola Milk bar. She used to wear Rags and have a blanket around her Knees. She used to count her takings in the Anderton Pub ,Goldenhillock road most evenings and when she died ,everyone was shocked to learn how many...

Hi All, I have an 1851 census for my family and have found that William King born 1809 in Rye Essex was down as "Head Boatman ,Coast Guard" His sister Ann Eleanor Pitcher Nee KING is doen as a Deck master. Is this at all possible . Both were in Brighton living in no 1 Battery house What is a...

all the men on mum's side worked at the Beezer, on the guns.They were gun polishers and barrel makersin the late 1800's and in early 1900, Before he became a clerk(due to bad heart) at the BSA my dad was one of the "heavy Boys" that moved all the machinery and stock on and off the trains at...

Good evening to you all,I know you are all far too young to have gone to the music halls of yester-year,but would anyone know if there were registers of artists as on the 1881 census, we have found a relative that is down as a comedian and his wife an actress.I do not have her maiden name but...

Hi Anne did you have any luck with the John Bradley is it the same one or someone Else,only the Grandfather is not who I thought it was,wonder if you had any ideas Shelagh:cry:

Thanks a lot, Len and Brian,very grateful the info. Shelagh

thanks for the info ,do you know the RAF one by any chance or do you know a man who does lol? Shelagh

my aunt is dead too,is it all private,do you have to wait a number of years ? shelagh

My Uncle was in the army during WW2 and I know he was somewhere like egypt but not sure where,there doesn,t seem to be anything on Ancestry or find my past about WW2 unless they died,how do I find what regiment he was in etc Shelagh

My dad used to work at the BSA,through the war years till 1959 when he died,I remember being told that a bomb hit the BSA in Golden Hillock road/armoury Road and the heavy machinery went through the first floor floor and on into the basement and crushed many men below and was then considered a...

Hello Ann, did you have any luck matching your Bradleys with mine. Shelagh

Hello all, I believe that Bradley Cycles in Hope St, Back of Bristol Street are also part of the Bradley Family,both Daniel 1848 and John 1840 involved,I have several contacts that had family working for the cycle part.I believe that daniel the elder and John later were Bradley screws and...