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    Wright's Rope Works

    Hi folks, I've been using google and other mapping sites to get a picture of the above factory. Can anyone tell me if the facade of the building I can see today in a "bird's eye view" has changed very much from what it would have looked like in the 1920's ?. I'll just pretend that the large semi...
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    Geroge & Dragon Great Barr Street

    Thanks for the information Mike. My Mother is still a lively 90 years of age and her memory of the past is really remarkable. She can remember the George and Dragon very well since the place had featured in our family and her own Mother, Julia Bradnock was born there. She said that it was an...
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    Wright's Rope Works

    Could anybody supply information about the above business. My mother was born in Garrison Street opposite this business and for our family tree I would love to add a bit more information about them. A photograph would be absolutely terrific. Regards, Snowball.
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    BSA Bikes Birmingham

    Can anybody add more to this story. In about 1956 or so my family lived in Malmesbury Road, Small Heath. I was just into my teens and my youger brother was about 9 years old. I had just acquired a brand new push bike and to eliminate sibling rivalry they were able to secure a must small two...
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    Geroge & Dragon Great Barr Street

    Does anybody have any information on a public house(?) called the George and Dragon at 96 & 97 Great Barr Street. This was where my grandmother and all of her siblings were born. Two generations of our family owned or managed this pub during the 1881 and 1891 census, possibly for even longer...
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