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    Duke and his dad

    Ooooooohhh Angie such a cutie :smitten: :flower: :cat:
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    Water : Birmingham's water supply

    Thanks Peter, will do :smitten: :flower: :cat:
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    Steam Train

    Lovely Rowan, you just can't beat the steam trains :smitten: :flower: :cat:
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    Water : Birmingham's water supply

    Hi Peter, just read your post, yet again, of the Birmingham water supply. Di asked me in a previous post (census) about Aston Water House, we have someone living at that address in 1851, am I right in thinking and assuming that this Aston Water House is possibly Aston Mill, because in 1833 the...
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    Mills Of Birmingham

    Two more brilliant pictures, thankyou Cromwell for sharing them with us :smitten: :flower: :cat:
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    Mills Of Birmingham

    Thanks Cromwell, those are brilliant pictures, I wonder as I do this research if the human race of today could produce and manufacture in the conditions of 150 plus years ago, I will carry on wondering :uglystupid2: :flower: :cat:
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    Mills Of Birmingham

    Thanks Colin, got that site logged into favorites :smitten: :flower: :cat:
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    Mills Of Birmingham

    Hi Aston sorry TO Disappoint, but yes I have, but the piccie will be great, just about to download it. You have got the bug haven't you. A big thankyou :smitten: :flower: :cat:
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    spanish onion and cheese

    Gizmo, thats my way of likeing, cheese and marmite(not bovril), or marmite and crisp sandwich, yummy,cheese and onion sarnie, yummy, and it has to be cheese/onion/potato pie with smoked bacon. :P :flower: :cat:
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    Mills Of Birmingham

    Thanks Postie, saved me bacon there :2funny: :2funny: :flower: :cat:
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    Mills Of Birmingham

    I have them now :2funny: :2funny: :flower: :cat:
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    Sutton Park History

    Thanks Aston that's the one I want, you have the bug my friend ;D :flower: :cat:
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    Mills Of Birmingham

    Thanks Aston, do you mind if I download the piccies, continuation Di, of John Wyatt, took from Wikipedia: John Wyatt was related to Sarah Ford, Doctor Johnson's mother. In 1773 he worked in the mill at New Forge (Powells) Pool, Sutton Coldfield attempting to spin the first cotton ever spun by...
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    Mills Of Birmingham

    From the Britanica Encyclopedia: John Wyatt, born April 1700, Staffordshire died Nov 29 1766 Birmingham Warwickshire, English mechanic who contributed to the development of power spinning. Wyatt began his career as a carpenter in the village of Thickbroom, near Lichfield, but by 1730, with...
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    Mills Of Birmingham

    Di, will download that info and have a look, I know there were some mills driven by donkeys and horses and even humans, the ones driven by humans were mainly in the gaols, but if my memory serves me right that type of mill was not in Warwickshire (the human type), Peter all the info is coming...
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    Sutton Park History

    Thats what I thought it was called, but on another web page they called it SLADE, never trust another web page >:( :flower: :cat:
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    Mills

    Okey dokey Cromwell, so how did the workers get in >:( :flower: :cat:
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    Sutton Park History

    Hi Aston and Cromwell, looking through this thread I notice that you have put a picture of Powells Pool, 1900's, have either of you got an earlier picture of Powells Pool with the Old Slade Mill in the background, I have seen it on another site, and for the life of me can't remember which one...
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    Mills Of Birmingham

    Thanks Cromwell your a gem :smitten: :flower: :cat:
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    Mills Of Birmingham

    Thanks Di, I will download them. I love it, all the help you are giving is very much appreciated, can't wait to get to central library to find more info out, the research is coming along grand, but each new bit of info also can produce new mills. Once again thanks for the help :smitten...
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