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    History Of Boaties!

    Hi all, even though this to me is a fscinating subject it is hard work searching but sometimes fun!!!! i have previously asked that although on my website they are my husbands family i would be grateful for any phot's or any stories you would be willing to share on my website, thank you all...
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    Tolley - bargees

    hi ragga:) what is your mother in laws name and i will look for you:)) kmt
  3. K

    Ward boatmen

    hi all my website is being updated as i speak, hopefully with more photos:) alf who is your ancester?:)) kerry
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    boatmen and families

    thanks all for your replies, this website has come from many years of hard work, i have recieved a message on another forum from some peeved person who says we have copied his work, this is not true and the family members who haved helped and contributed to the site are disgusted so thanks all...
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    Ward boatmen

    sorry forgot to say dympna if you give me your gg grandfathers date of birth i will look for you kerry
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    Ward boatmen

    hi all, dympna, because a lot of the canal people never stayed in one place for long, it is sometimes hard, also what sometimes makes it harder is the fact that they fibbed:biggrin: about where they were actually born, i have a lot of the birth certificates for the families, once you know...
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    Ward boatmen

    hi all still working with hubby on his family all canal men and women https://www.wix.com/boatmen/miners the lady on front page standing is his grandmother and the little girl is his aunt if anyone knows who the lady on the left sitting down let me know thanks :):biggrin:
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    boatmen and families

    hi blue thanks could nyou give me your ancestry name i will take a look:) kerry
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    boatmen and families

    this website is about my husbands families who were boatmen still got to add more yet but getting there could you let me know what you think thanks https://www.wix.com/boatmen/miners kmt
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    The Kingshurst.

    no they had 2 daughters
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    The Kingshurst.

    it was richard and margaret.
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    Lost Birmingham Pubs

    gospel oak is going too i have heard its going to be a mosque:angry: kerry
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    missing death?

    thank you for looking mike:(
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    missing death?

    hi all, i do hope someone out there can help me, me and a cousin have been searching non stop and never came up with the right person. samuel harrison b1866 tipton staffs died we are told he was murdered for his pocket watch in 1904 on the manchester canals, we have looked and found one in...
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    the matchmaker.

    the matchmaker was the boars head.
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    The Kingshurst.

    Does anyone remember going to the kingshurst pub, i would love to hear your stories if you did, :biggrin: kerry
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    the matchmaker.

    hi alf yes it's a shame they are all going, although some do need to go with the trouble they cause? I do feel sorry for the people who run them at times though, what with the smoking ban and all, i have said they need to open a little room in each pub for smokers especially the elderly when...
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    the matchmaker.

    Does anyone remember the matchmaker my dad used to go there sometimes although i think it was for darts and domino matches, he used to call it the matchbox:biggrin: kerry
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    warwickshire workhouses

    https://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/warks/warwickshire_workhouses.htm kerry
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    the royal warwickshire regiment 1914-1918

    https://www.1914-1918.net/warwicks.htm kerry
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