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    Pugh Road Aston Birmingham B6 1960s

    I had a grandparent that lived on the Pugh Road in 50s
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    Dollman Street

    Thanks for this. Nan also remembers there being a fire on the street that gutted the house. I try to write as much as I can that Nan tells me just in case it helps anybody on this forum.
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    Dollman Street

    Thanks, I thought that might have been a track but I wasn't hundred per cent.
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    Dollman Street

    Does anybody know if there was a train track behind Dollman Street or close to it? Nan said behind Dollman street but it could be that they lived in the houses behind Dollman street but the train track was somewhere else My nan remembers a man and woman by the name of Fanny Stafford and maybe...
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    Dollman Street

    Thank @Colroy07 very likely that your mum would have known my Aunty that's last name was Swallow
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    Dollman Street

    Wow thanks, both @brummy-lad & @MWS @Colroy07 You are so right, my nan loves talking about living in back-to-back houses in this area, it's completely different for people who have the lived experience. You can tell even though she and her family had a hard life they enjoyed their family...
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    Dollman Street

    My Great-aunt lived at 120 Dollman Street at one point, I've been looking to see where it was on Google Maps and I think it must have gone now in the clearance of Birmingham
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    St Matthew Terrace, Great Lister Street

    Big thanks!! Just so I can show my nan, she loves looking at where she lived, even though there isn't anything left of it or hardly any photo :(
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    Godwin Street Nechells

    Thanks Lyn, my nan lived at 1/61 Godwin Street, used to live on Great Lister street and was married at St Matthews
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    Slums

    My Nan lived on both Great Lister Street and Godwin Street. I know for sure Great Lister Street was demolished but I'm not sure if Godwin street was?
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    St Matthew Terrace, Great Lister Street

    @mikejee & @MWS Thanks both, where can I find these maps and others like it?
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    Gee Street

    I've just found out that my great-grandfather and his siblings/parents were living a 13 Gee Street in 1891
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    St Matthew Terrace, Great Lister Street

    I have so many relatives that come from this Terrace of back-to-back houses, so wondered if anybody else relatives came from here too. Talbot is the surname of my relative mostly. My 92-year-old nan and I were discussing this terrace today and she described it as being made up of six houses...
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    St Mary's Chapel Whittall Street

    I've just found out today that my grandmother's uncle Albert was christened here in 1890. It's such a shame that it's not longer here.
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    Scholefield Street

    My nan actually remembers the cafe, I believe her mum worked there at some point!
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    7 The Ring Birmingham (1939 Register)

    I've been looking at the 1939 England and Wales Register online. One of my family members are listed as being at an address in Birmingham "7 The Ring" does anybody know where this would be? Thanks
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    Cine Equipment LTD

    My nan got married in 1957, so would be around that time. Thanks
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    Cine Equipment LTD

    My nan got her wedding photos done by Cine Equipment Ltd, does anybody have any info on this shop or where it was. I’ve got a photo from the envelope that the pictures came in. Thanks
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    Mancini Family

    Thank you so much!
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    Mancini Family

    Yes this would be the correct family as the memorial says son of Agnes and Anthony Mancini. Thanks for the help, hopefully someone one here might a be a relative or something. I saw that Tony Jr was buried in Witton.
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