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  1. gingerjon

    Old + New Pictures

    The M F O was opposite your photograph is Baskerville House
  2. gingerjon

    St Clements School Nechells

    St Clements school photograph any idea date or names
  3. gingerjon

    isle of man TT

    Lyn hope this week as better news, have a wonderful birthday XX Hope Steves news is good news, one of his trophy's John H
  4. gingerjon

    Hill Street

    it was the old square by Lewis's
  5. gingerjon

    Who did you have on your bedroom wall... ?

    Bed Bugs
  6. gingerjon

    poppy day....

    Over heard in Morrisons yesterday the poppy seller said to a buyer "I am sorry but we are not allowed to pin them on for you as we might hurt you" The mind boggles
  7. gingerjon

    Handsworth Hospital

    https://www.handsworthhistory.co.uk/ try this
  8. gingerjon

    Bus conducter badges

    Thanks Wendy a friend of my mom's worked a Washwood Heath many many moons ago I tried to trace her with no luck we only knew as Aunty Dorothy which was the norm then to call parents freinds either Uncle or Aunty I wonder why ?
  9. gingerjon

    Bus conducter badges

    thanks for replies, Wendy what garage did Michael work at
  10. gingerjon

    Bus conducter badges

    thanks for the replies I have a photograph but the badge is out of focus it looks like two figure on the top can't make out any more do you know of any where they keep records for Birmingham corperation workers it looks like D D can't make out numbers
  11. gingerjon

    Bus conducter badges

    My Mom was a bus conductoress at Hockley depot circa 1940's does any one know what would be on the badge they had to wear (letters & numbers)
  12. gingerjon

    the retreat off sutton st

    Kenny Holder still comes to the school reunions see him quite regularwill ask him about is sister next time we meet Brenda
  13. gingerjon

    poppy day....

    Yes Poppies still grow Poppies still grow in fields where soldiers fell Soldiers whose stories, they can never tell Poppies still grow to remind us of this hell The wind bows the poppies head To remind of those things never said The poppies in flower like a sea of blood Did this war of mankind...
  14. gingerjon

    New Street City Centre Birmingham

    between 1868 & 1872 changed to Holliday previous owner Hyams Holliday William, silk mercer, draper, and Carpet factor, Warwick house, 28, 29, and 30, New st.; h. Belle Field, Ga. Knave's end
  15. gingerjon

    New Street City Centre Birmingham

    1873 25 to 30 Holliday William & Co. linen drapers, silk mercers, haberdashers, Hosiers, carpet factors, upholsterers, undertakers &c. (Warwick house)
  16. gingerjon

    Snow Hill Station

    post card of the Queens Hotel
  17. gingerjon

    the retreat off sutton st

    Between Bristol road and Bath row the other side of town Lyn do you want an A to Z LOL
  18. gingerjon

    the retreat off sutton st

    Bell Barn Road is just below Five Ways
  19. gingerjon

    New Street City Centre Birmingham

    William Holiday & Co Ltd Linen Drapers & Silk merchants
  20. gingerjon

    the retreat off sutton st

    The only one I can find is Landsdowne place 137 Bell Barn Road
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