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Shoots showing all over the garden and one brave yellow crocus bud.

A bit off topic but still involves Darwood. It shows how people can be lead astray by a tiny error. In the 1891 census I posted above William shown as George and Sarah have a daughter Maria age 11 I have viewed about 8 public family trees all of which have a printed 1891 census that I believe...

Hi Peter, a bit confused by post 9, whose service papers are at Farm street.

Have checked census entries and back houses and courts around 395 Farm street, no Darwoods found 1901 395 farm street James Williams age 23 ,butcher Ann 29 Annie 11 months 1911 395 farm street Henry white Margaret , wife George Henry 20 John 18 Amy 15 Kate 13.

William Darwood born 1857 to James Darwood and Emma nee Cartwright William Darwood registered with second name James which he never uses on record. married Sarah Ann Crook in 1878 1861 Aston road Duddeston age 4 with parents james and Emma and sister Betty age 1. 1871 Tindal street James and...

Welcome to the forum Billy, it was good that you met people who helped you and I can imagine it is emotional for you to remember those times.Thank you for your post.

I was the moderator who moved your post , I thought as a regular poster you must have inadvertically posted in the incorrect section and would later realise this and find it in the correct section. If anyone wants to find their posts click into your user name and it will show all messages you...

Banns for Marriage Thurlaston Leics 27 November 1892 Thomas McAllister , address Glen Parva Barracks Leics. Alice Chamberlain ,address Thurlaston Leics. religions listed Anglican. marriage Thurlaston Leics 19th dec 1892. Thomas McAllister , father Thomas McAllister to Alice Chamberlain...

As part of the smooth running of the Forum it is our policy that a Moderator will set up a recurring thread in general Discussion at the start of each year. Sadly in the last few weeks of December moderators had to delete many very off topic posts on the Gardening thread including a couple of...

Eric I have sent you a PM with family tree info. rather than go off topic.

The Team at BHF is Jim/Postie , the Gaffer Warren his son and our technical wizard. and the moderators Alberta, Astoness/Lyn,ChrisM, mikejee and Morturn. I have been a mod for over 20 years and this team now is one of the best. The forum has hundreds more members than when I first joined and...

The pub is now the New inns and the Road was obviously renamed because it is Summer Road now. Verified it is the correct one by following the neighbours in 1891 and the 3 Tuns was close to Poplar Avenue and Oxford Road exactly the position of the New Inns. When The crisp family moved to the...

This thread has now been reopened, please carry on submitting your lovely photos. The reason for the closure was for removal of offending posts which broke our rules on race and religion. Myself and fellow moderators are sorry that on such an interesting thread a member would go off topic and...

1871 census Tranter Street. John Grace , age 30, labourer , lodger born Ireland Susan grace age 30 , born Ireland Mary grace age 1 born Birmingham Mary Grace married George Beadsmore in 1891 he died in birmingham 1906

I remember 1947, we lived in a bungalow in the middle of the staffordshire moorlands, when we woke the bungalow was snowed in, Dad tried to clear a path but it was too big a task. Fortunatley neighbouriing farmers came to our rescue and dug a path from the lane to our front door.

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Too true Lyn, I am almost in tears every time I go a short way from where I live. This couple of weeks we have gone to Coleshill and , to Resort World and to Balsall Common and Knowle No trees, just a flat wasteland in every direction. As for the trees being replaced , some of them had taken...

Don't do that Eric, give it another chance replant and cut it back to about 18inches, I do that every year with mine in late autumn to protect it from being blown over by wind and snow. I can't throw any plants into the recycling which means I have far too many plants in my garden, lol.

1939 census has at No. 42 John Roskell Catholic priest along with 4 other priests and at No.32 45 occupants all male, no-one with surname Kenny

Skenyon , keep an open mind when doing your research. In days when people o told their details to officials , who often were not that good at spelling, the names can get distorted. Looking through your family with the dates you have given the names have been given on record as Houldcroft...