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    Hacketts of Blackheath.

    I have Hackett, Willetts and Danks in my family tree but I cant find a connection (yet). This site is excellent for the black country and certainly have helped me in the past. www.genealogyforum.co.uk
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    Evacuation Of Children World War 2

    This is a magazine called Sentinel from Icknield Street Boys School 1939 on their evacuation to Cinderford.
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    Camps visited by Birmingham youngsters

    If a new thread is started I can put all 8pages on
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    Camps visited by Birmingham youngsters

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    Camps visited by Birmingham youngsters

    Does this help at all?
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    Camps visited by Birmingham youngsters

    Icknield Street boys school went to a Summer camp 1939. Their Sentinel magazine is 8 pages long, and this is just 2. .
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    Camp Hill

    How weird, but do you think the modern photo looks different for Fulford Hall looking at the chimneys?
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    Camp Hill

    I dont know the year but it looks pre 1900s
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    Camp Hill

    Here is a photo with the Ship Inn on the corner and the church further down.
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    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    Chamberlain Gardens and the road on the right between the buildings Francis Road and the new build in the middle could be maisonettes.
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    Newman Tonks - Newtown

    Brilliant.
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    Newman Tonks - Newtown

    Thanks Mike thats what I thought
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    Newman Tonks - Newtown

    Can someone please confirm if it was Tonks or Tube Investments that sent a smaller tube inside a tube back to the USA as they said they had made the smallest tube ever. Thanks
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    If Handsworth was a Postcard...

    She has done Harborne. She will be doing Hockley/JQ soon
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    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    Nineveh Road on the right hand side
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    indian restaurants

    A couple of years ago there was a project about Birmingham Curry Houses and a display of the history was set up in the Museum. This is from Birmingham Mail. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/history-birmingham-curry-houses-traced-14113342
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    Aston Villa history

    1895
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    Aston Villa history

    1904
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    Subways

    You would probably have to cross at the bottom by the mini roundabout or right at the top by the church
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    City Centre Photographs

    Throwing coins into the fountain for the Lord Mayor's fund. 1955
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