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    Greenshield

    I saved for months and months and then went to spend them on saucepans and crockery at the Greenshield shop in Erdington High street, put them in the car boot whilst going to visit another shop and came back to find the car had been stolen The car was later found minus my Greenshield buys so it...
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    Malthouse Lane, Alum Rock/Washwood Heath

    I lived over the other shop also owned by Ernie Lucas, they sold carpets. right next to the railway line so my china rattled when a train went past.
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    Malthouse Lane, Alum Rock/Washwood Heath

    Welcome to the forum Pat. When I first married in 1961 we had a flat over the shops opposite the old police station in Washwood Heath road, malthouse lane was behind the station and in the days when all shops closed early , I would go to the off licence?outdoor in the lane to get my crisps and...
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    In the garden 2022

    Just a reminder the thread title is 'In the Garden'.
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    Errors

    The worst problem in some cases is the ages on different census especially 1841 who often round the age up to an even number. As has been said before , Fibs, and my goodness our ancestors were really good at them, from children before marriage to bigamy and ages. They sometimes even changed...
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    Williams family in Aston 1900 through to 50's

    Marriage 1924 St. peter and ST Paul, Aston March 8th 1924 William Williams age 28 Warehouse man, 25 Alfred Street. father William occupation.Fitter to Hilda Smith age 21 also of Alfred Street, father John. Edgar Smith Williams brother was one of the witnesses. 1911 , 25 Alfred street...
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    Birmingham Police recruitment and training

    My Dad did his training at Mill Meece in 1947-1948, he was just 5ft 8ins an inch too short to get into his local force of Stoke on Trent, he served for 30 years and then became Vehicle controller for the Force, taking care of all the Police vehicles.
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    Chelmsley Wood Pubs

    Do any of your know when they changed the pub sign for the Centurian, always was a Centurian/Roman soldier presumably because it is on the original Roman road , Chester road and later it was changed to a Centurian Tank
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    Frederick Charles Mason any connection?

    Violet Pretty was born in Handsworth, December 1931 1930 Electoral roll has her parents Harold and Edna at 242 Aston Lane , Handsworth.
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    Queen Elizabeth II has died

    I remember her fathers death and the next day in school assembly singing God save our gracious QUEEN. Also remember standing very close to her when she opened Chelmsley Wood shoppng centre in the 1970s. My husband worked on the build of a shopping mall in Leamington which she opened , he took...
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    Witton Isolation Hospital burnt down in 1967

    Just looking through this old thread and recalled that sometime between Sept 1961 and 1963 my exhusband was working as a bus conductor on the 51 and 52 buses to Perry Barr/Great Barr, A man walked out of the isolation hospital in Witton and was last seen boarding one of these buses, anyone...
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    Susan Dudley nee Chapman

    The birth is incorrect she would have been 12 in 1981, sister Sandra born 1963 both with birth mother Warren. Susan E E Chapman born 1959 married Michael Dudley 1981
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    No birds in my garden....

    As you know Eric I live across the road from you at Bacons End, we have lots of Seagulls squealing away as soon as it gets light.
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    No birds in my garden....

    I appear to be a bit luckier, we have sparrows, black birds, great tits, blue tits, our regular cheeky robin but also too many magpies and pigeons coming to our garden pond to have a drink or a bath. We have a large conifer in the back garden , I call it their multistorey flats because all you...
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    Lawrence & Allday

    your grandmother was Helen May Allday b 1898 1901 living Putney road Handsworth name Helen M with father Ernest mother ellen 1911 96 Wellington road handsworth Ernest alfred Allday age 40 Gem setter Jeweller Ellen age 38 Lilian 16 Ellen 11 Helen May Allday married William Hardwick 1935, 1939...
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    Advice on best Birmingham newpapers for reporting of court convictions

    Emma Louisa griffin baptised Stowe Gloucester in 1858 mother Jane, no father. In 1871 working as a servant in stratford upon avon age 14 1861 in Donnington gloucester. John Griffin age 51 Sarah age 50 Jane age 29 daughter Emma age 3 daughter Sarah age 3 months daughter. my guess is that the...
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    Goldsby Bert The Tyseley Terror

    William didn't start off very well he was an inmate at the Shawbury Industrial (reform) school age 13 in 1911. Is this the same William whose record of his prison term for burglary reads Sentenced on 25th Nov 1930 released 27.July 1932 on his right arm tattoos of Dagger, MAY, and a serpent...
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    Wives of John Thomas Sheldon born 1808 Aston Juxta Warwick England

    Sorry , the hot weather is getting to me.
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    Wives of John Thomas Sheldon born 1808 Aston Juxta Warwick England

    Emmas probate was around £50, which in those days might have bought you a small terrraced house. On 31st, August 1864 Yardley Marriage Robert George Scholefield , bachelor occupation Gentleman ,father Samuel looks like Boot maker. Emma Sheldon, widow, father samuel cook Nail manufacturer...
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    Wives of John Thomas Sheldon born 1808 Aston Juxta Warwick England

    Thanks mike, what a sad and awful story.
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