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Re: 46 Henlow Road 1935 FARREN Hello Marlene & Kia Ora to You & land of long white cloud :) Henlow Road is at B,ham A-Z ref 5H page 147, its Maypole area/side of Kings Heath Its off Sladepool Farm Rd & Hawkshurst Rd just behind the main Alcester Road, The area is a nice suburb, residential &...

Hello & Welcome Derek :) Researching "Smitten" surname/family Solihull & surrounds Derek, could you add a bit more info to your post,,the more you can put the better responses will be The "time zone" 1880,s-1980,s ?or specific year(s) in between, 1st names of some of your "Smitten" surnamed...

Ok,, you, you,,Fast Lady :rolleyes: I think your posted marr to Edith M Collins is the right one, Need more info from Mary T to correlate the bits together, Looks like the "Britt" surname came up from Essex/Epping, down souf anyway, 3 or 4 William James Britt,s 1890 +/-5 born down thataways...

Oooh Chris :P Ya beat me to those details by 1 minute,,lol Cheers JohnY :)

Hello & welcome MaryT :) May i suggest that you add to your lovely 1st posting by giving a few more details, Could you put Dates or approximates for William J R Britt, birth? marriage & who he married,,Surname if poss but 1st will help, Folks on here will soon assist your new searching Ok...

Good Posting & photo Dave m8 , Sure,,post the "Duke of York" + address,,there is always folks looking for these lost & much loved/missed Pubs Cheers Dave,,JohnY

Postie m8, another great Photo posted, Thanks, Scarpered down Milton Street many a time,, JohnY

Rupert :) Thoughfull, deep & resonate with knowledgeable "feeling", The words depict well the Hardness, Fears, tradgedies of loss yet the Hope & aspirations of Fairer jouney of life, You Sir,, are Abeam,,, also a beam of eloquent light, Thank you JohnY :)

Norma :) Thank you & your Pals at Work for the 14 years of saving many animals, Thats a lovely thing for you all to do :handshake: Its a shame the latest, the little kitten didn,t survive, but you all tried your best, Have recently lost our old cat (17), miss her badly (don,t miss the Vets...

Hello Wales :) Sometimes when the Bride is older than the Groom,,, The Groom adds a year or two & the Bride "drops " a year or Ten :rolleyes: There is an Enos Wood born Ashby de la Zouche, Volume XV page 23, 1844 2nd Quarter & a Enos Wood born in Halifax, volume XX11 page 233 3rd Quarter...

Sincerely well said Ratbag x Truth & courage to say,, well done, My "childhood" a replication of Norma,s & my m8 Kandor, not much i could add, Don,t think i want to really, sometimes Big guys don,t have courage to match such as Norma, & Mz Whiplash Thanks,,Johny

Wales :) Did "Enos Wood" sign his name on Marriage certificate or put X ? Remember the majority of people in that time period could not write so the "dialect" was used a lot, The Vicar,s interpretation of how his name "sounded" is what would be written in, Your "Enos" may have been "Aynos" or...

Hi Rowan :) Your best bet is to search the Electoral Rolls for Michael & Sylvia Holmes maybe from their address & date of Sally,s birth 1966 Oakham, Also the Telephone Directories again from the same era & Area, hoping they not moved away? Others may have better suggestions too, Good luck with...

Hello & Welcome Dudleylad :) May i suggest that you add some Dates, births/marriage of Hubert Povey to Lilian Jones etc, maybe Streets they lived in & time zone with some more info on your Cooper & Salter families added on their respective Surnames on the Alphabetical Surname sections, They...

Hello & Welcome Lindz :) a Murder would have been in the Local Newspapers of that time 1900/1905? Maybe you could contact the Birmingham Post /B,ham Mail, now owned by Trinity Mirror Group ( i think?) They do have Archives & its worth an enquiry,, Cheers & Good luck JohnY :cool:

Re: William Richard Hodson and family Hi Rachel GH :) I have a Edith Gertrude HODSON b 18th April 1910 married Arthur Howell in B,ham 1938, This is a "branch" line of family so not fully researched (yet) so if you have an active interest/linkage,, contact anytime, We will comparison & dig...

Rung its last Bell :( its now been set Fire too ,,,, no further comment,,just try to remember when it was a lovely place,:)JY

:cry: Oooh Alf m8,, i am still crying over Ansells + M & B closing, JohnY :(

Re: guilford street lozells Hi Lindey :) Sorry i didn,t know any Orbells or Collins families of Summer Lane, Others may know though, Try posting them seperately on the Alphabetical Surname section, be lucky,, ps Me & Alf lived at the "Posh" end of Summer Lane,, Only the Wimmin got...

Re: guilford street lozells Alf m8,:) Your memory gone Gaga ;) I sez i was ex William Cowper yonks ago, Left there in 1961 & left Ormond Street (next street to Cowper St) about 1963, Those streets & Guildford/Porchester/Summer Lane where All my mob came from, Oooh Posh lot eh! :rolleyes: Cheers...