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    Rose & Crown Pub Hingeston St Hockley

    I am sure someone asked for the image of this pub a few months back? Oh, sorry, the pub was demolished in the early 70s methinks? I think it is just landscaped & greened over where the pub stood.
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    Our parents over the years.

    Early photographs of parents? My mother Mary Kathleen Cruxton on her baptism in Wrexham 1922. Is that early enough :D Dibs
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    Mary Anne St and Bartholomew ST

    Mike, where was Bartholomew Row in relation to Bartholomew Street please?
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    Number One Portland Road, Edgbaston

    Only if you are going to browse original documents, take photographic ID with you, you can get signed up in 5 mins. I also disagree with Astonian that Birmingham Archives have limited documents relating to the past of Birmingham, it is a veritable treasure trove ;-)
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    Lickey Hills

    The cottage could have been in Warren Lane, ran from the church into the hills.
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    Number One Portland Road, Edgbaston

    A good place to start would be the Birmingham archives on the 6th floor of the central library
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    Brigadier H E C Weldon.

    Can anyone please point me in the right direction to enable me to find further information on the following officer. Brigadier H E C Weldon. Alas I have very little information to go on apart from he served in WW11 and as I understand it had published a number of military books. Kind...
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    EVETTS Benjamin look up request

    Would AKS with credits please be kind enough to do be search for Benjamin EVETTS please He is showing up as Benjamin G Evetts with other occupants MICHAEL J SMITH, ANDREA S SMITH He is listed on 192.com for 2002/2008 but on going to purchase credits I find that it works out at 22.98...
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    The Birmingham Arms

    I am sure that Lynnn (Astoness) posted a great image of the Birmingham Arms in Hampton St a little while back.
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    Camden Street, Brookfield, Birmingham

    Re: Camden Street & Great Western pub Better late than never (REPLACEMENT PHOTO)
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    Saint Davids Church

    Anyone please? Apologies for the bump.
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    Saint Davids Church

    Bissell Street. Any esteemed poster with an image of said church please? Nothing in our archives. Kind regards. Dibs
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    Piggot Street

    Cheers for that information Mike, great help, nice to know your close relatives lived in that one street, and used all the shops shewn. Many thanks. Ray
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    Piggot Street

    I had relatives living in Piggot Street in the 40/50s, the Begley's and Charlton's living in the courtyard behind number 24, does anyone know if the even numbers are on the left of the image, or the right (Newsagents side)? A really brilliant photograph, such a shame the whole lot of houses and...
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    langdon Bill

    Re: Bill langdon Isn't it LANDON? Over 50 years ago Bill Landon Senior had a dream of owning a bathroom showroom, where customers could freely walk around bathroom settings and truly picture themselves in the latest corner bath or shower cubicle. It seems like madness nowadays but this was...
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    Screw wormer

    Could be, But whats a screw wormer?? Puts the threads on to the screws? I understand the threads were (and still are on worm drive clips) known as "Worms"
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    my daughters snowman

    What did the first snowman say to the second snowman................ "Can you smell carrots"
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    Where is This? - 123

    Printmeister, looking at your image, and having passed same spot this morning and had a ganders I must say this looks to be the same location, as a previous poster mentioned, the salute would have been taken outside the police station, next to Kalamazoo, also the trams used to run up and down...
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    Where is This? - 123

    Bristol Road, Northfield going towards Rubery?
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    Lickey Incline

    Thank you for the link to those evocative films, wonderful. Brings back so many great memories, I was born and raised at the bottom end of George St West a couple of hundred feet or so from the Hockley goods yard and the GWR main line between London and Wolverhampton, many, many a hot sultry...
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