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  1. Davenport

    C Green &Son No 10 Bull Ring

    Thank you so much for this photograph showing the address, what a find
  2. Davenport

    Bomb Damaged Bull Ring

    Ah Thanks,
  3. Davenport

    Bomb Damaged Bull Ring

    Do you know what the brick tower on the right hand side with the metal railings around is ?
  4. Davenport

    Alderlea Secondary School Shard End

    Not sure of date, possible mid 60s
  5. Davenport

    10 Bull Ring.

    Thanks Janice, could be that C Green had a shop on the premises as well as manufacturing and she was a sales person there.
  6. Davenport

    10 Bull Ring.

    Thank you for this
  7. Davenport

    10 Bull Ring.

    I also assumed that it was mainly a commercial and shop area so the flat above does seem the most plausible explanation. Her surname was Sneath she was a salesperson, and her Father‘s profession was coach painter. Thanks for the map. Thank you for your help.
  8. Davenport

    10 Bull Ring.

    I have a distant relative who married in June 1931 at St Martin’s Parish church. She gives her address as 10 Bull Ring on the marriage certificate. I presume this was a residential address and wonder how it fits into the market / retail area that I know of ? Thanks.
  9. Davenport

    Rotunda

    My Wife used to work on the 13th floor for Legal & General in the late 1970s
  10. Davenport

    Alderlea Secondary School Shard End

    Sorry it’s not very clear.
  11. Davenport

    Rowton House

  12. Davenport

    Davenports

    Hello Dale, Ada was the 7th Daughter b. 1878 of Joseph Davenport b.1832 d.1910. She married William Robert Walker Murray , Solicitor. Her Brother Baron John is my 2nd Cousin 3x removed. Sounds distant but we share the same 4 x Great Grandfather Robert Davenport b.1765. so you and I are related...
  13. Davenport

    Stamping die from Jewellery quarter

    This has reminded me of my 3x Great Grandfather William Davenport b.1769. He was a die sinker but he used his profession and ‘skill’ to produce counterfeit coins including Sovereigns,half Sovereigns and other coins. He was convicted in 1829 and was on the Prison ship Cumberland. I believe his...
  14. Davenport

    Deathridge

    This is a photograph of Alice Elizabeth Deathridge b.1907. d.1991 . Outside her Fathers shop, not sure of address could be 36 Vaughton Street ,or 161 Rookery Road. Her Parents, Henry Deathridge and ( from my family ) Alice Meddings.
  15. Davenport

    Adverts of yesteryear.

    Not sure of the date.
  16. Davenport

    Bird family Bristol Road/Street

    Thank you I did check this out. I think that members of the Birds custard family may also have lived nearby.? It was a Davenport wedding to a Wagstaff who had business connections to Sturge chemicals,Liffford Lane. But as sospiri says they don’t look short of a bob or two. Which aroused my...
  17. Davenport

    Bird family Bristol Road/Street

    I realise this is a very long shot but I’m wondering if anyone recognises from their family photographs the couple in the top right hand corner of this wedding photograph taken in 1910. They are known as Mr & Mrs Bird and may have lived on Bristol Road / Street. They appear to be quite a welll...
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