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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    Willis street, St. James WEST SIDE. 2 & 4 Ford Joseph, beer retlr here is Londo-nter .. ... here is Great Brook st 30 Malen William, Melbourne granoistone works 32 Holland &Bourne,dairymn 36 Budd Charles Hy. coal dlr here is Ashted row 50 Gill Herbert Edward 52 Grimmett...
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    Amanda, Thank you, I shall try to remember.
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    DEK. Well spotted, Two different photographs but they are surely the same house.
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    1904 Kelly's Mine Does Not Show Ashted House 89 Hamilton, physician & 138J Willis Ted Harold, baker here is Willis st... 140 McGowan Alfred William 142 Hands Mrs & -{ surgeon ALSO 90 j Williams Mrs. Hamilton, (^ physician & surgeon here is Willis st 91 Harvey Joseph Frederick, physician &...
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    Dek. I could be wrong but I feel that the first tower block was built across the road from LIoyds on the corner in the photograph, I too could not tell you the names of the Tower Blocks. I feel this site may well have been the beginnings of the Nechell's Parkway. Come on mike get those maps...
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    Sorry about the spelling of the title. This is a photograph of Great Lister Street with Saint Matthews Church in the distants.
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    Edge tool maker

    Re: Edge Tool Makers.(A F Parkes Dartmouth St) E Clayton. What a great story you have. I like to think that my Great Grandfather worked there as he was an Edge Tool maker and lived just across the road in Richard Street. I have an old hoe which has PARKES stamped on it and wonder if it was...
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    Yes Dek, I seem to remember those gardens but thought they were more into Bloomsbury Street, I cannot say that I remember Ashted House too well. I cannot see that it would have been demolished before our time as I cannot think there would have been any waste ground where it would have stood.
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    This puzzles me as it says " Stood at the corner of Ashted Row and Great Lister Street. Perhaps that can be corrected .
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    I seemed to think it was in that area, what put me off was the pub that still stands today with the Ashted Row name plate on its wall. Also Ashted Row crossed over Dartmouth Street later to become Jennings Row.
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    Ashted row 1895 Ashted row,96 Belmont row ?????? to 1 Blooinsbury street. MAP H 4, I 4. 1 Williams Edwd.furn.dealr
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    What was a Relieving station?

    This is a very interesting thread.
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    Phil, My memory fades me now and I know he was along there, later to move down by the Clock ? pub near Bloomsbury Street. I forget what he looked like all those years ago but he was such a nice Doctor.
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    Burials of deceased from Western Road Infirmary

    I have just put it on Google Ann and you are right, Aston union Infirmary would have been Union Road depending who made out the Death Certificate.
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    Ashted Row once more. Doctor O'Keef was along here.
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    Isbn 0-7524-2279-0
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    These are two photographs of Ashted Row in 1961. I guess they are between the areas of Willis Street in the distances and Windsor Street or Heneage Street that crossed Ashted Row.( Saltley, Duddeston and Nechells) ISBN 0-7524-2279-0
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    St Bartholomews Edgbaston Lookups

    Edgbaston Parish Church.. Sorry it does not seem to enlarge.
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    St Bartholomews Edgbaston Lookups

    Yes shera you are right.
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    Tammy Wynette Tragic Country Queen by Jimmy McDonough

    FIND A GRAVE Wynette (Pugh), Tammy (Virginia Wynette) b. May 5, 1942 d. April 6, 1998 Country Singer. Known as the “First Lady Of Country Music”, she recorded several number one hits, such as "Stand By Your Man" and "Divorce." In 1969 she married singer George Jones and began a...
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