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    Birmingham Open Air Schools - Cropwood, Hunter's Hill, Marsh Hill and Skilts (excl. Haseley Hall and Uffculme)

    this is great thank you
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    Chamberlain & Hookham New Bartholomew Street

    Great thank you for these photos, my friends grandfather worked at this place in 1921 .. shall impost the 1921 census return so you can see ?
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    Rubber Works Aston

    Thank you...just what I needed **** The family I am researchin ghad two daugters working here & they are recorded on the 1921 census.. one is a worker and the other is a Clerk
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    St Peter & St Paul's Church, Aston, Birmingham - Font

    Ohhhh nooo ... thank you for this info *****
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    St Peter & St Paul's Church, Aston, Birmingham - Font

    Thank you so much that is amazing and just what I needed.
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    St Peter & St Paul's Church, Aston, Birmingham - Font

    Good Afternoon All, I am trying to find a photo of the font which is in St Peter's & St Paul's Church, Aston, Birmingham. Due to limited mobility I am unable to travel from Berkshire to the church. I just wondered if anyone has attended a christening there and maybe they have a photo of it ? (I...
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    Back to Backs, Courts and Houses and Street Names

    Yes it was probably me ... they had one dog and 3 cats written on the 1911 census .. a treasure of information which captures the very spirit of family life. ****
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    Perfecta Seamless Tube Works Plume Street Aston

    This is brilliant thank you. Apparently the workers went on strike just before or during WW1 and it was in the newspapers. This photo that you have posted, is so important to document. *****
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    Perfecta Seamless Tube Works Plume Street Aston

    enlargement of record attached
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    Perfecta Seamless Tube Works Plume Street Aston

    Managed to find this out about the Perfecta Tube and Conduit Company of Plume Street, Aston, Birmingham. This is written in 1918 just at the end of WW1.
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    Back to Backs, Courts and Houses and Street Names

    Thank you Mike ....... yes it does seems that it is the same place... Great photo thank you. Thank goodness photos like this were taken and are available online...... it is such a valuable resource for any one trying to trace their family trees or descendants. Photos were really rare in the mid...
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    Back to Backs, Courts and Houses and Street Names

    I looked for "Court" houses as I was looking for the mid 1800's predominately 1851 through to 1890 but "Back to Back Housing kept coming up...... but these were a later addition to the "Court" houses in Birmingham, I understand. How my client's 3 x Great Grandmother coped with 6 children all...
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    Back to Backs, Courts and Houses and Street Names

    I'd love to see some old photos / drawings of the old court housing in Aston Birmingham from 1860's I have trailed the internet and found some ... Mostly from Getty Images... the old maps online are incredible too. They actually show some of the numerous "courts" housingthat available back in...
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    St Clements Church Nechells

    Thank you so much for all the photos that have been posted on this forum for St Clement's Church. This has been an invaluable source to show my friend where her paternal Great Grandparents were married in 1894.
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