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  1. Pomgolian

    Marriage Lookup please

    Here are the witnesses Will and Becky and family in 1841 Place: Birmingham -Warwickshire Civil Parish: Edgbaston Address: Bear Lane SurnameFirst name(s)SexAgeOccupationWhere Born BASHFORD William M 30 Button Stamper Warwickshire BASHFORD Rebecca F 30 Outside Census County (1841) BASHFORD...
  2. Pomgolian

    Marriage Lookup please

    This looks like it could be John's family in 1841 census Place: Birmingham -Warwickshire Civil Parish: Aston (Deritend) Address: 6 Crt Lower Trinity St Deriten SurnameFirst name(s)SexAgeOccupationWhere Born BILLINGTON John M 30 Packer Warwickshire BILLINGTON Mary F 35 Warwickshire...
  3. Pomgolian

    Saint Georges Day

    :georgecrossflag::georgecrossflag::georgecrossflag::georgecrossflag::georgecrossflag::georgecrossflag::georgecrossflag::georgecrossflag: Happy St.Georges day everyone... Have a great meet up... Congrat's to all the NEW GRANDPARENTS.... Happy Birthday Will Sheakspeare:thumbsup: (Back with you...
  4. Pomgolian

    Welcome leila rose 3-14 today.

    Congratulations to you all, and welcome to the world Layla Rose XXXX (Just had to pop in 4 this... back soon Jim and gang...)
  5. Pomgolian

    Silly Rhymes.

    Arkrite... It's a two ended spoon .... one end the size of a table spoon the other the size of a tea spoon...
  6. Pomgolian

    Silly Rhymes.

    I still use heaps of the old Nursery and Skipping Rhymes that I knew as a child at work (ages 0 to 5) and often have the kids in stitches explaining all the old words and coinage... some already mentioned and 1)Sing a song of 6d 2)1d 'eth of chips to grease ya lips 3) Sea-saw... Johnny will...
  7. Pomgolian

    My Bonzo Card Collection

    great collection ...
  8. Pomgolian

    Gator Arthur

    1881 Census Place 6 Ct 2 Aston Rd Aston, Warwick, England Name RelationMarital StatusGenderAgeBirthplaceOccupation Thomas FOLEY Head M Male 30 Bham, Warwick, England Pearl Button Cutter (Out Of Employ) Ellen FOLEY Wife M Female 30 Bham, Warwick, England Pin Sticker Beatrice FOLEY Daur Female...
  9. Pomgolian

    Chester Road.

    Hey Dek does that mean I passed your Aunt's house almost every day 'cept Sunday for two and a half years going to work ,she may even have shopped there too... I wasn't sure if the road (old age) change it's name half way up, that's why I said "I think it was", so thanx for putting me right on...
  10. Pomgolian

    Chester Road.

    Hey Chock2 I did have that pic' once but lost it with a few others when we did a 'puter change over... thanx for posting it. Even though it's called The Chester Rd Terminus it is actually Just along from The Yentn Pub... the roads are in fact Sutton Rd, the start of Birmingham Rd and the road to...
  11. Pomgolian

    The black eagle meet up

    Well they did it again well done Lynn and Wendy... and everyone else who were able to be there great result for the raffle...! Sorry to hear about your Pending Op Max, good luck and congrat's to Rob on the birth of Lily
  12. Pomgolian

    Chester Road.

    Jennyann the address of the shop was : Hancox and Dodge 167 Sutton Rd Erdington 23 Phone ERD 0073. I still have one of the Grocery order books with the address printed on it... I'll scan and post it on this thread.
  13. Pomgolian

    Welcome baby lily....

    A Girl in a hurry to make her mark on the world... Glad Mom's doing well too, congrat's to all the family
  14. Pomgolian

    Chester Road.

    Couldn't find the one from 1986 .... Here's the shop 2006/7... cleaned those windows many time when I worked there and the step and pavement in the front of the shop....
  15. Pomgolian

    Chester Road.

    Hi Guys I know exactly where it is... It's actually Sutton Road near 'The Yenton'. The 'Timber Tudor style' shop on the corner was Hancox and Dodge 167 Sutton Rd, I worked there in the 1960's it later became a Moyal and Adams shop. The horse stable was still at the back of the shop when I worked...
  16. Pomgolian

    Robert Mitchell Burial

    Could this be their marriage? If so Elizabeth may have moved back to London after Robert's death. ELISABETH GOSTELOW Marriages: Spouse: ROBERT MITCHELL 19 AUG 1802 Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England
  17. Pomgolian

    Born in hospital or at home ?

    Mike I think you've cracked it... if you go to Snowball's other thread here: https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=30103 They were all born probably above or behind Barber shops...
  18. Pomgolian

    Swift Emma

    Births Sep 1866 Swift Emma J Birmingham 6d157 Here's the birth for Emma J... Stephen Swift - ANN KEIGHT Marriage: 13 AUG 1865 Saint Phillips, Birmingham, Warwick, England
  19. Pomgolian

    Swift Emma

    Deaths Mar 1881 SWIFT Hannah 32 Aston 6d208 This looks like the death for Hannan just before the census was taken and she was the right age 32.
  20. Pomgolian

    Swift Emma

    Terry that's the same family I found in 1881, so it looks like that Stephen in 1865 married Hannah/ Ann Keight... and she had died or left the children by 1881 and their Gran was there... Household Record 1881 British Census Name RelationMarital StatusGenderAgeBirthplaceOccupationDisability...
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