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  1. Keith R

    Victoria Terrace Kent Street North Hockley

    Sorry its All Saints/Hockley....
  2. Keith R

    Victoria Terrace Kent Street North Hockley

    I have searched the forums and drew a blank......I am looking for any images for Victoria Terrace , Kent St North.I visited here around 1972 and think it would have been called something like a Courtyard.....houses all around a square with toilet blocks in the middle. Thanks.
  3. Keith R

    Cafes in and around Birmingham

    Ha ha.....if its the same place it was just before Oxford St on Digbeth......must be same place next door to the newsagaent.I worked in Oxford St and had to run the errands for workers in the printers......yes 2 brothers ...one used to cut the loaves of bread with an ultra sharp knife and the...
  4. Keith R

    Cotteridge

    O.M.G...This is brilliant...used to do this walk when I missed the Night service 45...but I had to carry on all the way up Redditch Road to just before the Man in the Moon...lol. Recently found out Wife's family lived on Pershore Road...1st on Stirchley St then 1705 Pershore Road...just up from...
  5. Keith R

    Cotteridge

    Cotteridge would be from the top of the " factory centre" Hill on Pershore Road then past all these shops down to Breedon Cross where the canal crosses.Then its Stirchley down what was Stirchley high St to the Dogpool.All very localised areas.
  6. Keith R

    City Centre Photographs

    wore these when I got married...I was soon cut down to size ha ha....
  7. Keith R

    City Centre Photographs

    Mine in '75.....lol
  8. Keith R

    Courtyards and yards of brum

    Bet the lady leaning on the fence invented selfies in later years....lol
  9. Keith R

    Sorrento Hospital Nursing Home

    Sorry Lyn,Loveday and everyone on here.......I forgot about her still being living.
  10. Keith R

    Sorrento Hospital Nursing Home

  11. Keith R

    long lost family special

    just found this........... LONG LOST FAMILY SPECIAL: THE MOTHER AND BABY HOME SCANDAL Two episodes across two consecutive nights on ITV1 and ITVX SERIES SYNOPSIS: Extraordinary reunions end decades of yearning in this special edition of Long Lost Family, which spans two nights. At the heart...
  12. Keith R

    long lost family special

    Never thought it was Middlemore...I commented on the original post.....lol
  13. Keith R

    long lost family special

    Sounds familiar...is it a repeat ?
  14. Keith R

    WW2 casualty and civilians who died look up

    I have the Death Certs but was hoping to fill some blanks........I am sure I have mentioned both on here before......Fred was in army and has a Commonwealth Grave but died from Chronic Nephritis in Hospital.Couldnt get his war record but was obviously in Brum in 44. Beatrice died from Asthma -...
  15. Keith R

    WW2 casualty and civilians who died look up

    Thanks but I know 99% about them and was just trying for the other 1%...lol
  16. Keith R

    WW2 casualty and civilians who died look up

    I know most about both but was looking to confirm things.....Fred died in Selly Oak hospital and Beatrice was taken to Coventry but thought maybe they were injured in a raid before going to hospita.
  17. Keith R

    WW2 casualty and civilians who died look up

    No worries Lyn,thanks for looking.
  18. Keith R

    WW2 casualty and civilians who died look up

    Hi, is there a Frederick Butcher died December 1944 and a Beatrice Butcher died August 1940 please
  19. Keith R

    Rocky Lane Perry Barr

    Wife's Mother's sister Doris Bayley/Brown......that was unknown to us till recently lived right opposite school in Dorrington Road after marrying.Was still there in1950.When looking on a modern map I always wondered why woudl they live in such a built up area......but looking at this map it was...
  20. Keith R

    new electoral rolls on ancestry for birmingham

    have you a clue how we access these records please ? EDIT......Found them now...thanks.
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