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    Handsworth Pound Hamstead Road

    That’s a fabulous photo! Thank you both very much for taking the time to scan and send it to me. Wonderful photo of quite a character! Thank you again so much xxxx
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    Handsworth Pound Hamstead Road

    that is so thoughtful and kind of you, lyn……thank you xxx
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    Gunmakers Arms. Bath St.

    I agree, really interesting to hear these old stories. I think you’re right….it was almost certainly in the pub back yard. William looks quite smart there too, with his waistcoat and tie…..I bet he was behind the bar that day!
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    Gunmakers Arms. Bath St.

    Wow, Nick…..I’d love to go there. The trapdoor might be wrong! I’m relying on the memory of his granddaughter, she’s 85 and I dont think her memory is that good anymore. It could just have been the cellar steps! If I do come across any photos, I will of course post them. This is the only...
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    Gunmakers Arms. Bath St.

    Brilliant photo’s. Love the proper baby bonnet xxx
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    Gunmakers Arms. Bath St.

    Ooohhhhh…I bet that‘s him, Nick! The family story was that there was a trapdoor/opening in the floor in the bar area and someone had left it open….he didn’t realise and down he went….he was 50.
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    Gunmakers Arms. Bath St.

    That’s a lovely story, pauljon….happy memories xx
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    Gunmakers Arms. Bath St.

    What a great thread :) Hello to all. My great grandparents, William George and his wife Mary Ann ran the Gunmakers Arms in the late 20's. He fell down the cellar steps in February 1929, punctured his lung and died. Someone told me he haunts the place!!!! :dizzy::skull:
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    Tudor street

    Hi there....I realise this is almost 10 years ago.. that little girl was my Auntie Brenda. Her dad, Bill George kept The Malt Shovel. Brenda’s brother Mick is my dad. She’s 87 now and still going xx
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    Handsworth Pound Hamstead Road

    These are absolutely wonderful, oldmohawk. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this x alison xx
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    Handsworth Pound Hamstead Road

    Oh wow, thank you very much indeed for this. Very much appreciated xx
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    Handsworth Pound Hamstead Road

    I very much enjoyed this thread, which I’ve just found. I had no idea it was here. Isaac George, the last keeper of the pound was my paternal great great grandad...... I’m absolutely delighted to find the cutting about his funeral.....for years I’ve been wondering where he’s buried. Does...
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    Handsworth

    Thank you so very much, what a joy. I even find where he’s buried.......fantastic. thank you sooooooo much xx
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    Handsworth

    Thank you very much for the welcome :) I realise this is an old thread...but I'm going to try........that photo of Isaac George (my great great grandad) outside the old Pound....I'm trying to work out where he's standing. Im looking at google street view and trying to line up the graves behind...
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    Handsworth

    Brilliant to find a picture of Isaac George. He was my great great grandad xx
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