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    Castle Bromwich mystery air crash WW1

    Hi everyone this is a bit of a mystery...I have removed an old photograph from my Great Great Aunts who were Brummies and on the back is an inscription relating to a Major in the RFC, who was killed at what looks like Castle Bromwich, presumably in an aircraft accident, potentially on August...
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    Re Cemetery

    Hi everyone I have a document from 1920 detailing where a grave is - it looks like Willow Cemetery? Could this be right and if so, where was it and does it survive and where the records be? Any help much appreciated. Thank you.
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    Salford Works, Richard Street? Any clues?

    A copy of my grandfather's birth certificate from 1893 gives his father's address as Salford Works, Richard Street and his occupation as a stationery engine driver. I've struggled to find anything on Salford Works, it makes me wonder if this should read Saltley Works as my mother remembered her...
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    Brass Dish

    Hi can anyone throw any light on who the maker of this extraordinary brass tray might be, it has 'HB' stamped on the bottom, it is likely the bottom of a lamp of some sort. I wonder if it might be Herbert Bushell? It's such beautiful brass and copper work it must have come from Brum! (Bit...
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