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    40 Coldbath Road Kings Heath

    An earliar photo of the same shop at 39 Coldbath Rd posted above. This is from about 1910, 14 years earliar. The lady is my great grandmother's sister, Alice Louisa Forman, born 1877 and her oldest children Lilian (Lil), William and Bernard Firkins. Her husband Bernard Firkins was still alive...
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    40 Coldbath Road Kings Heath

    The lady sat second to the left is Alice Louisa Firkins nee Forman, the "A Firkins" above the 39 Coldbath Rd shop door. Her husband died of a heart attack on Bournemouth Beach in 1921 so my guess is she went on to run the shop on her own. William is my grandfather William Haynes, Alice's...
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    40 Coldbath Road Kings Heath

    I'm Margaret House's son Richard. I uploaded the photo on behalf of Mum, as well as many others of the Firkins family, including several of the back garden of 39 Coldbath Rd. Mum died in 2022. Her grandmother was Alice Firkin's sister Carrie Forman. Alice had many grandchildren - two of whom...
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