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    Childminders in the 1920's

    So, at the beginning it must have been a private arrangement. This would have been in the 1920's. On the 1921 census the child was with her parents. Thank you all for your input. Carol
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    Childminders in the 1920's

    Hello AnnS, No, the child was cared for in the family home of the minder. I suppose it was the same as Fostering. The minder was known as Granny (surname) and she lived in Sparkhill. I wondered if it was a private arrangement. I don't think there were any legalities to go through at that time...
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    Childminders in the 1920's

    Hello, Were some women paid to look after a child who was unrelated to themselves in the 20th Century? This particular lady looked after a child while the child's father worked away and eventually moved away from Birmingham. She stayed with this lady and her family for years and eventually left...
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    Walford Road, Sparkhill

    Does anybody remember the couple who had the corner sweet shop in Walford Road in the very early 1960's? Margaret and Dennis MORGAN was their name? What was the shop called? Dennis was killed in a car accident in late summer 1963.
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    St Thomas’s National School

    Hello, Does anybody happen to know where St Thomas National School was in central Birmingham in 1893?
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    Red Caps photo

    Mmm, not so sure whether it would have had anything to do with the Suffragettes, I am so intrigued with these caps and cannot find anything relating to them anywhere. Thank you for your thoughts Eric.
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    Red Caps photo

    Hello, I have a photograph of four ladies in red tassled hats and a walking stick each. I say walking stick, they are not of the age that they would need a walking stick. On the back of this photo it says "Alice Rogers Red Caps" can anyone enlighten me to what organisation these ladies belonged...
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