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Hi Tony
I believe there is a thread about Burlington hall on here Called "Burlington Hall Aston" you may find what you need. There is also a little information on this link
https://astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/burlingtonhallstory.html
Royal mail have a National Returns centre in Belfast. All undelivered mail and parcels get sent there. They attempt to track the owners. They receive up to 20 million undeliverable items each year. Sometimes these are just uncollected items, at other times it is due to insufficient address, no...
According to the companies house document he lived on Silverstone avenue, Handsworth wood at No 31. This is that house today. The one with the White door.
Hi Del Boy
I did not know Vic, but found this article that confirms his company in the jewellery quarter when it became incorporated , found on companies house.
Found another link for Saltley Reformatory Birmingham (later Norton School)
https://www.search.birminghamimages.org.uk/details.aspx?ResourceID=12636&ExhibitionID=12638&SearchType=2&ThemeID=288
Not sure if you have read this article
https://www.hertspastpolicing.org.uk/content/catalogue_item/guard-room-occurrence-book-5-nov-1903-17-oct-1904/pages-007-008-9/absconded-from-stoke-farm-reformatory-school
The one with the blue door is listed as being up for sale and is named Brearley House, and 95 grange road, there are some internal photos on this site.
https://themovemarket.com/tools/propertyprices/brearley-house-95-grange-road-birmingham-b10-
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Small Heath was a scattered rural community with no village focus. By 1834 a small development of large houses had been laid out east of the Small Heath between Green Lane and Grange Road. These were the homes of the upper-middle class set in the countryside away from the booming industry of...
More on Olive Wharry, the more I read about this lady the more I admire her:
https://spartacus-educational.com/Wwharry.htm
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ho144-1205-221873-44131.jpg