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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    As part of the smooth running of the Forum it is our policy that a Moderator will set up a recurring thread in general Discussion at the start of each year. Sadly in the last few weeks of December moderators had to delete many very off topic posts on the Gardening thread including a couple of...
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    Wain

    Eric I have sent you a PM with family tree info. rather than go off topic.
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    The moderating team

    The Team at BHF is Jim/Postie , the Gaffer Warren his son and our technical wizard. and the moderators Alberta, Astoness/Lyn,ChrisM, mikejee and Morturn. I have been a mod for over 20 years and this team now is one of the best. The forum has hundreds more members than when I first joined and...
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    Crisp family of Erdington

    The pub is now the New inns and the Road was obviously renamed because it is Summer Road now. Verified it is the correct one by following the neighbours in 1891 and the 3 Tuns was close to Poplar Avenue and Oxford Road exactly the position of the New Inns. When The crisp family moved to the...
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    In the garden 2022

    This thread has now been reopened, please carry on submitting your lovely photos. The reason for the closure was for removal of offending posts which broke our rules on race and religion. Myself and fellow moderators are sorry that on such an interesting thread a member would go off topic and...
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    MARY GRACE BEADSMORE DUDDESTON

    1871 census Tranter Street. John Grace , age 30, labourer , lodger born Ireland Susan grace age 30 , born Ireland Mary grace age 1 born Birmingham Mary Grace married George Beadsmore in 1891 he died in birmingham 1906
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    Winters of 1947 and 1963

    I remember 1947, we lived in a bungalow in the middle of the staffordshire moorlands, when we woke the bungalow was snowed in, Dad tried to clear a path but it was too big a task. Fortunatley neighbouriing farmers came to our rescue and dug a path from the lane to our front door.
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    Looking for natalie or russell price. Neice and nephew for news of their dad my brother.

    Hi. welcome to the forum. Any member with information must reply to this post by private message. Mr. Mayor if you find any post your niece made on here you can click into her name and send her a personal message.
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    HS2 progress 2020 and beyond

    Too true Lyn, I am almost in tears every time I go a short way from where I live. This couple of weeks we have gone to Coleshill and , to Resort World and to Balsall Common and Knowle No trees, just a flat wasteland in every direction. As for the trees being replaced , some of them had taken...
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    In the garden 2022

    Don't do that Eric, give it another chance replant and cut it back to about 18inches, I do that every year with mine in late autumn to protect it from being blown over by wind and snow. I can't throw any plants into the recycling which means I have far too many plants in my garden, lol.
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    Bath Street Birmingham

    1939 census has at No. 42 John Roskell Catholic priest along with 4 other priests and at No.32 45 occupants all male, no-one with surname Kenny
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    Houldcroft

    Skenyon , keep an open mind when doing your research. In days when people o told their details to officials , who often were not that good at spelling, the names can get distorted. Looking through your family with the dates you have given the names have been given on record as Houldcroft...
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    Erdington

    I don't think it is the one in Station road but rather the Chester road one just down from the Yenton
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    Searching for Wilfred Crofts

    Moved to Surnames.
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    Morturns birthday

    Happy birthday Mort, hope you had some fish and chips although not by the seaside, lol. Alberta
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    Its Astoness’s (Lyn) birthday

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYN, have a great day, Alberta & Steve x
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    Howell Alfred Thomas b 1893

    Sorry I misread the birth on 1939 as 1921 instead of 1927. I think Frederick D Parsons was possibly a lodger he was born in West Derby, Lverpool mother Maloney possibly the child of Frederick Parsons-Elizabeth Maloney
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    Howell Alfred Thomas b 1893

    1939 Tinkers farm road.Birmingham Thomas a Howell b 17th Feb 1893 Plasterer Winifed G Howell b 17th DEc 1901 Maurice J Howell born 12th Dec 1921 The 3 were still living at the same address in Electoral roll 1955. They did marry in 1926 but possibly together for longer as Maurice mother...
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    HEYBARNES ROAD

    As this request is for living people any should be sent to Phil600 by private message . Click into the user name and 'start conversation' these messages cannot be read by other members
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    Sparkbrook 1881/1891 census

    Yes he did Janice he died in Wisconsin in 1945 , left England after 1881 records differ 1885-1887, he married in 1888
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