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    Baines the Bakers

    There used to be a T.H. Baines bakery itself in Langton Road Alum Rock next to the Grand Cinema , but this was demolished years ago.
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    Jackson Mabel and Ann

    in 1911 Mabel was working as a governess for a Luther Russell (Ironfounder) of Littleover Derby . She was 34 and single. Born Birmingham
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    Holmes, Susannah

    There is a Susannah Holmes married a HULME at leek 1919. Died Wolverhampton 1956
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    Labour Corps

    Labour corps formed Jan 1917. disbanded 1920 Reformed as the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps 1039 Renamed Royal Pioneer Corps 1940 Foreign troops were recruited by them
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    Witton and Aston Barber Shops

    Hi mikejee. You are right with the No 177. I remember the Hardware shop at 169-171 that was 3 shops away, but I went the wrong way in calculating the numbers. Harry
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    Witton and Aston Barber Shops

    Hi G.G. Jean. Horace was at aprox No 163
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    Witton and Aston Barber Shops

    There was a barber Horace Jones on witton Road just up from Trinity Road
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Hi Micky P, Ref my last message I may have jumped a bit in time as the shop Bruces was there in 1940-45. so you may not have known it
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Hi Micky P, Thanks for that but I don't remember seeing it. I do recall I think a very old dusty old Ironmongers shop on the corner. Bruces ?
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Hi Mick P, Thank you for your reply. I have walked up and down Alum Rock Road many times during that time period and never knew that there was a Labour club there. I presume it was at the Rock end by the number 8. How I missed it I do not know. As they say you learn something every day. Harry
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Hi Wendy Were there two labour clubs in Alum Rock. I only remember the one in Highfield Road.. H
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    Old street pics..

    I remember Malthouse Lane suffered heavy bomb damage during the last war.. I was told it was a land mine. The builder I worked for and his plumbers had the task of repairing the roofs of surrounding buildings . While they were doing this they came across human remains, a result of an Anderson...
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    Old street pics..

    I used to walk down Highfield Road every day to work in the early Forties and like RUPERT I o not remember a bend in the Road
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    City Hospital, Little Bromwich 1911

    I was a patient there in1931 being treated for Scarlet Fever.. People always called it the fever Hospital
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    Alum Rock Road Shops

    Hi Carol. I lived in that area for 35 years and I cannot recall those shops. To the left of the shops I do not remember houses on Alum Rock Road corner. I think the Road itself is too narrow as opposite to the shops is the Rock public house To me it just does not seem right, but I may be...
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    Alum Rock Road Shops

    Are you sure this is Alum rock Road and College Road
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    Old street pics..

    Hi Reg Two of my friends went to Leigh Rd school but most of the local lads went to Saltley College.. I have tried to locate some of them but no luck, I think that at 87 I must be the last survivor. I remember the local store Eagles we called it I lived three houses away along Hartopp Road...
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    Old street pics..

    Hi Roverman I wonder if our paths ever crossed.I lived in Hartopp Road 1926 - 1956.I went to Saltley College School 1937-1940
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    St Peter & St Paul Aston Juxta Lookups

    I think you should try this on the following site (you may know it but just in case.) Go to Google type in Answer Bank . It is a free site.When it comes up look on the left hand side and click History this will then open up and show Genealogy. Click and enter your question.I have found this to...
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    St Peter & St Paul Aston Juxta Lookups

    I have tried all the sites I know and the only one I have found is family History. The only details of the marriage are the same as you already have. Thomas Carter. Ann Smith 10 Nov 1800 Aston Juxta Birmingham no other information. I have tried looking everywhere that I know for them after that...
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