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    Josiah Mason's Orphanage

    My father together with his friends and his sister were educated at SJMO's day school prior to WW2. He has left me a large panoramic photo of the entire school centred around headmaster Shillito dated 1938. They are all dead now, as presumably all who remember them are. He used to describe how...
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    The Digby Chester Road Erdington

    I believe that the 'Digby' started out as an officers mess or similar for the Royal Flying Corps based at Castle Bromwich Aerodrome. Hence the curious cupola on the roof, which is reminiscent of airstrip architecture. Between the wars the property was acquired by a consortium of managers from...
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