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  1. smallheathexplorer

    Anyone with Irish relatives who fought for Britain in WW1 ?

    Watch BBC1 NOW! I Irishmen in the British sevices during WW1
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    Birmingham on Sea

    The New Inn is right next door to The Owl's Crest! Alf, we have tried and tried in Weston. The Owl's Crest is breakfast included, and it's a good breakfast, unlike some around Weston. We found it much better value than any others we stayed in. The travel in was the same price without Breakfast...
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    Anyone with Irish relatives who fought for Britain in WW1 ?

    Just to reinforce what has been said in reply already - my Great Grandfather, born in Donegal, enlisted with Donegal Artillery in 1896, aged 18. He served in South Africa and India and, when my grandmother was born, was stationed at Portsmouth Barracks. After quitting the army in 1911 he moved...
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    Birmingham on Sea

    In 2007 I met and kidnapped my bloke from WSM and dragged him to Lincoln where he now lives with me! WSM is the mobility scooter capital of the world! We were on the pier just a few weeks after the fire, it was so sad. We still go down there fairly regularly to visit friends and family. If you...
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    Remember, Remember, the 5th of November.

    Just got back from bonfire and firework display at the local pub. Charged £3 per head to watch the display, then spent a few quid at the bar - and this a country pub that, more often than not is empty, so you would have thought a donation bucket and the extra custom would have been enough...
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    READING in Yardley Cemetery

    I want to cry! You are amazing. I have searched and searched. I was sure she was my partner's natural grandmother and so she is. Thank you so much. Now I need to start putting the pieces of the puzzle together. Firstly, I need to establish whether there is a link between Arthur or Marion...
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    READING in Yardley Cemetery

    Thanks, Wendy, it may be very useful and I will hang onto the info, hoping that I can put the puzzle pieces together. At the moment I'm desperately trying to work out how Marion Reading fitted into the family so looking at late 19th into 20th century family members to find a trail to follow.
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    Online Search For Birmingham Cremations Or Burials

    :(This is one of the sites I found and tried to get info from but it keeps saying 0 results for my search, even though I have the original grave deeds and burial documents for two people buried there from the family. I was hoping to find others I didn't have documents for, but so far no joy for...
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    READING in Yardley Cemetery

    yes, I think she is in either the Adams or Bradley family grave. I know two others in the grave. I've never been to Yardley cemetery, so can't visulaise how it's arranged. Hadn't thought of direct contact with the cemetery as I understood it was all but closed now.
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    Highgate Road the former B.C.T. Tram and Bus Garage

    My research is linked to an employee of BCT who worked on the trams. Are there any old photos - pre 1926if possible that I could put together to make an album?
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    READING in Yardley Cemetery

    PLEASE SEE ALSO MY MESSAGES RE ADAMS AND BRADLEY FAMILIES I have a funeral card for Marion Reading, buried in Yardley Cemetery in 1924. She was in her early thirties when she died. I have reason to believe she may have been related to either William Edward Adams or Ada Rebecca Adams (nee...
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    BRADLEY in Bordsley

    I'm looking for relatives of Ada Rebecca Bradley (1887-1982) b Birmingham, lived for many years in Cattel Rd, Bordesley. Her parents were Thomas Bradley and Mary Jane (nee Pountney), married 1880 in Aston district. Thomas was a bedstead stock fitter at the time of the marriage. Living at 6...
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    ADAMS in Bordesley

    I have a marriage certificate for William Edward Adams (b1888) and Ada Rebecca Bradley (b1887), married 30/01/1915. He was lodging at her parents' house in Bordesley at the time of the marriage, I have no idea where he was born. His father is recorded as Charles Frederick Adams, a miller...
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