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    Station Inn Sutton Coldfield.

    Hi All, Does anybody know when the Station pub in Sutton Coldfield (Station street) was built? The railway station was completed in 1862, so I am presuming that it was built alongside it? Does anyone have any information on the history of the pub, or can direct me to a source? I did a quick...
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    Enos Edwards - Engineer of Birmingham Fire Office 1805 / the Bull Ring Riot 1839

    Hi I have several generations of ancestors that worked as fireman for the Birmingham Fire Office 1805-67 in Union Passage. Although there is lots of information on the later fire service i,e from 1870’s and the Tozer family, I wondered if anyone new of where I could start to find information...
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    • birmingham fire office bull ring riots chartism enos edwards fire service
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    • Forum: Fire Service
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    Pheasey Estate changes in roads from 1940's to present.

    I live on the pheasey estate and came across the thread US Base Pheasey Estate as I am interested in the history of the area. I viewed the old map of the area form the 40's (Post by guest Nov 28th 2006 - map below) and noticed that some of the road have been changed. Compared with the modern...
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    • american base map pheasey estate pheasey park farm school
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    Untraceable people on Census record

    I wonder if anyone could help or advise. I have hit a brick wall in finding a couple of people on some census records. Would it be the case that sometimes people did not get included, or got missed out in some way? What other reasons would there be for not taking part in the census? Just in...
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