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    Dunlop

    RRJ, I believe my granddad worked possibly all his working life at Dunlop, his name was Frederick Fitzer, I wonder if your Uncle remembers him
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    Shoes

    Yes that is exactly what my mom still has. Makes one feel so guilty when we live in such a throw away society these days
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    Shoes

    My mother still has the anvil that her dad used to fix their shoes on. She was born in the early 1940s in Aston
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    Back to Back addresses

    Here's a picture of my Great Grandfather, Bertie Fitzer, living at 147 Park Road, Court 9, House 7. Unfortunately it doesn't show much more than the windows. Also his wife Clara and daughters. Apparently at one stage his siblings lived in the same court, so 2 or 3 families could live in the one...
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    Record shops in Bham

    If the shop is at 44 Loveday Street I believe this is where my 5th great-uncle William Fitzer (1787-1841) lived there's a 1841 Pigot's Directory record of his daughter Emma running a shop from the premises.
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