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Thanks everyone I have a copy of the newspaper report of the inquest on his mother ,my great grandmother. It appears she died within a few days of her husband of starvation during a miners strike. Described as "Syncope" Her sister Martha Crutchlow stated to the inquest "God hears me speak the...

He has been a nightmare to find. On the 1911 he is also listed at Thomas Neal without the E and this has been listed on Ancestry as Thomas Nead. Although I knew him,he died when I was 8 ,nobody in the family knew his background even my father and aunt. All they knew was that he was from...

Thanks everyone for the input. I still dont know for sure if the Thomas Neale on the 1906 rate book is in fact my Grandfather. I know he started work at the Birmingham Post and Mail in 1904 as I have his Gold watch engraved for 50 years service so he moved to Birmingham from Bedworth no later...

This maybe clutching at straws as houses can disappear for lots of reasons other than bombs. My Grandfather was born in Bedworth but his parents died in the same week when he was 10 and in 1901 he was living with his sister in Bedwoprth. He moved to Birmingham and started work at the Birmingham...

Hi My Uncle Tom Neale won this medal with Turner Brothers in Birmingham and District Works Amateur Football League 1941/2 season. He worked at Turners until joining the RAF in 1943. Sadly killed in a Lancaster 8/4/1945 so I never met him but carry his name. I have his other medals from...

Hi. I didnt go but I feel close to it. My grandparents lived at 15 Legge St with my Dad and uncle and aunt. My Uncle Tom Neale was a regular in the30's and 40's . My mother has a bound collection of Kyrle Hall "Flash" magazines covering wartime and I found it fascinating to read the articles and...

Only just stumbled on this thread. I have a photograph,which I will need to extricate fro the loft, of my father (15 Legge St.) as a 8/10 year old celebrating with lots of folk outside The White Swan Pub in Legge St. for George V Jubilee 1935 or George VI coronation 1937. Sadly cant ask him...

I know this is an old post but my late uncle and namesake worked there in late thirties before joining the Royal Air Force. Sadly he didn't make it through the war but I have a photo of Turner Brothers football team that was victorious in 1939. My uncle F.O Thomas Neale is the goalkeeper.sorry...