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    Blakeland Street Little Bromwich

    It is a red herring to wonder if these metal dealers were travellers of the gypsy type. My Fullard metal dealers were from a long line of Sedgely nailers, screw factors etc - all based around Gornal for centuries and in the metal industry. All the Sedgely families were inter-related - it was a...
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    Blakeland Street Little Bromwich

    My ancestor John Fullard (from Fulwood/ Fullwod) was probably the first of his Sedgely family to move to Blakeland Street by 1860. He was a travelling metal dealer and his wife Hannah (nee Baines) carried on his business after his death in 1868 - she can be seen on that 1873 White's Directory...
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