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  1. Blackhart

    The Bulls Head Stechford

    Thanks Just what I wanted. I have a photograph of a family wedding in the grounds of The Bulls Head in 1941. Would this have been before it was rebuilt as The Manor House? KH
  2. Blackhart

    The Bulls Head Stechford

    Hello, Anyone know when the pub was demolished please? KH
  3. Blackhart

    Drews Lane Factory Washwood Heath

    Thanks so much for your help. A UXB from that raid landed underneath my grandparents house in Bromford Lane. However one of my uncles who was in the Anderson shelter in the garden said he heard two 'thumps' a few seconds apart, and there were two holes in the ground, one at the front of the...
  4. Blackhart

    Drews Lane Factory Washwood Heath

    Thank you MWS, can you guide me to the record please, I've just tried searching the CWGC website but can't find it. KH
  5. Blackhart

    Drews Lane Factory Washwood Heath

    Hello, I was born in Drews Lane in the 1950s and can remember the works 'hooter' and also the air raid siren being tested occasionally. I was told that the factory (producing munitions) was bombed during WW2 and workers were killed. I was also told that not all of the bodies were recovered and...
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