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    Lyncroft House, Handsworth Wood Road

    Hi Francesca That's not one I've come across unfortunately. It would be worth contacting Adopt Birmingham [https://adoptbirmingham.co.uk/?utm_source=bctadoption] the local authority adoption team for the Birmingham area. They may have heard of it through their work locating adoption records...
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    Lyncroft House, Handsworth Wood Road

    Hi Hayley I explained how to get to it in post no.59, but if you replace 'family.tracing' in your earlier post in with 'heritage' then you will have it. Kevin
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    Lyncroft House, Handsworth Wood Road

    Hi Hayley If you can contact me on the heritage centre address we can have a private discussion about this. Kevin Major Kevin Pooley Social Historian The Salvation Army International Heritage Centre
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    Lyncroft House, Handsworth Wood Road

    Hi This is a good illustration of why it is best to not attempt tracing and contact yourself. Using an ASA is much less risky. You mention elsewhere that you contacted The Salvation Army, but that you were unsure if you had got the right e-mail address. If you use the e-mail address I refer...
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    Lyncroft House, Handsworth Wood Road

    Lyncroft House Having found this thread I thought it would be helpful to reply to some of the points raised by some recent (as well as a few not so recent) posts. Find attached a very brief history of our Birmingham homes. I originally put this together for a different thread on this forum...
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    153 Ladywood Road, Birmingham B16

    Hi, I found this thread when googling The Hawthorns, and thought it might be helpful if I clarified a few points. Posts Nos.2 & 6 153 Ladywood Road wasn’t one of ours, although I haven’t been able to find out who did run it. Post No.4 The Salvation Army did arrange a relatively small number of...
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