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  1. andymcrowe

    Writings of member Barr_Beacon

    Stories like this make us appreciate how fortunate we are to have modern public services and not to have experienced the war. Our grandmother was bombed out not once, but twice in WW2. So, if you don't mind me asking, where have you ended up after Aston?
  2. andymcrowe

    Writings of member Barr_Beacon

    Thanks again, Lyn - its a photo I never thought I'd see and what a sad sight. It was clear that the shop was the heart of the local community and at least she gained a lot of happiness until the Council tore it down. A final irony is that I worked in regeneration and was responsible for...
  3. andymcrowe

    Writings of member Barr_Beacon

    Yes it was Allesley Street, Lyn. Her full name was Winifred Lily Crowe, nee Mitchell. Do you also have an Allesley Street connection?
  4. andymcrowe

    Writings of member Barr_Beacon

    Mrs Crowe was my grandmother. Ive vague memories of the shop before she was obliged to move to Weston House, Newtown, where she died - possibly of a broken heart - in 1968. She led a sad life; emigrating to the USA in the 1920s, returning after a miscarriage and then seeing my grandfather...
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