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    Greenway Street, Small Heath

    There was always so many bikes nice to know someone remembers
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    Greenway Street, Small Heath

    Hi, I lived at 4 Greenway St from 1942 / 1962. I think it was next door to the shop you mentioned I remember a daughter it could have been Yvonne cant quite remember. We had a large garage joined to our house where space was rented out to cars who was lucky enough to own one , also a Coal...
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    Stratford Road

    Hi Does anyone remember a shop or office that was on the Stratford rd that was something o do with model airplanes it would be sometime in the 1940's I think the name Smyths my sister worked in the office there I remember going once I think there was a few steps upto the door, from what I...
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    Small Heath Harriers

    My dad is to the left of the photo kneeling his dad is first left standing & his brother William is third row up behind the lad with the dark stripe shirt
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    Small Heath Harriers

    I Have just found this interesting post, My dad was a member of Small Heath Harriers in the 1920's his name was Ernest R Harris so were 2 of his brothers William & Arthur Harris, he is on the photo shown above so is William, their father is the gentleman standing on the left of the photo he was...
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    Hines-Randall

    I dont know if its any help to you, George Longbottom was born in 1874 to Alfred Longbottom & Mary Ann Hines Randel Mary Ann was born in 1847 to Richard William Hines ( born 1804 in Birmingham) & Eliza ? born 1816 in (Linconshire/ Lestershire ?
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    Birmingham Old Time Boxers Club

    Hi ,Ann sorry it's been a while but I have only just come across your post, Would love to hear more from you Pat
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    Small Heath Harriers in the 50s

    My husband John Bassett was member of Small Heath Harriers in 1956, he said they used to meet up at The Three Horseshoes in Sheldon..my father & his brothers were also members in the 1920's
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    Rubery Hill Asylum Hospital

    Hello Lily, My Gt Grandmother died in RHH & is buried in the grounds in 1893, she was only 39 yrs old, I know you cannot pass on photo's but is there anywhere I could view them ? her name was Elizabeth Roberts, I have seen some of her records she was in Powick in Worcester before RHH opened. Pat
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    Rubery Hill Asylum Hospital

    Hi Jess My Gt Grandmother was in Rubery Hill Asylum she died there in 1893 & was buried in the grounds, I found a lot of information at the old library they have an old plan of the burial ground but it i couldn't pin point where she was buried ,most of the grounds have new houses built on now...
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    Rubery Hill Asylum

    Hi Jess My Gt Grandmother was in Rubery Hill Asylum she died there in 1893 & was buried in the grounds, I found a lot of information at the old library they have an old plan of the burial ground but it i couldn't pin point where she was buried ,most of the grounds have new houses built on now...
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    Birmingham Municipal Bank

    Re: Birmingham Municipal Bank memorial Hello Perry Commoner. I don't think my husband had much use out of it we have been married 53yrs & I have never seen it in use, I wonder when they were last in use ?
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    Birmingham Municipal Bank

    Re: Birmingham Municipal Bank memorial Hi My husband also still has his home safe.
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    Birmingham Old Time Boxers Club

    May not be very clear, but this an artical from Sunday Mercury August 1947.. bare knuckle boxer ..Boke Bassett a relative of my husband. Pat
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    Birmingham Old Time Boxers Club

    Hello Berger50, This may be of interest to you, the headquaters were in Regents Park rd Small Heath one of the stewarts was my husbands uncle George Bassett...this must have been in the 60's, Pat
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    Shops Muntz st/The Cov

    Hi Berniew I think we were both right about the fire I didn't remember Dale Forte next door , but I don't think 1980 was the right year it was definatley 1959/60. I remember watchin the fire & it was before I got married in 1961. Pat
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    Shops Muntz st/The Cov

    I remember a fire on Coventry rd I always thought it was Littlewoods store about 1958, dont know if that was another fire I know Hitchens ? catalogue shop took over Littlewoods shop. There were 2 terraces that led from Greenway st to Cattell rd ..one was called Berkeley Place the other was Mount...
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    Shops Muntz st/The Cov

    Hi, Don't know if this will work, first time I have sent a photo, this was my fathers greengrocers shop on Coventry rd taken about 1927.. I can find out the number but it was a couple of doors up from the Oxford pub that was on the corner of Greenway st. keeping my fingers crossed, Pat
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    Shops Muntz st/The Cov

    Hi, I think the cook shop now was Robotthams where they sold the hocks, Bywater was the slaughterhouse in Greenway street where I lived, there was also Shellys chemist on the same side up past Woolworths & Littlewoods the son was in the magic circle if I remember right. Pat
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