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    Frankfort street, Hockley

    i was born at 59,to bert and amy walker,there was,billy,brenda,irene,john,susan,rob,i was only 8 when we left to live in northfield.At 61,was archie,maggie,margie,and ann weetman.who was moms sister.good memories of the coronation,we wheeled the piano,s into the st,then finished off in...
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    Weetman family of Ashted

    hi angela,had christmas card from ann so i know all is well.i can only think they must be staying with paul,anns eldest son.happy new year to you all. hi angela,i had christmas card from ann so i know all is well.i can only think they are staying...
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    Weetman family of Ashted

    thank you for your interest angela,both mine and anns mother were sisters with the surname wiley.my dad was bert walker,with 3 sisters.lily,lucy,and violet,his parents were lucy and charles.sadly charles deserted his family before my dad was born,so they knew nothing about him.i vaguely remember...
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    Weetman family of Ashted

    really pleased to hear that ang.had tried to contact them as i knew they would be very interested in your news.its great when we can trace our history isn,t it?i am always on the look out for the wiley or walker surnames,so i was chuffed to find my uncles name and make the connection with you...
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    Weetman family of Ashted

    sorry angela i,m not doing my history,but will try to contact ann as she is my cousin and craig her son,then i can ask her to check this site.good luck with your search.
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    Weetman family of Ashted

    i only knew them as uncle arch and auntie magg,and sadly have both now passed away.ann is their daughter,but i think it is a generation later as a think my uncle would have been born around 1914,or near that date.sorry angela,i couldn,t help you.good luck.!!
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    Weetman family of Ashted

    my moms sister margaret was married to arthur weetman,and lived at 61 frankfort st,.left about 1954 to erdington.don,t know if thats any help.
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    Frankfort street, Hockley

    thats right kev,we lived further up our street.the houses in farm st were ok when we left in 1954 as my uncle walter wiley still lived there.we loved to go to guildford st where there was a river down the drain.it was years later i realised it was a sewer.!!! an entry separated our house from 61...
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    Frankfort street, Hockley

    thanks so much moss,i was only 8 when we left on the "overspill" to go to northfield,but i have vivid memories and can now show my kids how it was,i had a friend called eileen heath who lived in a shop in hospital st,and we went to cowper st school.my uncle walter wiley lived next door to a shop...
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    Frankfort street, Hockley

    i dread to think about what he did with them!!just remember the old hand cart !
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    Frankfort street, Hockley

    absolutely delighted to see photo.didn,t think one existed.we left 59 frankfort st,where i was born.in may 1954,and thought houses were demolished soon after.knew it was a later photo by the cars.!!our roof used to leak and me and my sister slept in the attic with a bucket catching the rain.is...
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    Frankfort street, Hockley

    i was born at 59 frankfort st 1946 left 1954.mapplebecks was the factory and shop was days.what memories.remember tony shuttleworth.and the weetmans lived at 61 am amazed houses were still standing so long..i thought they were condemned when we were there.shared toilet with 8 families,also...
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