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  1. v60pdb

    Cardigan St

    Off Curzon St I'm looking for photos of Cardigan st of around 1900. In particular of court number 14. Or even a street map showing court numbers so I can determine where it was in the street. Any help would be appreciated. Peter Barton Lincoln
    • v60pdb
    • Thread
    • back to backs cardigan st court houses
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Maps & Mapping
  2. M

    Owen Family, Devon Street, 1925-1938

    Hi Does anyone know anything at all about the Owen family, Devon Street, 1925 to 1938 please? Or an accident at the gasworks circa 1927 (a leak, rather than an explosion)? Trying to find information about my grandfather Thank you
    • Maria8000
    • Thread
    • back to backs devon street gasworks owen saltley gasworks
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: M - P
  3. Frank Parker

    Back to back houses Nechells

    Hi. I used to live in a back to back house in Dollman Street, Nechells in the 60's and 70's. I was wondering when they were built? Can anyone please tell me how old the back to backs was?
  4. maggie may

    Back to Back addresses

    Please can anybody explain something to this dunce. The court system of housing I can understand-I think Number# at back of# also makes some sort of sense but when you get a mixture of both on one street how on earth do they all fit in? :confused:
  5. Di.Poppitt

    National Trust Back to Back houses Inge Street & Hurst Street

    This was a tape recording that is in the Hurst Street back to backs, told by a man who in 1935 was thirteen years old. His mother had no money, and went to a tribunal to be 'means tested', which was enough to put fear into the stoutest of hearts. She took all of her nine children with her...
  6. H

    MAP IRVING ST AND HURST ST PLEASE

    Hi everyone. My name is Karen and I joined this forum as I have recently discovered that my great grandfather lived in Birmingham. On the 1881 census he was living at 6 House, Court 13, 81 Hurst Street and on the 1891 census he was living at 2 House, Court 33, Irving Street. I was wondering if...
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