I misread that. Bricklyn is not in the same place as Old Barn.Lovely ! It's always good to read memories of people who lived in places being researched.
With regards to Mr Terry., here he is looking for a milking farm hand and offering accommodation and electricity free. Wonder why it was free when good wages were offered. Maybe difficulty finding labour. Could it be Old Barn Cottage ? If so, this was only 2 years before it was sold.
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I misread that. Bricklyn is not in the same place as Old Barn.
So my comment in post $73 doesn't make sense
Yes but it's not that far away. My thinking was they might well have had farm buildings in different places, away from the main farmhouse, positioned closer to certain fields. I was working on the info that Mr Terry was at Bricklyn Farm but his cottage(s) werefurtger away.
Does this advert dated 1884 indicate the cottages and barn were sold off much earlier than we thought?
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From the ‘street view’ the cottages look quite nicely situated.that is also possible viv...think bricklyn farm is now bricklyn cottages
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Lyn, thank you, I’m good!richard if you read previous posts bricklyn farm is actually on the opposite side of the cottages further down the lane
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The driver, top hat et al looks almost like a mortician or someone waiting to drive a brideHere's a photo of the Old Barn c1909 (left) from Sutton Coldfield Local History Research Group The fformer QuakerMeeting House is on the right. Wonder who the chap on the left is ?
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