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nice map mike and although all the old houses have long gone there is a nice looking church still standing..street view below
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Thank you for that too. Before the war (WW1) he was a cycle machinist, and after the war he was employed (or laid off!) by the Abingdon (Abington?) works in Tyseley. Do you know whether that would have been the likeliest place for him to have worked pre-war too?
Many thanks for any help you can give!
Many thanks for any help you can give!
From Kellys directory 1921
Abingdon Works Limited, manufacturers of the celebrated "King Dick'' cycle fittings, tricycle axles, spanners, " Ecco" brakes, lubricators &c. ; motor cycles, motor car parts made to order. All work on the interchangeable system ; made of the best material & workmanship guaranteed mathematically correct, King's road, Tyseley, Acock's Green
They were also there in 1912. Some firms in WW1 guaranteed males who went to war that they would have jobs after the war (meaning women who worked over the war usually got the sack) but many did not, so I think that without any evidence it is impossible to know whether he worked there before. There were many cycle and accessory manufacturers around both pre and post war
Abingdon Works Limited, manufacturers of the celebrated "King Dick'' cycle fittings, tricycle axles, spanners, " Ecco" brakes, lubricators &c. ; motor cycles, motor car parts made to order. All work on the interchangeable system ; made of the best material & workmanship guaranteed mathematically correct, King's road, Tyseley, Acock's Green
They were also there in 1912. Some firms in WW1 guaranteed males who went to war that they would have jobs after the war (meaning women who worked over the war usually got the sack) but many did not, so I think that without any evidence it is impossible to know whether he worked there before. There were many cycle and accessory manufacturers around both pre and post war
That's helpful, too, thanks again. The 1921 Census has this about him:
Occupation: Automatic Toolsetter (Motor) out of Work; Employer: Abington Works Tyseley, Birmingham
We had wondered how one could be out of work and have an employer!
His wife died in 1912 and he seems to have served in the Lancs Fusiliers - another puzzle, as they seem to have recruited 10 miles to the north! - before returning to Birmingham and marrying again in 1919.
Occupation: Automatic Toolsetter (Motor) out of Work; Employer: Abington Works Tyseley, Birmingham
We had wondered how one could be out of work and have an employer!
His wife died in 1912 and he seems to have served in the Lancs Fusiliers - another puzzle, as they seem to have recruited 10 miles to the north! - before returning to Birmingham and marrying again in 1919.
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Rather small type. I did have to magnify the image to read it properly. lol