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  • MWS
    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Birmingham Archdiocese Catholic burials are on Find My Past. I can search with a name but you need a subscription to access Had a quick...
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    If I know the burial info is on there id pay the subscription :))
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Birmingham Archdiocese Catholic burials are on Find My Past. I can search with a name but you need a subscription to access Had a quick...
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    hands21 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Maternity Hospital Heathfield Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    thanks mort...i thought it too good to be true.. lyn
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom reacted to MWS's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    If they are of Italian descent then the may have been buried in a Catholic church, St Joseph's Nechells for example. If you give their...
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    yes i was thinking the same thing...as mark said if you can give us their names and ages when died we maybe able to help lyn
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Thankyou so much. My great great grandparents felice Iommi died December 1933 his wife Angelina iommi died 1924 then onto my great...
  • S
    Stokkie replied to the thread Tom Knockers Wood Harborne.
    Interesting Splinter. I've looked for a suicide or hanging before 1834 when the name is used on the Harbourne map. Of course, 'Knocker'...
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    Donbogen replied to the thread Bluebell Wood.
    Only just seen this thats the Bluebell Woods i used to knock about in
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    Donbogen reacted to Peejaytee's post in the thread Bluebell Wood with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I have fond memories of trekking down Hampstead Road from where I lived in Handsworth as a youngster to Bluebell Wood at the side of the...
  • devonjim
    devonjim replied to the thread Opposite Lock Club.
    52 Gas St use to be a restaurant called "52 Gas St" now the black painted building, it was white, canal side down towards Holliday St.
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    Stokkie reacted to splinter555's post in the thread Tom Knockers Wood Harborne with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Back in the early 1950.s, it was said to us kids to keep out of Tommy Knockers wood because it was haunted by Tommy who hung himself in...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    If they are of Italian descent then the may have been buried in a Catholic church, St Joseph's Nechells for example. If you give their...
  • M
    Good morning Steve. Welcome and thank you, it's great to put more names to the faces. I happened across this site a few years ago and...
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    Lesf replied to the thread M&B Outdoor Phillips Street.
    Thank you very much, you have made me very happy, as i was born in that outdoor thank you so much it means a lot to me
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