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    Dionysius//88 reacted to sylviasayers's post in the thread Canals of Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Re: Canals of Brum One of my g.g. grandfathers was a Boatman at Foleshill near Coventry on the 1841 census. Ray's family were also...
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    cba reacted to jaz64's post in the thread RIP OZZY OSBOURNE with Appreciate Appreciate.
    End of an era. My Mom lived on Don Street and used to see a very young Ozzy sitting on his doorstep on Lodge road as she passed for...
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    Dionysius//88 replied to the thread Lost Canals Of Birmingham & The Black Country.
    You can appreciate it more when you see whats gone in black and white in front of you
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    cba reacted to Donbogen's post in the thread RIP OZZY OSBOURNE with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I took time out to watch it live on a 100 inch TV in hotel i doing a job on at mo very sad to see poor Sharon what a state she was in...
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    cba reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread RIP OZZY OSBOURNE with Appreciate Appreciate.
    There’ll be a very big Ozzy shaped hole in Sharon’s life now………
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    cba reacted to Astoness's post in the thread RIP OZZY OSBOURNE with Appreciate Appreciate.
    i guessed (or should i say was hoping) that ozzy would have one last trip past no 14 lodge road...that was the place to be as looking at...
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    Dionysius//88 reacted to Heartland's post in the thread Lost Canals Of Birmingham & The Black Country with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Despite there being a wealth of waterways in this region, there were others that have closed and have been filled in. Within the greater...
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Yes, that's her. Her marriage was before Felice's death, so she would have been a Secondini by then but I can't see any other N...
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    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    A few later a probable nephew of Ferdinando married Loreda/Nellie Musticone, who was a relative of Felice and possibly the 'niece' that...
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    MWS reacted to Brasscaster's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    After Musolini declared war on Britain in June 1940, thousands of Italians were classified as 'enemy aliens' and interned. This happened...
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    poker_pete82 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread RIP OZZY OSBOURNE with Appreciate Appreciate.
    this link seems to be working...people are still bringing flowers.
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    poker_pete82 reacted to Alf Rogers's post in the thread Tower blocks Perry Barr demolition. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I have some photos of the lovely murals that existed outside the rear entrance to Birchfield Tower, taken in 2010, just before...
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    Brasscaster replied to the thread Iommi family.
    After Musolini declared war on Britain in June 1940, thousands of Italians were classified as 'enemy aliens' and interned. This happened...
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    • Nicola Iommi internment.jpg
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    Donbogen reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Digbeth Coach Station. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As a kid I remember a relation used to take me on the Midland Red from the bus station to Coventry , I thought the journey would never...
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    MWS reacted to Brasscaster's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    In this news cutting from September 1902, Felice Iommi gives his address as 3 back of 21 Fox Street. I can't find him or any mention of...
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