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    maxtone replied to the thread Ms Minnie Lloyd 1938.
    I am waiting on my cousin to send me the information she has for my uncle. This is all I have for my uncle
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  • Lloyd
    Lloyd reacted to T Q's post in the thread Harborne with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I believe that's the shop that was either a bike shop or maybe a second-hand shop around 1953/4, from where I had my first two-wheeler...
  • MWS
    MWS reacted to maxtone's post in the thread Ms Minnie Lloyd 1938 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    They were told 4 years but they are the only ones alive so there's no one to say wether it's true or not. Many thanks
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    Donbogen reacted to col1955's post in the thread Summer Lane with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I might of put this on before. I owned the newsagent shop from approx 1973 till 1983 ish. The other photos are of the yard between the...
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    Dionysius//88 reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Northfield with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here are three photos of Northfield in the early 1900s, the first of the cottages opposite the Travellers Rest. The second shows...
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    maxtone replied to the thread Ms Minnie Lloyd 1938.
    No sorry only a certificate to say they were born at hope lodge Edgbaston
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    maxtone replied to the thread Ms Minnie Lloyd 1938.
    They were told 4 years but they are the only ones alive so there's no one to say wether it's true or not. Many thanks
  • M
    maxtone replied to the thread Ms Minnie Lloyd 1938.
    They were told 4 years but how true this no one knows as the twins are the only one's alive. Many thanks for your help
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Longbridge Factory.
    Here are some early photos of Longbridge, The old K gate, the finishing shop in 1907, Longbridge from the air in 1935 and the airfield...
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  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread the hollies castle bromwich.
    Doesn't appear to be marked on any maps. A bit convoluted but on the 1901 census an Edward Walter Radnall appears to be listed at The...
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    Donbogen reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Street furniture with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This is outside the Mander Centre in Wolverhampton, but could be seen in Birmingham. The Broads Manufacturing Company Ltd., historically...
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    Donbogen reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Ponds Tools Steelhouse Lane Corporation Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Two threads merged
  • RobT
    RobT replied to the thread College Arms Stratford Road.
    Now closed and shut down apparently since July.
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    localmike replied to the thread Tolkien's Birmingham.
    How far away was the border of Yardley? Belle Walk, Billesley Lane and the golf course, Hollybank Road. Not that close. Even in 1933 the...
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  • Keith R
    Keith R reacted to Wendy's post in the thread Northfield with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thanks for putting me right Astonian. The photo's I have are from a collection given to me with information included. I posted it in...
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