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  • Keith R
    Keith R reacted to NoddKD's post in the thread Linotype operator with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Is letterpress printing in use or has that died out? NoddKD. Briefly a machine minder apprentice.
  • Keith R
    Keith R reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread Linotype operator with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Linotype operator Linotype machines were used by newspapers and magazines for typesetting from the late 19th century until the 1980s...
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    Stokkie reacted to johnny082's post in the thread Abbey Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Watching the VJ commemoration service yesterday raised a query in my mind. I lived at No.42 Abbey Road Erdington during the war. At No...
  • Keith R
    Keith R replied to the thread Italians in Birmingham.
    We also had a POW camp just up the road on Groveley Lane Longbridge just before The Austins........its said they built Lowhill Lane that...
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    Stokkie reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Abbey Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    That is an amazing story, thank you for sharing!
  • MWS
    MWS reacted to Keith R's post in the thread Italians in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    My Wifes tree has an Italian link from Newcastle Under Lyme. I think they were coal miners there but the one man who married wifes...
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    Richard Dye reacted to MWS's post in the thread Italians in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    On the 1911 census there is a Mary Veraca (Verrecchia) listed as an ice cream vendor. She's born in Italy but not listed as Sora, which...
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    Richard Dye reacted to MWS's post in the thread Italians in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    No worries, it all adds to the topic. And it looks as if those Verrecchias at least came from a town in the same province (Frosinone) -...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Keith R's post in the thread Italians in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    My Wifes tree has an Italian link from Newcastle Under Lyme. I think they were coal miners there but the one man who married wifes...
  • Keith R
    Keith R replied to the thread Italians in Birmingham.
    My Wifes tree has an Italian link from Newcastle Under Lyme. I think they were coal miners there but the one man who married wifes...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Linotype operator with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As an apprentice in the 60's I got the opportunity of seeing this in practice at the B,ham Post & Mail in the new offices by the Gaumont...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    It was a statue on a pillar that was erected in 1937 for the coronation of George VI. It was not a permanent structure, and for a time...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Warstone Lane Cemetery with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I resently did a scan of Warstone Catacombs to produce a 3D Render and Flythrough. Looks quite good full screen
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to MWS's post in the thread Italians in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    No worries, it all adds to the topic. And it looks as if those Verrecchias at least came from a town in the same province (Frosinone) -...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Barton's Arms High Street Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Lyn I hope it doesn't close I spent so many happy times in there , in the 20 yrs I lived in the area .
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