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    Richard Dye replied to the thread Picken Matthew.
    There are a lot of folks on this Forum that are knowledgeable and passionate about history so you are in the right place! We do not...
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    MWS reacted to BrummieGeoff's post in the thread Smallbrook Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Another photo of the Malt Shovel Inn .... dated c1867.
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    MWS reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Smallbrook Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Another drawn view of the Malt Shovel of the same age as that on post 19., together with an actual photograph, showing that the drawn...
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    Richard Dye reacted to WriteTheBook's post in the thread Picken Matthew with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I didn't expect to be so passionately drawn into the history of Birmingham when I started this project. I don't consider myself a...
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    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Smallbrook Street.
    Another photo of the Malt Shovel Inn .... dated c1867.
    • Smallbrook Street Malt Shovel Inn PH (50) (Henry Joseph Whitlock) c1867.png
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    BrummieGeoff reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Smallbrook Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Another drawn view of the Malt Shovel of the same age as that on post 19., together with an actual photograph, showing that the drawn...
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    John L reacted to wam's post in the thread Scams: telephone, email, texts 2025 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Some of these you report as spam. If the email has some kind of link that you are supposed to follow report it as "phishing". Some email...
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    John L replied to the thread Bartons Arms closes.
    Yes Dionysius, I often popped into those three after work too and to the Barton's after a match. I would never have guessed back then...
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    Hayward family replied to the thread Women Home Guard Auxiliary.
    by then she would have left King Edwards and was working for the tax office so it was either linked to them or Harbourne where see lived
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    A Sparks reacted to superdad3's post in the thread Suckling and Sons Ltd Camden Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This is another advert for Wm Suckling & Sons. similar to that in post 8 above. How odd that a well known silversmith made auto parts...
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    1299 reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Big Bear Records Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The story of Jim Simpson's Big Bear Records, born 22 November 1968. Interesting snippet of Brum music history. Source: Birmingham...
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    Stokkie replied to the thread Air Raid Precautions (ARP) records WW2.
    I found Norma Quibell in the 1939 Register - annotated with her married name Mackenzie. But there's no annotation or note about ARP. Her...
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    superdad3 replied to the thread Beadle Bedel.
    There is a very interesting account of the Beadle at St Marys Church, Moseley at...
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    superdad3 reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread Beadle Bedel with Appreciate Appreciate.
    https://www.geriwalton.com/beadles/
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    superdad3 reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread Beadle Bedel with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Beadle A beadle, sometimes spelled bedel, is an official who may usher, keep order, make reports, and assist in religious functions...
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