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  • Goods68
    Goods68 replied to the thread Birmingham Battery & Metal Co Selly Oak.
    Hi all,My Grandad worked at the factory in the 70s as a metal checker, there was an explosion when he was there, he pulled a man from an...
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    Phil Gundy reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread High Street, Saltley with Appreciate Appreciate.
    WMPTE Guy Arab IV 2546 is heading along Saltley High Street towards the City. The tall side of the then well-known 'Rock cinema' on Alum...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Soho Road Handsworth with Appreciate Appreciate.
    1963 phone book 263 was the Grand Picture House in 1940 It has since been demolished and a small shopping centre named Soho City has...
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    Jules61 reacted to Smudger's post in the thread Royal Mail. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Do you remember " the old days " when if you needed to post a letter all you had to do was stick a stamp on the envelope & stick it in...
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    Richard Dye reacted to daimlerman's post in the thread The pimple (again) with Appreciate Appreciate.
    My dear mom, aged 20 lived in College road with nanny and Grandad. My dear dad aged 23 was in the Irish Guards 2nd battalion. While he...
  • ChrisM
    ChrisM reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread new electoral rolls on ancestry for birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    From September issue. Who Do You Think You Are.
  • daimlerman
    daimlerman replied to the thread The pimple (again).
    My dear mom, aged 20 lived in College road with nanny and Grandad. My dear dad aged 23 was in the Irish Guards 2nd battalion. While he...
  • Keith R
    Keith R replied to the thread new electoral rolls on ancestry for birmingham.
    have you a clue how we access these records please ? EDIT......Found them now...thanks.
  • daimlerman
    daimlerman replied to the thread The pimple (again).
    Phew! Thanks for acknowledging that one. I was beginning to think I'd dreamed it. Mind you, at 71, dreams and reality sometimes merge...
  • D
    Donbogen reacted to daimlerman's post in the thread The pimple (again) with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Lyn, Ahhhh. Found it on voices of kingstanding site. The houses in Hurlingham Road were destroyed and quickly rebuilt in the same style...
  • daimlerman
    daimlerman replied to the thread The pimple (again).
    Lyn, Ahhhh. Found it on voices of kingstanding site. The houses in Hurlingham Road were destroyed and quickly rebuilt in the same style...
  • daimlerman
    daimlerman reacted to Astoness's post in the thread The pimple (again) with Appreciate Appreciate.
    4 deaths at no 757 kingstanding road including a 3 year old child and his mother aged 29..very good chance dad was away fighting for his...
  • daimlerman
    daimlerman replied to the thread The pimple (again).
    Yes Lyn, That's what I understood. Luckily kingstanding was on the periphery of the bombing targets around there, Witton etc. My mom...
  • daimlerman
    daimlerman replied to the thread The pimple (again).
    How strange. I've read somewhere an elderly lady was killed with the Hurlingham road bomb during the same raid that killed people in...
  • D
    Donbogen reacted to daimlerman's post in the thread The pimple (again) with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hi Lyn, I've just heard back from a pal who now lives in France. He, and his family lived in Hurlingham Road. His mother lived there...
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