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  • warren
    warren replied to the thread forum problem.
    sadly not no, we need clouflare as it sits between us and the web and keeps us safe
  • warren
    warren replied to the thread forum problem.
    assume this has settled down now? https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/
  • ctay13
    ctay13 replied to the thread 153 Ladywood Road, Birmingham B16.
    Hi there, I'm looking for information about 168 Ladywood road in 1939. My great nan would have lives there at some point in that year...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Maria Magenta's post in the thread Lar Pom with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A great-aunt used to say this, but she wasn't originally from Birmingham. I also came across it in Julie Walters' memoir, where she...
  • Keith R
    Keith R reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Scott Arms, Great Barr with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Days Buildings are listed next to Meadowside on the 1901 census. I suspect that they are just not named on the map. There is a small...
  • Keith R
    Keith R reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Scott Arms, Great Barr with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Just checked and "Meadow Side" plus Day's Building are both listed on 1891 census.
  • MWS
    MWS reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Interesting and Unusual Names with Appreciate Appreciate.
    “Epaphroditus of Philippi was a companion of the Apostle Paul, described as Paul’s “brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier,” who...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Interesting and Unusual Names.
    Another localish one - Epaphroditus Dunn. Not sure if his name had anything to do with his father, Theophilus, being the 'Dudley...
  • R
    Richard Dye reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread Then & Now with Appreciate Appreciate.
    they are very stable apparently acording to reviews.
  • M
    Maria Magenta replied to the thread Lar Pom.
    A great-aunt used to say this, but she wasn't originally from Birmingham. I also came across it in Julie Walters' memoir, where she...
  • M
    The other day I was in a very noisy tea room and remembered my dad referring to such a noise (clattering cutlery, excited children...
  • R
    Richard Dye replied to the thread Then & Now.
    While a big fan of Yamaha and I’m sure someone has done their homework, how stable is that three wheeler?
  • R
    Richard Dye reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread Then & Now with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Francis Barnett 1962 Falcon 199cc Police Bike 2025 new electric three-wheeler will be based on the Yamaha Tricity 300, which will swap...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Radiorails's post in the thread Soho Road Handsworth with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Provident were cheques and could be spent in a wide variety of places and not just locally. I knew people that had them and they had...
  • Smudger
    Smudger replied to the thread Plot Location Help Witton.
    This may help. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2201852/witton-cemetery#
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