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  • MWS
    MWS reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thank you for further invaluable contributions. Various points arising: MARY: Mystery of her marriage date versus date of arrival New...
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    MWS reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The problem with that is that, as far as we can tell or so it seems, Mary died childless. This doesn't mean of course that a child never...
  • ChrisM
    ChrisM replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    Thank you for further invaluable contributions. Various points arising: MARY: Mystery of her marriage date versus date of arrival New...
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  • ChrisM
    ChrisM replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    The problem with that is that, as far as we can tell or so it seems, Mary died childless. This doesn't mean of course that a child never...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    The only 2 reasons I can think of is Mary was pregnant though I can't see a few more days making a difference, or one of their families...
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    johnny082 reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2025 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    the Blackbirds appear to disappear in August because they are hiding to moult, a stressful process of replacing worn-out feathers, which...
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    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As there are no times I suppose the ship could have docked early hours of 2nd and marriage was the afternoon of the 3rd. Wonder what...
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    devonjim reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Birmingham Films And Videos with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Birmingham from Frank Price in 1971, inckuding a view of the newest-looking outside loo I have seen pictured from Birmingham <iframe...
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    devonjim replied to the thread Cole Bank Road (formerly Lane).
    Despite going backwards and forwards along the 11 route for many years school then work, bus, cycling then driving I never realised...
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    Ray T reacted to I Am Nico's post in the thread Our childhood toys with Appreciate Appreciate.
    If my balsa wood plane went over in to Nan's neighbour we Would never get it back so grandad had a go at him. He was very odd. He used...
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    Barr_Beacon replied to the thread Birmingham Films And Videos.
    Birmingham mid-Seventies, starts at 1m 40s
  • devonjim
    devonjim reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Cole Bank Road (formerly Lane) with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Cole Bank Road, 25 June 1924. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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    devonjim reacted to BrummieGeoff's post in the thread Cole Bank Road (formerly Lane) with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Ref Post #3 : The same section of Cole Bank Lane/Road before it was widened .... showing the old bridge over the River Cole, and...
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    Taxi Tom reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Cotteridge with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A nice story on BBC Birmingham today :) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gpw60pyzeo
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico replied to the thread Our childhood toys.
    If my balsa wood plane went over in to Nan's neighbour we Would never get it back so grandad had a go at him. He was very odd. He used...
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