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There is still a sign saying "High Street" on the alterations shop at the top of Station Road.

Can't see a marriage for an Alfred Rogers to an Annie Farmer in 1930. The only marriage for an Alfred Rogers in that year reg. Bham is...

Do you mean the Frank (Francis John) Rogers who married (1918) Rose Shakespeare or his father, also Frank (Francis). Younger Frank...

There is a Machin Road that runs between Sutton New Road and Summer Road, Erdington.

Now I'm working on this branch I've found more relatives of Frank Rogers. He had brothers Thomas, Henry, Joseph, John and Alfred. It is...

I remember the boathouse with a tinge of regret. As children we'd run down the bank to jump up onto the roof and overlook the lake. One...

George Machin's view of Erdington before the railway arrived.. Machin was born in 1841, the railway arrived in Erdington in the 1860s.

never ceases to amaze me how very often a member (in this case pedrocut) will post one photo and that leads to us sleuths finding out so...

Rising Star has a long history. In May 1985 Cecil Morris started PCRL Peoples Community Radio Link which was a pirate radio station. In...

I agree with Morturn, certainly not Brookvale Park

I suspect that may be Witton lakes.

never ceases to amaze me how very often a member (in this case pedrocut) will post one photo and that leads to us sleuths finding out so...

Shall create a separate thread about the family. Edit, there's now a thread about the Machin family under the Surname Interests...

My Grandparents lived at 193 (2 Court 1) Guilford Street

Rising Star has a long history. In May 1985 Cecil Morris started PCRL Peoples Community Radio Link which was a pirate radio station. In...