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    Stokkie reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread ARP named Fire Watchman Fire Watchers Fire Guards with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As I understand it John, Fire Watchers kept a look-out for incendary/fire bombs, extinguished fires, that sort of thing (but I'm no...
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    Stokkie reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread ARP named wardens with Appreciate Appreciate.
    https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/carl-chinn-volunteer-wardens-heroes-361375
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    brummy-lad reacted to Rich House's post in the thread 40 Coldbath Road Kings Heath with Appreciate Appreciate.
    An earliar photo of the same shop at 39 Coldbath Rd posted above. This is from about 1910, 14 years earliar. The lady is my great...
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    Quibell reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread ARP named wardens with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I've moved discussions about the organisation, uniforms ARP support services etc to a separate thread in the link below. After recently...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Johnson.
    Yes, that's correct. Handsworth came under West Brom until 1930.
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    A Sparks reacted to JohnCCD's post in the thread Scott Arms, Great Barr with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here is a news paper story from The Walsall Free Press dated 30th January 1858 about an illegal game of whist in the Scott Arms. Robert...
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    JohnCCD replied to the thread ARP named wardens.
    Thanks for looking Maz and Vivienne. My father was 21 in 1939 and his parents were Thomas and Sybil so that's not him unfortunately. I...
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    JohnCCD reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread ARP named wardens with Appreciate Appreciate.
    That sounds promising Maz. I did a newspaper search but couldn't turn up anything. But I searched for 'warden' Shall go back and have...
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    JohnCCD reacted to Maz 60's post in the thread ARP named wardens with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hello John, don't know how old your dad would have been, & possibly wrong area, but ancestry 1939 register gives a result for a 15 year...
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    mrbluesky1957 replied to the thread Johnson.
    Is this the one. Did Handsworth come under West Brom then?. So Hannah Davis would you believe. Thank you, Keith.
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    mrbluesky1957 reacted to MWS's post in the thread Johnson with Appreciate Appreciate.
    See my post #213 above for their marriage details. No birth reg. but Sarah Ann was baptised West Brom 6 Sep 1840, born 15 Jun.
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    mrbluesky1957 replied to the thread Johnson.
    Thanks Mark.
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Johnson.
    See my post #213 above for their marriage details. No birth reg. but Sarah Ann was baptised West Brom 6 Sep 1840, born 15 Jun.
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    Rich House replied to the thread 40 Coldbath Road Kings Heath.
    An earliar photo of the same shop at 39 Coldbath Rd posted above. This is from about 1910, 14 years earliar. The lady is my great...
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    Norm St Joseph replied to the thread Morris Commercial Vehicles.
    Hello I’m new here. Does anyone remember the dances with the Jimmy Cousins big band?
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