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  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Yardley Cemetery Plot Map.
    Just wanted to add this map. I worked out myself that section 60 corresponds with section D after finding a family member. I now have...
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    Donbogen reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Yardley library with Appreciate Appreciate.
    How nice to be able to say this library still exists ! 87 years later users still passing under that open book frieze. Love that symbolism.
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom reacted to PhillDot's post in the thread Why are you a family historian? with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Family historians can add a personal touch adding oral history & photographs to the names and dates found on paper, it brings the person...
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    Suzanneiom reacted to rosie's post in the thread Why are you a family historian? with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I was curious because there were family stories about being connected to famous French people. They were not true but it started me on...
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    superdad3 reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Riley's Pianos with Appreciate Appreciate.
    It might be coincidence as this 1909 advert for Henry Riley stresses 'No other address' . Interesting that Henry started c showing his...
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    I have another request if anyone can help. So I have a relative Guisppe born 1882 there is no death date for him in England and he was...
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    anthea reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Why are you a family historian? with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Intrigued to know what motivates people to start the journey to uncover their ancestors. Is it plain curiosity, a search for identity...
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    A Sparks reacted to Tuppenny Rice's post in the thread Music shops with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Inspired by the thread from @Vivienne14 on Riley's Pianos, I recently took these photos as I cleared a family home and was going through...
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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Riley's Pianos with Appreciate Appreciate.
    It might be coincidence as this 1909 advert for Henry Riley stresses 'No other address' . Interesting that Henry started c showing his...
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    A Sparks reacted to superdad3's post in the thread Riley's Pianos with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Henry Riley & Son: Founded in the Victorian period and continued until the mid 1930s. The building on Constitutional Hill is said to...
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    Morturn reacted to Tuppenny Rice's post in the thread Music shops with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Inspired by the thread from @Vivienne14 on Riley's Pianos, I recently took these photos as I cleared a family home and was going through...
  • Tuppenny Rice
    Tuppenny Rice posted the thread Music shops in Shops.
    Inspired by the thread from @Vivienne14 on Riley's Pianos, I recently took these photos as I cleared a family home and was going through...
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    superdad3 replied to the thread Riley's Pianos.
    Henry Riley & Son: Founded in the Victorian period and continued until the mid 1930s. The building on Constitutional Hill is said to...
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