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  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Hughes Evelyn Margaret.
    Closest relatives to Evelyn would probably be cousins, children of Christina's 3 surviving brothers but all likely to be older than her...
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    Donbogen reacted to Astoness's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    calling all experts...my son found this resting in his bike..made no attempt to fly away but is it a moth or a bufferfly...lovely...
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    Ken1947 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Potters Hill Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    ken i know only too well the feeling one gets when finding photographs that mean something to us...i was in tears some years ago when i...
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    Ken1947 replied to the thread Potters Hill Aston.
    Thank you lyn. Another photo that you posted sometime ago was of the Devonshire Arms pub on Lodge Road. To the right of the pub was...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Canals In Wartime with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This is another picture from the IWM and is also for sale on Alamy. On Getty images it is £150-275 ! “With Miss March, dressed in...
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    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Canals In Wartime with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A cargo of steel which has been transported from London is unloaded from a pair of canal boats at Tysley quay on the Grand Union Canal...
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    Morturn reacted to rwdm's post in the thread Moseley College Wake Green Road/Yardley Wood Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I went to Moseley College from 1954 to 1957. My older sisters had been there before. It was very convenient as we lived in St Agnes...
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    Morturn reacted to superdad3's post in the thread Kings Heath with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Alcester Road South This is a view on Alcester Road South/Kings Heath looking towards Addison Road on March 9 1953 with a close up...
  • MWS
    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Hughes Evelyn Margaret with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This is the house today
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    Ken1947 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Potters Hill Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    wow ken what a stroke of luck for you....happy to help lyn
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Hughes Evelyn Margaret.
    There doesn't appear to be any obvious kin connection between Catherine and Ada to Gordon Joseph Smith. He was born Nash, the...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Hughes Evelyn Margaret.
    Catherine Winifred Hughes never married and in 1939 is living with Ada at 21 New Road, Meriden. She dies 14 Nov 1949. Ada Elizabeth...
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    Ken1947 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Potters Hill Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    right here we go..hope there are a few new ones here... lyn
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    Ken1947 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Potters Hill Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    i have got about12 photos of potters hill folks and have looked to see if we already a thread ..i cant find one but if anyone else can...
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    Ken1947 replied to the thread Potters Hill Aston.
    Looking back through this thread. The 7th picture down shows the left hand side of potters hill. The 4th house up 1st floor was the...
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