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    Thank you all so much for your interest. I actually bought these letters from eBay several years ago when I was doing family history...
  • Jayell
    Jayell reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Bull Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A very busy view of the Bull Street/Corporation Street junction. Judging by the number of bollards, it must have been a risky business...
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    oldroddy reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Grange Road Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A rustic view. Not exactly sure where on Grange Road this would have been. Maybe the photographer was looking away from Chester Road ...
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    Maz 60 reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Bagley family, Birmingham, 1920s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    He is also listed as sailing in 1950 but wasn't in the poliice then
  • Malc Toy
    Malc Toy reacted to superdad3's post in the thread Moseley Village with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Used to know Fred Parsons [another barrister] slightly who lived in St Agnes Rd - did he perhaps buy the house off your family? Have...
  • Malc Toy
    Malc Toy reacted to Team Parspeed's post in the thread Moseley Village with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I lived at 56 St Agnes Road from about 1963 until about 1970. My father was a barrister and head of chambers at Fountain Court in...
  • M
    Maz 60 replied to the thread Bagley family, Birmingham, 1920s.
    Hi Ancestry have an outward passenger list in 1955 for John noel bagley, of 138 portland Rd bham to Singapore. He is shown as born...
  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad reacted to RobT's post in the thread Blucher Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    In 1955 Kelly's
  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad reacted to sttudy's post in the thread Blucher Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The Synagogue is 26, 26a, 26b, it says painters and decorators were 28-30 Blucher st, the lower half of Blucher Street was from Gough...
  • B
    I now think Haseley, otherwise known as Haseley Knob, is very likely…..it is just 5 miles from Kenilworth. Actually on the 1851 census...
  • M
    Maz 60 replied to the thread Bagley family, Birmingham, 1920s.
    Hi, Findmypast has a newspaper obituary for Edna in the Birmingham Post, 14th Feb 1972. Refers to her address 138 Portland Road...
  • S
    sttudy replied to the thread Blucher Street.
    It was called Lonsdale House and was used for various office space, my sister worked as a photographic developer there in 1965 in one...
  • S
    sttudy replied to the thread Blucher Street.
    The Synagogue is 26, 26a, 26b, it says painters and decorators were 28-30 Blucher st, the lower half of Blucher Street was from Gough...
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  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad replied to the thread Blucher Street.
    Great, thanks for your help.
  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad reacted to sttudy's post in the thread Blucher Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I have marked it in blue, there used only 1 road off on that side between Upper Gough St and it is Commercial Road.
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