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  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Perry Hall lodges with Appreciate Appreciate.
    That's interesting and how lovely to have access to that green space. This is another view of The Avenue. If anyone has a map of when...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Janer's post in the thread Somerset or Sumerset Street, Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I wonder if anyone can tell me if there was a Somerset or Sumerset Street in Aston - it features in the 1891 Census with the latter...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread O'Neill.
    So it seems you have to bridge the gap between your dad's birth and his dad's. Do you have access to your dad's marriage certificate or...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Perry Hall lodges with Appreciate Appreciate.
    That's interesting and how lovely to have access to that green space. This is another view of The Avenue. If anyone has a map of when...
  • stuart67
    stuart67 replied to the thread O'Neill.
    Appreciate your response, my Dad was born 1945, always said he was a war baby. I have his death certificate. I met his brothers and...
  • J
    Janer posted the thread Somerset or Sumerset Street, Aston in Place related enquiries.
    I wonder if anyone can tell me if there was a Somerset or Sumerset Street in Aston - it features in the 1891 Census with the latter...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Zig Zag Bridge Packhorse Bridge Aldridge Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A few more views.
  • D
    Donbogen reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Perry Hall lodges with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Nice to see the old images of the Lodge! We lived on one of the roads off Cliveden Avenue and I understood that there had been a lodge...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks replied to the thread Perry Hall lodges.
    Nice to see the old images of the Lodge! We lived on one of the roads off Cliveden Avenue and I understood that there had been a lodge...
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  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Perry Hall lodges with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This Lodge once stood at the junction of The Avenue (Now Clivedon Avenue) and Walsall Road. The length of The (former) Avenue is now...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Windermere Rd Park/ground Saved with Appreciate Appreciate.
    No idea with this one. Two dog walkers walked that side 10 to 15 mins earlier and saw or smelt nothing. By the time they got to the...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Windermere Rd Park/ground Saved with Sad Sad.
    Sad to report a second fire on the Fields this morning. This time to the right side of the gate near the slope down to Moseley Bog. Bit...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread O'Neill.
    Tracing Irish ancestors can be a little tricky, there are a far fewer records available than there are for England/Wales. The problem...
  • stuart67
    stuart67 posted the thread O'Neill in M - P.
    Im looking for a place to start and help with my family on my Dad's side. My Dad came to Birmingham in 1964 from Dublin. I know all his...
  • D
    Donbogen reacted to Keith R's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    These are all the same Butterfly...just different light.....A Gatekeeper.
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