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  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread St Mary The Virgin (Acocks Green) with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Aug 1889. (The Builder)
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    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Some photos from Rickman Drive with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Some photos posted on Facebook by Paul Boot, taken from the balcony of 22 Rickman Drive, probably around 1963. The photos were probably...
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    oldroddy reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Somerset or Sumerset Street, Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Somerset street in the 1950s is here And in the late 1880 it was here
  • stuart67
    stuart67 reacted to MWS's post in the thread O'Neill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    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 replied to the thread O'Neill.
    Hi Lyn. My dad's name was Terence, brother's were Tony, Reggie, Buddy and Tommy. Sister was May. May lived by The Greet in Tyseley.
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    stuart67 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread O'Neill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    as said given the lack of irish records this could be difficult but just in case anything may turn up i dont think you have given us the...
  • stuart67
    stuart67 replied to the thread O'Neill.
    Thank you MWS. that gap and my grandparents lives is what interests me. The turbulence of the times they endured.
  • stuart67
    stuart67 reacted to MWS's post in the thread O'Neill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    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...
  • stuart67
    stuart67 replied to the thread O'Neill.
    Thanks to all. My Dad's name was Terence. He said his Dad was guaranteed work due to the badge. I don't have his birth certificate...
  • mikejee
    mikejee posted the thread Some photos from Rickman Drive in Old & New Brum Pictures.
    Some photos posted on Facebook by Paul Boot, taken from the balcony of 22 Rickman Drive, probably around 1963. The photos were probably...
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    • bristol st c 1963 from 22 rickman driveA.jpg
    • bristol st c 1963 from 22 rickman drive2A.jpg
  • poker_pete82
    poker_pete82 reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread High Street Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Think this is probably a late -1950s view. Probably taken near New Street.
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Somerset or Sumerset Street, Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Somerset street in the 1950s is here And in the late 1880 it was here
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to davedgibson's post in the thread Warren Farm Schools Golden Jubilee Book with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hi all! I used to live in Aylesbury Crescent, Kingstanding until 1983 and moved away after my Dad passed away. I remember going to...
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    Dionysius//88 replied to the thread O'Neill.
    Stuart welcome , was it a badge or a button as it was also called, any docker carrying a button would be assure of work when ever...
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    Dionysius//88 reacted to stuart67's post in the thread O'Neill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    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...
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