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    Graham2 replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026.
    Birch trees we have by the million, it's also the wood we burn on our stove in the winter, so i have a 4wood sheds full of Birch...
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    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Street furniture with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Good question Mort. Maybe they were spotlights - or would that be too advanced for the time ?
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    superdad3 reacted to Neil M's post in the thread James Watt and Harpers Hill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thanks very much for this. There are some other bits of possible evidece: 1) Aris's Birmingham Gazette of Monday 05 August 1816 refers...
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    superdad3 reacted to Neil M's post in the thread James Watt and Harpers Hill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    James Watt lived in one wing of a large Georgian villa on an estate in Harpers Hill from 1775 to 1790. I've recently come across details...
  • Morturn
    Morturn replied to the thread Street furniture.
    I wonder if they were to illuminate the cinema
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Street furniture with Appreciate Appreciate.
    They seem to have been placed symmetrically outside the Beaufort Cinema entrance - at least in this 1930s Francis Firth view. So maybe...
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    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Birmingham Hippodrome with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Dec 1895, The Builder.
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    JohnCCD 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.
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    MWS replied to the thread The Brain Family.
    Are you sure her husband (John H Wells) died before she married Frederick Brain? That's usually one reason for using an 'previous' name...
  • Brummie Lisa
    Brummie Lisa replied to the thread The Brain Family.
    So my great grandmother Martha Brain (was Ingleston then Wells ) lived at a few addresses in her life. She married Frederick Brain only...
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    mikejee replied to the thread James Hall gunmaker.
    Here are the two pages
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    halldescend replied to the thread James Hall gunmaker.
    I am very curious about this census, is there any way you please could share it with me? Thank you for the article, it's an excellent...
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    halldescend reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread James Hall gunmaker with Appreciate Appreciate.
    1841 census Younger James born abt 1826 Is this your James living apart from Elizabeth??
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    halldescend reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread James Hall gunmaker with Appreciate Appreciate.
    In 1830 there is a James Hall at the Turk's Head Steelhouse Lane The article is about people leaving property in lieu of a debt and...
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    halldescend reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread James Hall gunmaker with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Not sure this helps but those names appear with Elizabeth Hall but no sign of James snr on 1841 census. There is no relationship info on...
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