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  • Smudger
    Smudger reacted to Davenport's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
  • Brummie Lisa
    Brummie Lisa replied to the thread Hill top Canal.
    Thank you. Well the verdict was she took her own life. I'm still doing research on her and trying to go through it all, I will try to...
  • Brummie Lisa
    Brummie Lisa reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Hill top Canal with Appreciate Appreciate.
    sorry no photos as yet..i am sure that you know that the newspaper report stated that how sarah ended up in water was a mystery however...
  • Banjo
    Banjo replied to the thread The Brain Family.
    My wife's Paternal Grandmother was Fanny Brain (1893-1952) before she married Obediah Rogers (1891-1929) in 1913. On her Marriage...
  • superdad3
    superdad3 replied to the thread T Cadby and Sons cycle works Farm Street.
    Graces Guide for 1918 gives T. Cadby & Sons at 389/397 Farm Street.
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    Dionysius//88 replied to the thread OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx.
    So sorry I missed this post , Lemonella I’ve sent you a DM
  • D
    Davey N. replied to the thread Church Road, Yardley..
    Me & my mates used to get a trim at Vaugns I think his name was Glyn, he kept his antiques up stairs & had a loft ladder from the shop...
  • D
    Davey N. reacted to ItalianNonna's post in the thread Church Road, Yardley. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Yvonne and Sian. Yvonne has passed away
  • D
    Davey N. reacted to ItalianNonna's post in the thread Church Road, Yardley. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    My Mom and me were in the queue outside waiting to go in the shop. Then all of a sudden everyone in the shop was screaming. Pillingers?
  • Lady Penelope
    Lady Penelope replied to the thread Pype Manor Erdington.
    I'm getting a bit confused here. Surely some of Erdington Grammar School was built on the site of Erdington Hall not Pype Hayes Hall...
  • ItalianNonna
    ItalianNonna replied to the thread Church Road, Yardley..
    My Mom and me were in the queue outside waiting to go in the shop. Then all of a sudden everyone in the shop was screaming. Pillingers?
  • Lady Penelope
    Lady Penelope replied to the thread Gem Street.
    I always understood that Gem Street school was for deaf children. This would have been in the 1950's.
  • ItalianNonna
    ItalianNonna replied to the thread Church Road, Yardley..
    Geddes garage. Their daughter kept a horse there. It escaped I was Lester's girlfriend at the time his Dad got killed. It was devastating.
  • C
    Country Road reacted to Lloyd's post in the thread The Green Kings Norton with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I hate the fact that pubs (and apparently former pubs) get renamed under new owners. The familiar name remains in the public knowledge...
  • J
    johnny082 replied to the thread Gem Street.
    Not sure because it was a long time ago but reminded of Gem St as I read through this. I seem to remember when I asked Mom where my...
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