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    johnny082 reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Chamberlain Square Statues with Appreciate Appreciate.
    After the Paradise redevelopment, the statues of Priestley and Watt have been returned - but to Ratcliff Passage...
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    johnny082 reacted to Neil M's post in the thread St Thomas Church Bath Row with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The Church of St Thomas, Holloway Head, was bombed in the war on 11 December 1940. The body of the church was levelled to the ground...
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    A Sparks replied to the thread cluedo.
    A new collectable Cluedo 50p coin has been minted... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckx2zdj4166yo
  • BrummieGeoff
    BrummieGeoff reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Cannon Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Some info about Mr Stock and Mr Sharp posted by mikejee on the Birmingham Steam Buses thread.
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Heaton.
    Maud's maternal grandfather, Alfred Baker, was a surgeon at the General Hospital and his wife, Emmeline, was the daughter of George...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Heaton.
    Maud's ancestors appear to have been quite well to do on both the paternal and maternal sides. I think one of her great grandfathers...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Enel's post in the thread Jowett Javelin with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I snapped this one, a short distance from my home today. Lovely condition. Strange seeing it with seat belts, but I guess it’s a good...
  • Enel
    Enel replied to the thread Jowett Javelin.
    I snapped this one, a short distance from my home today. Lovely condition. Strange seeing it with seat belts, but I guess it’s a good...
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    Wretford replied to the thread Violin Manufacture in Birmingham.
    Just a thought. The little film I referred to ('Village of Violins') which featured David's apprenticeship in Mittenwald was released in...
  • BrummieGeoff
    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Cannon Street.
    A Glass and Lead Warehouse run by Stock & Sharp at 15 Cannon Street in the 1830's. I think this building was on the east side of the...
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  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to KittyL's post in the thread David Blair gunmaker Birmingham & Robert Burns with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Good morning I have just read this informative account of David Blair, having come across some flintlock pistols presumably made by him...
  • MWS
    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Heaton with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Saw that entry for Joan. As she married as Heaton I suspect it is likely to be her. No idea about Maud's death at the moment
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Heaton.
    Can't be certain because she is listed as Heaton and her birthplace is listed as London but Joan is possibly a pupil in Bromley (parish)...
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    Alf Rogers reacted to edcartermo's post in the thread The Parade, Chamberlain Funeral, 1914 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Chamberlain's cortege on The Parade, 6 July 1914, as it is about to turn right up Camden Street on its way to Key Hill cemetery. The...
  • MWS
    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Heaton with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We work as a team - helping each other access finds and comparing to check we agree. So glad we could help.
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