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  • helpfulwords57
    helpfulwords57 replied to the thread The Gaskins.
    Forgive me, but I'm going to withdraw from this discussion. You have very rapidly decided upon something, and you don't seem open to...
  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad replied to the thread Washwood Heath Road.
    I can only identify the location for these 2 shops in Kelly's 1955 directory.
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  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad replied to the thread Washwood Heath Road.
    I just put that first line above into Google AI. I don't know how accurate it is, I have found Ted Haynes greengrocers in Kelly's...
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    Ajp1274 replied to the thread Washwood Heath Road.
    Brilliant Brilliant, thank you. Where did you search this, i dont seem to be able to find anything similar
  • helpfulwords57
    helpfulwords57 replied to the thread The Gaskins.
    There seems to be a gap where 2 would have been, but the other numbers seem intact? It's good to have a friendly difference of opinion...
  • helpfulwords57
    helpfulwords57 reacted to Neil M's post in the thread The Gaskins with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Certainly seems possible - see this from Sothebys about the picture in post #60 above: "The artist's later style brings together the...
  • helpfulwords57
    helpfulwords57 reacted to Neil M's post in the thread The Gaskins with Appreciate Appreciate.
    With all this amazing detective work unfolding at pace, I thought a moment of calm might be welcome with Drinkwater's poem which he...
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    Macca reacted to Astoness's post in the thread RIP ALBERTA with Appreciate Appreciate.
    it is with great sadness i have to let you all know that our good friend alberta passed away peacefully at home today after a long...
  • poker_pete82
    poker_pete82 reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread The Bradford Arms, Castle Bromwich with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Possibly one of the missing photos from post #9.
  • helpfulwords57
    helpfulwords57 replied to the thread The Gaskins.
    More scribblings: in very recent years, no 16 St Bernards Road is stated to have been built before 1900. It's detached (not a v. big...
  • helpfulwords57
    helpfulwords57 reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread The Gaskins with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here we go: If you just want to know which house we think was Newlyn then jump to the end of this post but here is our thought process...
  • helpfulwords57
    helpfulwords57 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread The Gaskins with Appreciate Appreciate.
    thanks jan you explain things far better than i could :) just to add that jan has already mentioned the newspaper article i found which...
  • helpfulwords57
    helpfulwords57 reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread The Gaskins with Appreciate Appreciate.
    All thses pics are taken from "Right move". The house last sold June 2026 valued at £985,000.
  • helpfulwords57
    helpfulwords57 replied to the thread The Gaskins.
    What a fine set of discoveries, and I am always fascinated to see other people's thought-processes and deductions, you teach me a lot...
  • helpfulwords57
    helpfulwords57 reacted to Neil M's post in the thread The Gaskins with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Interestingly, Arthur Gaskin painted "Back of 13 Calthorpe Road, Moonlight" in May 1924: See...
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