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  • changinman1
    changinman1 reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Pursall Reginald William with Appreciate Appreciate.
    There is a Reginald William Pursell, living with a William Pursall on the electoral rolls in 1927. In 1930 they and Winifred Purcell...
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    Ajp1274 replied to the thread Washwood Heath Road.
    Yes, thats them! They always ran shops as we do still now (but in Bournemouth!) This is one of their first shops in Mosley Street in the...
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  • MWS
    MWS reacted to Ajp1274's post in the thread Washwood Heath Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    YES! I pretty sure you’ve got it. Someone had given me that address once before but I’d discounted it as the windows were not the same...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Finding Information.
    Right I think I may have made some sense of things. Firstly I think you are interested in Emma Jane Smith who married a Samuel Price...
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread horace baxter shoe shop.
    In 1971 174A Mansel road is listed as just a house occupied bt Arthur J Combellack. 174 not listed
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    Ajp1274 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Washwood Heath Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    not sure if this is any help but on there is a norman william butt on the 1936/37 electoral rolls along with a may butt at no 98...
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    Ajp1274 reacted to brummy-lad's post in the thread Washwood Heath Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thanks Mark, I looked at the shops around Sladefield road but none of them appeared to fit, there's only 1 and a half bricks separating...
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    Ajp1274 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Washwood Heath Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    hi mark what is the name of the baker you found on the 39 lyn
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    Ajp1274 reacted to MWS's post in the thread Washwood Heath Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Albert Buckley
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    Ajp1274 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Washwood Heath Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    no luck so far with finding anything in the newspapers lyn
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    Ajp1274 reacted to brummy-lad's post in the thread Washwood Heath Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    In post #79 AI suggests shops in the vicinity of the Home Made Cake shop, one of these is Bon Bon (confectioner). The only Bon Bon I can...
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    Ajp1274 replied to the thread Washwood Heath Road.
    YES! I pretty sure you’ve got it. Someone had given me that address once before but I’d discounted it as the windows were not the same...
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    Ajp1274 reacted to MWS's post in the thread Washwood Heath Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    And on the 1939 register there is a baker at 694 Washwood Heath Road and comparing the brick work between and around the upper windows...
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    craig nation replied to the thread horace baxter shoe shop.
    there is a listed marion baxter with a associate Ross baxter in the US (i did not know them to have got married) but she may have taken...
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    craig nation replied to the thread horace baxter shoe shop.
    maybe marion name was combellack ? i only ever knew it as his shop , i was born in 1961
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