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  1. Shopping in the 1920s

    Who remembers these shopping items???? The adverts are from the 1920

    Started by Stitcher, 1 Day Ago 13:52
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  2. Shops Owned By Retired Footballers

    Hi All, In the good old days when professional footballers were on a par with us ordinary members of the public and not the overpaid, pampered...

    Started by Old Boy, March 14th, 2010 22:51
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  3. Toy Shop Cape Hill

    Hello all . Can anyone remember a toy /model Shop on Cape Hill Birmingham , It was just passed the M & B brewery dates i remember it there was...

    Started by tadrussell, 1 Week Ago 23:07
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  4. Kimberley - Live Bait Dealer, 1 Key Hill

    Hi all I know my great great grandparents had a Live Bait shop for about 10 years, up until about 1905 I believe, at 1 (or 1a) Key Hill. It was...

    Started by SarahHolmes, 2 Weeks Ago 14:23
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  5. L.a fellows balsall heath

    HI GUYS ; i Am researching fellows the builders of brighton rd balshall heath does anybody remember them or ever bought...

    Started by Astonian, 2 Weeks Ago 19:22
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  6. Spectacle Maker & Retail shopkeeper, B'Ham - circa 1871

    Looking for any information or photo's of my relative Joseph Plumpton. He was a steel spectacle Maker living in Howard Place, Birmingham in the...

    Started by yellowduckbook, 3 Weeks Ago 19:59
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  7. Richards Of Aston Pork Butchers

    Hi! My father was Harry Taylor and he was the manager of a Pork Butchers that was on the corner of Bracebridge Street and High Street Aston. it then...

    Started by gerry taylor, June 14th, 2008 11:42
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  8. Question Corner shop at 199 Percy Road, Sparkhill/Greet around the 1939 era

    Can anyone help with information on name and nature of business of a corner shop at 199, Percy Road, Sparkhill, adjacent to Avondale Road, which I...

    Started by fairport, July 24th, 2010 19:22
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  9. newsagents sparkhill

    Has anyone any recollection of a newsagents called V &A Smith on Stratford RD Sparkhill by Knowle Rd late 40s to 50s.Jim

    Started by james houston, July 17th, 2010 09:38
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  10. Electoplaters

    Does anyone know or have any suggestions on how I could find find out when then electoplating trade started in decline in the Jewellry Quarter. My...

    Started by karro, July 15th, 2010 20:32
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  11. Plumbers/Heating engineers Yardley Road/Florence rd

    Location of Blue Rose & Silver Dolphin Florists 124 Yardley Road, BIRMINGHAM, UK , B27 6LR- (corner of Florence rd ) there used to be a...

    Started by tali, July 14th, 2010 01:29
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  12. Tobacconist Ladywood

    Hello Folks This is a really long shot. There was a Tobacconist with the name Vern, I assume short for Vernon. This could be a first or second...

    Started by RobertS, June 29th, 2010 10:49
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  13. Paynes shoe repairs

    I am currently researching my great uncle (Harry H Payne) and grandfather (William R Payne) buisness, Paynes Shoe Repairs. Is there any one who...

    Started by SRWALW, June 10th, 2010 14:49
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  14. Simpsons the fishmonger Solihull

    Hello Folks Im still looking for a photograph of Simpsons the fishmongers in Solihull (given up on finding one of the shop in Moseley !) pre or...

    Started by RobertS, June 29th, 2010 10:41
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  15. marine stores

    Does anyone know anything about the Marine Stores? My grandfather worked for one during 1910 to 1930ish. This information is from the birth...

    Started by Brownowl40, June 16th, 2010 20:17
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  16. W. M. Hadley

    I have come across a photograph of a Grocery/Sweet Shop. The name above the door is W. M. Hadley, does anyone have any idea where in Birmingham it...

    Started by Mac Joseph, June 7th, 2010 23:29
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  17. Treadwell's Shoe Repairs Ryland Street

    Does anyone have any info on Treadwells? My father was apprenticed there after leaving Marston Green Cottage Homes in 1928. Are there any...

    Started by Sandra F, December 14th, 2009 17:12
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  18. Bread/cake shop on Hawthorn Rd Kingstanding

    Does anyone remember the name of the bread & cake shop on Hawthorn Rd - not where the main shops were by Woolworths etc but further down Hawthorn Rd...

    Started by Vivienne14, May 19th, 2010 14:51
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  19. Cold Meat Shop 7 Warwick Road

    Premises were occupied by John Henry Crilley from 1936 (Kellys Directory) to 1954 (Death Certificate). Does anyone have any info that could help me...

    Started by tonybilsborough, April 14th, 2010 07:50
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  20. sweet shop

    this is so vague. ive been told an ancestor of mine had a sweet shop. i know she lived in worcester,early 1880 onwards and alsoin sand pits...

    Started by ann56, April 4th, 2010 11:55
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