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rockyfowler wrote:Why not try Smethwick Archives? this is prob dif pub but you may find your pub there? http://blackcountryhistory.org/collecti ... 3_2_1_904/ they are always very helpful -you prob need to visit them http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200253/ ... es_service
Regards RF

Many thanks for the advice ~ I shall certainly give it a try.

Thank you for trying to help me.

Antie Em wrote:If you can't find them on the downloads - I have the disks and will look for you

Maggie

Many thanks.

Have you tried this site, you'll have to trawl through the images, but there are some good ones there: m I did come across this site on the net & have looked through all of the photo's. Sadly, there were none of the pubs that I am interested in but it was still good to look through none the less.

Have you tried looking at the addresses close to the Talbot on the census - also the description of the enumeration district. Might give you an idea of where it was. Being a newbie I know how to check out the census returns by a person's name but not by address & I didn't know about there being...

Northern Lass wrote:Moving this to the BC history pubs section

Thanks, I wasn't sure where best to post it.

Antie Em wrote:Here is a very good site for Black Country Pubs with free downloads

http://www.longpull.co.uk

Maggie

Great, I'll check that out ~ Thank you.

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