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Kleftiwallah
Posts: 93 Joined: Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:14 am
Primary Surname Interests: Oakes, Dixon.
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by Kleftiwallah » Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:48 pm
Title says it all. Please inform a beginner!
Cheers, Tony.
Antie Em
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by Antie Em » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:35 pm
Nothing exciting - just me and our illustrious leader sorting out lookups
There's no place like home ......
Kleftiwallah
Posts: 93 Joined: Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:14 am
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by Kleftiwallah » Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:17 pm
Lookups, please expand?
Cheers, Tony.
Rob
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Primary Surname Interests: Williams,Beard,Young,Ruston
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by Rob » Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:47 pm
And when the lookups done you have to be quick Tony or they'll do it for you!!!
Or at least our "illustious leader " will!!
peterd
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by peterd » Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:22 pm
Kleftiwallah wrote: Lookups, please expand?
Cheers, Tony.
some time tony people go to the local archive and if they got time they will do a look up for a person if they requested it, to save them from buying the certificates here the relevant section
viewforum.php?f=6
Antie Em
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by Antie Em » Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:24 pm
Rob wrote: And when the lookups done you have to be quick Tony or they'll do it for you!!!
Or at least our "illustious leader " will!!
She disn't did she ????
There's no place like home ......
peterd
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by peterd » Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:31 pm
Antie Em wrote: Rob wrote: And when the lookups done you have to be quick Tony or they'll do it for you!!!
Or at least our "illustious leader " will!!
She disn't did she ????
nor she only does robs cause he makes a pigs ear out of it
Rob
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by Rob » Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:34 pm
Honest Antie she takes all the pleasure out of Geneaology for me!!
Thats what i was going to write but then i saw our Geordie mates contribution??
Portway Bridge!!! Doesn't exist mate it's The Whimsey Bridge!!
peterd
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by peterd » Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:40 pm
mallosa
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Location: Yardley, Birmingham
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by mallosa » Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:17 pm
Let's take a vote on it
Oldbury- Portway Bridge- BNC -Birmingham Canal Navigations 1024-.jpg (104.47 KiB) Viewed 1592 times
Click on photo to enlarge
If you would like to have your ancestors photo's included in our Gallery, please send me a pm. Researching: Evans, Rollason, Henley/Hendley, Brookes, Taylor (Wilson - Birmingham)
mallosa
Posts: 22260 Joined: Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:59 pm
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by mallosa » Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:23 pm
Sorry Tony, I didn't mean to disrupt your initial post, it's Robs fault!
If you would like to have your ancestors photo's included in our Gallery, please send me a pm. Researching: Evans, Rollason, Henley/Hendley, Brookes, Taylor (Wilson - Birmingham)
Antie Em
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by Antie Em » Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:21 am
Well - I've always known it as the Whimsey Bridge, is that the one by A & D Aquatics, Churchbridge?
There's no place like home ......
Northern Lass
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by Northern Lass » Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:50 am
Moved to the snug
Northern Lass
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by Northern Lass » Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:52 am
Antie Em wrote: Rob wrote: And when the lookups done you have to be quick Tony or they'll do it for you!!!
Or at least our "illustious leader " will!!
She disn't did she ????
Yep she did
But of course our Robbie can always add the info to his own TP tree!!! as well as Bcc
Stop moaning Robbie
Rob
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by Rob » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:50 am
I can't believe this!!!
Have a vote ???
I was born less than 60 yards away from
THE WHIMSEY BRIDGE Our Graham lived over the road from where the picture was taken!! Vote??
Oh and there was a pub just over the bridge on the Oldbury side called .... wait for it .....
The Whimsey!!!!