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Tag Archives: 1903
Burnal Martin and the class of 1922-3
I’m very pleased to note the continued interest in Watling Street School’s history, a thread started by Adrian Reid before Christmas – a couple of days ago, I received the above scan from reader George Martin, taken around 1922 or 1923, featuring his father.
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Tagged 125 year anniversary, 1903, 1922, 1923, A5, Adrian Reid, Agnes Deans, Alan Harvey, Author, Book, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Burnal Martin, Class photo, george Martin, history, Jan Farrow, Local History, Memories of Watling Sreet, Mickey Six, mike, New Photos, School, search, Stackhouse, Staffordshire, Things to do, Walsall, Walsall Council, Watling Street
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Watling Street School: The class of 1903
Thanks for the great response yesterday to Adrian Reid’s enquiry for the Watling Street School anniversary book; whilst copies to own are apparently very, very thin on the ground, it seems they can at least be borrowed for study.
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Tagged 125 year anniversary, 1903, A5, Adrian Reid, Agnes Deans, Alan Harvey, Author, Book, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Class photo, history, Jan Farrow, Local History, Memories of Watling Sreet, New Photos, School, search, Staffordshire, Things to do, Walsall, Walsall Council, Watling Street
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Home on The Grange
Thanks to reader contributions, we’ve found the Grange in Aldridge – it was, until relatively recently, in Leighswood, as described by commentors to my original post. Hat tip too, to David Evans, who mailed me with a map which jogged my memory.
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Tagged 1887, 1903, 1920, 1956, 1961, 1971, Aldridge, Birmingham History Forum, David Evans, Lazy Hill, Leighswood, Local History, Mary Woodroffe, New Photos, Northgate, Old maps, Ordnance Survey, Pennard, Redevelopment, Staffordshire, The Grange, Things to do, Walsall Wood, Walsall Wood Road, Walton Road
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