Tag Archives: 1943

Search continues for ‘Bill’ Baker – more information now available

Posted on April 23, 2016 by

Ive been trying for a while to get any information on, or contact William John Baker, once resident in Walsall Wood for a while now, and as news information comes to light, I periodically re-run the appeal for the reader trying to locate him – last month they found a picture of Bill, above.

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The search for Willian ‘Bill’ Baker – anyone recognise this photo please?

Posted on March 31, 2016 by

Last year I ran an appeal here to find a chap called William John Baker, once resident in Walsall Wood – well, the person who asked is still searching for him, and has found a photo which I feature above – note that this isn’t the William Edward Baker who used to work at Ryford in Aldridge.

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Still looking for Willian ‘Bill’ Baker please

Posted on March 19, 2015 by

Thank you all for your wonderful response to my request last weekend to contact William John Baker, once resident in Walsall Wood.
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Looking for William John Baker please

Posted on March 14, 2015 by

Hi folks – this is one of those enquiries we get from time to time from readers – I’m interested in contact details for William John Baker it is thought was born in 1943, and was either a son of Walsall Wood, or lived there for a while, and certainly around 1965.

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The estate we’re in

Posted on March 1, 2015 by

I had an interesting email from reader and top local history technician Andy Dennis a couple of weeks ago that expands on a recent topic beautifully: that of William Roberts and his empire.
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Outdoor cookery with Mrs. Parsley

Posted on November 14, 2013 by

An email finds me from David Evans, containing a rather wonderful image he’s spotted in an Alton Douglas book that he’s like to know more about – it surely is a cracker and I’d love to know more about these ladies and what they were up to.
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