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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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Sweet James

Posted on November 30, 2013 by

That there Clive Roberts – documenter of the history of the Shire Oak Inn and collector of local postcards – has been at it again He’s picked up another postcard of Brownhills at a fair, and mailed me scans of the front and back to post here on the blog.

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The man in the centre

Posted on July 21, 2013 by

I’ve received a fascinating enquiry from reader and friend of the blog Tony Briggs, who sent me a lovely photo, and other than his grandfather William Briggs being in the middle of the group, he knows nothing about it.
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