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Warwickshire / Re: The Old Bullring
« on: Friday 22 February 13 20:40 GMT (UK)  »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN2KKjh0ZdM

Looking into pre-war locations for Birmingham ancestors I came across a series of 8mm cine films of Birmingham in 1958.....see the link for the first of these. Not great quality but that somehow adds to the nostalgia!

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Warwickshire / Re: Edgbaston college for young ladies
« on: Friday 22 February 13 20:16 GMT (UK)  »
David

In case it helps [and based on the fact that I live 3 miles from Edgabston] Priory Road is a main road that cuts through Edgbaston, very near 198/228 Bristol Road where Edgbaston College for Girls was.  The Edgbaston Priory Club is near Priory Road, and has been a smart tennis club for many years....and one day I may have saved enough to play there!  Likely that you are absolutely in the right geographical area.

Oliver

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Mayo / Crossmolina - Paton, Patten, Padden
« on: Friday 22 February 13 19:56 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Diski

I've been reasearching my family tree for some time now but about to venture into Irish records for the first time.  My English mother in law's maiden name is Patten, which was changed from Padden for reasons that are unclear, and the family name is construed as Padon on the UK 1851 census for John Padon.  John was b.1825 [calculated from censuses, no exact date] in Crossmolina according to that census [and just Co. Mayo thereafter] and married Mary Golacar.  They are living in Mary's mother house in 1851 [also called Mary]....in Hull.....and have their first son William with them [b.1850 in Hull].  So John moved to Hull prior to 1850, and it may be a familiar reason for leaving Ireland at that time, as did Mary and Mary.  I would love some pointers on whether records exist for John or potential family in Crossmolina - look like a more common name there than in England at that time, but the Crossmolina link was unknown by my mother-in-law......!

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