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Travelling People / Re: drakeley - fairground/coal merchants
« on: Tuesday 13 March 18 15:22 GMT (UK) »
My paternal grandparents lived in a double decker bus on ground owned by the Drakeley family on Belchers Lane. Birmingham before it was brought by Birmingham Corporation to build houses. recently I met the second wife of Jack Drakeley whose Dad was also called Jack who I think owned the land. Its a small world