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Offline ksquires

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Devonshire Street
« on: Monday 11 October 10 14:54 BST (UK) »
Please anyone who can help me my farther lived in Devonshire street as a boy during WW2 he is now nearly 70 and wanted to find some photos of the old street where he grew up I know it would make him so happy but I am really struggling to find any. Please anyone who can help it would be most appriciated scanned images or anything like that.

Many thanks

Kevin Squires

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Re: Devonshire Street
« Reply #1 on: Monday 11 October 10 16:02 BST (UK) »
In which town?
Rhodes, Bott, Wild, Brentnall, Burton, Cooper, Carty, Wallhead, Bowler, Scott, Pearson, Owen, Mills, Bacon, Turner, Wilson, Hartley, Mellows, Clarke, Shaw.

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Re: Devonshire Street
« Reply #2 on: Monday 11 October 10 16:08 BST (UK) »
hI try google maps

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Re: Devonshire Street
« Reply #3 on: Monday 11 October 10 16:09 BST (UK) »
Derby city

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Re: Devonshire Street
« Reply #4 on: Monday 11 October 10 16:10 BST (UK) »
Google maps is for modern streets that exist today?

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Re: Devonshire Street
« Reply #5 on: Monday 11 October 10 20:52 BST (UK) »
Watson, Waggett. East London

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Re: Devonshire Street
« Reply #6 on: Friday 15 October 10 11:14 BST (UK) »
Hi Kevin
 There is an article on Bygone Derbyshire  by a Tony Lintott whose parents moved into no 25 Devonshire st  in 1941 . There is also a photo

http://youandyesterday.com/articles/Devonshire_Street

Devonshitre st was demolished in the 1960's
 Regards Mari 
HARRIS,(hugglescote, leics)   
THORPE (staffs)     
RHODES (staffs)
WARD (mileham,e bilney nfk)
FARROW(berghapton toft monks,thurlton,nfk)
WHITE (pinxton derbys)
HIGTON(wirksworth derbys)
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