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East End factory

Farewell Whitechapel Bell Foundry

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Yesterday, the Gentle Author communicated the sad news that The Whitechapel Bell Foundry in the Spring of next year. Current owner Alan Hug...
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family history Hospital

Media Watch: 'Black Nurses: The women who saved the NHS'

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'This documentary reveals the untold story of how thousands of Caribbean women answered the call from 'the Mother Country' to co...
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Birmingham Birmingham Pub Bombings

The Birmingham Pub Bombings: searching for truth, justice and accountability

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Today, Mrs Louise Hunt, the Senior Coroner for Birmingham and Solihull , will decide whether the Inquests into the deaths of the 21 people...
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Birmingham brum

The Lost Hospitals of Birmingham

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I am posting a short series of posts inspired by my forthcoming book The Lost Hospitals of Birmingham , self-published and Kindle 2016....
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Birmingham Genealogy

at the Sorrento Maternity Hospital, Moseley

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Sorrento was a large house on Wake Green Road, Moseley built, probably, by William Adams (1857-1911). Adams was the Midlands Director ...
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Bethnal Green disaster

Real Lives: Remembering Lilian Sceats of Bethnal Green

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During my recent visit to the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster Memorial, my attention was drawn to a colourful wreath with a photo of a young...
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