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Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Oxford and Cambridge Alumini

 The published list of Oxford alumuni (up to 1886) includes the names of 9 members of our family and the published list for Cambridge (up to 1900) shows the names of 3 members of our family. I have tried to find out as much as possible about these nine individuals. These are the results.
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009

The Whatmore Jewellers of Birmingham

At the end of the Napoleonic Wars life was hard in the countryside. The wages of agricultural labourers were fixed and the price of everything was soaring. Many people were forced to look for work elsewhere and for those living in south Shropshire -  Birmingham and the Black Country offered the chance of a better […]

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