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Is there a very kind soul out there with access to Alnwick parish records who could do a quick look up for me??

I have found a Baptism record on-line for ROBERT BUNNING in Alnwick on 6 April 1746....

Thank you all for your suggestions. I will follow them up and hopefully find a pic somewhere.

My ancestor was landlord of The Leopard pub at 87 Weaman Street, Birmingham during the 1860s & 70s. I can see from Google maps street view that there is nothing left of the road as it was then (a...

On the 1911 census in Manchester my ancestor is listed as a Trolley Boy (aged 17).

I presume this has something to do with the trams, but if not a driver or conductor, what did a trolley boy do?
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Malcolm, thank you for the link - what an amazing set of videos, and certainly plenty of woodworking that he could have been involved in. Now I will have to look for photos of the interior to add to...

Sorry, I should have mentioned that I know there are at least 7 staircases, excluding any back stairs. If they are all stone/iron I wonder if he may have worked on other timber in the building -...

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Is anyone out there familiar with the inside of Manchester Town Hall?

Family rumour has it that my ancestor, Robert Bunning worked on the staircases when the New Town Hall was buitl in the...

I have an Army Discharge Certificate for Charles Stanley Coleman dated 1922. If you think he may be part of your family please contact me and I will gladly send it to you.

Hi Lorraine, I know you posted this a while ago so hopefully you are still researching - once started it can grip you for YEARS!!!

I am researching Bunnings in Lincolnshire and Northamtonshire -...

Janet, you must have been reading my mind. I had been discussing the East Anglia possibilites with my husband as you replied. (Sorry for the delay in responding to your post - my dog was attacked...

The William who married Jane in Stamford is the correct one without doubt as I have tracked them back through indisputable documentary evidence. The William baptised in Bulwick in 1760 is pure...

Thanks Janet for all your info. I have also found all those various Williams and other Bunnings. For an unusual surname there are a heck of a lot of them!! I haven't been able to connect any of them...

Thomasin, I was working on that date as well, but when I checked the original Parish Record at the Northants Archive it turned out to be incorrectly transcribed. That was the first head hit on the...

Many thanks olliecat. I will follow that up and hopefully find more info.

My 4xGt Grandfather was William Bunning who was baptised on 25th May 1760 in Bulwick Northamptonshire. On the baptism entry his parents are given as Robert and Susannah Bunning.

This is where I...

My English 3xGt Grandfather, John Edwards WARREN was a retired Coastguard Officer living in Clonakilty, County Cork when he died in April 1884. I have been trying to find out where he is buried and...

That sounds more promising. Fingers crossed.

Useful links - thank you.

I am looking for a photo of this chapel as my Gt Gt Grandfather John Edward WARREN was baptised there in 1837. Can anyone help or point me in the right direction? I believe it was demolished in 1867...

Hi All,

I am researching my mother-in-law's family name BUNNING. I have traced her immediate family to Manchester. Before that they came from Stamford, Lincolnshire and Bulwick, Northamptonshire....

Hi Martin,
An interesting story. We don't know for certain who Chamber's father was and there is a lot of supposition around the circumstances. In 1871 my great garandmother, Juliana Isaacson was on...

Peter, thats great! Thanks very much. He was an apprentice baker before joining up so maybe thats why he was assigned this position.

Can anyone tell me what the term 'Boy Dom' means? It is as obvious as Domestic, in which case what does that relate to in the Navy? :confused5:

My grandfather joined up aged 16 and was listed as...

Thank you both for your info. I have been able to find out a lot more now.

On the 1911 census my great uncle is 16 years old and living in an institution in Wright's Lane, Kensington.

Can anyone tell me what type of institution this was. I know he was disabled and...