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#365DaysOfBiking- May 22nd - And then, returning home, I noticed this.... May 23, 2013
- May 22nd - I was heading home today from work, and for some... May 23, 2013
- May 21st - An odd day, I was at home until lunchtime, then had... May 22, 2013
- May 20th - On my way home tonight, I hopped onto the canal... May 20, 2013
- May 20th - A small result. The bike racks at Birmingham New... May 20, 2013
- May 19th - Up on the north heath at Chasewater, something rather... May 19, 2013
- May 19th - A busy day at Chasewater. Linda Mason had posted some... May 19, 2013
- May 18th - A late evening run to the supermarket, and one of the... May 19, 2013
- May 18th - I’m hoping a linesman or electrical engineer... May 19, 2013
- May 17th - Interesting to note that the Wakeboarding company who... May 18, 2013
- May 17th - Spring wends onward, despite somewhat indifferent... May 18, 2013
- May 16th - Spring is here, too, at the verges, hedgerows and... May 17, 2013
- Bob’s music
- Daft Punk – Doin' it Right (feat. Panda Bear)
- Daft Punk – Fragments of Time (feat. Todd Edwards)
- Daft Punk – Motherboard
- Daft Punk – Beyond
- Daft Punk – Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)
- Daft Punk – Touch (feat. Paul Williams)
- Daft Punk – Lose Yourself To Dance (feat. Pharrell Williams)
- Daft Punk – Instant Crush
- Daft Punk – Within
- Daft Punk – Giorgio by Moroder
Tag Archives: Burntwood
The other ‘Wood: from the air…
Following a request made by reader Kevin Barnett, I had a rummage through the excellent aerial images so kindly supplied by Gareth Thomas, Geographic Whizz from Lichfield District Council, feeling sure he’d sent me some. Sadly I was mistaken, and I’d already posted the one of Chasetown that I had.
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Posted in Chasewater, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media
Tagged 1963, Aerial, asylum, Bleak House, Brownhills, Burntwood, Burntwood Blog, Chasetown, Chasewater, colony, Cuckoo Bank, Edial, Five Ways, Fulfen, Hammerwich Station, Kevin Barnett, Lichfield District Council, local blogs, Local History, New Photos, Reservoir, St Matthews, Staffordshire, Woodhouses
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Some disassembly required
Readers with long memories will recall my ruminations on the Vulcan Bomber cockpit that notoriously found itself in a garden in Burntwood a few years ago. The story still gets a large quantity of hits, and I think it’s fair … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged aeroplane, Avro, B.2 XM652, Bomber, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, front garden, Hammerwich, Local History, New Photos, plane, Shire Oak, Silly, Staffordshire, Tom Moran, Vulcan
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St, Matthews Hospital – can you help?
Following on from last week’s post about the the remarkable gallery of images of St. Matthews Hospital in Burntwood, the poster of those images, Tony Briggs, has been in touch to ask if anyone can help him gather personal reminiscences … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged asylum, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, Burntwood Lunatic Asylum, Burntwood Mental Hospital, Coulter Lane, David Budden, Derelict, Local History, mental hospital, Midlands Heritage Forum, new pictures, Picasa, Redevelopment, Social Services, St Matthews Hospital, St Matthews Road, Staffordshire, Tony Briggs, Yamahapaul
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The folk on the hill
It’s with great interest and thanks to the dedicated folks over at the Midlands Heritage Forum, that I can now highlight new information being collated about St. Matthews Hospital. Forum stalwarts YamahaPaul and TonyB appear to have done a great … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Churches, Environment, Features, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged asylum, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, Burntwood Lunatic Asylum, Burntwood Mental Hospital, Coulter Lane, David Budden, Derelict, Local History, mental hospital, Midlands Heritage Forum, new pictures, Picasa, Redevelopment, Social Services, St Matthews Hospital, St Matthews Road, Staffordshire, Tony Briggs, Yamahapaul
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This won’t hurt – Images of St. Matthews Hospital, Burntwood
Following my post earlier this week about Burntwood Asylum – latterly St .Matthews Hospital – I have been bowled over by the response of readers to what I thought might be a taboo subject. From reader responses – including some … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Features, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged Anna Neagle, Anna Sadowski, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, Burntwood Lunatic Asylum, Burntwood Mental Hospital, Coulter Lane, Derelict, Ingrid Croot, Local History, Mary Hutchinson, mental hospital, planning, Redevelopment, Social Services, St Matthews Hospital, St Matthews Road, Staffordshire, This Won't Hurt, Woodhouses
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Unspoken histories – what do you know?
I’m respectfully making an enquiry as to a bit of history that isn’t talked about much and may be quite sensitive for some. This is a subject that has long interested me in one form or another, and I think … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Environment, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged asylum, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, Burntwood Lunatic Asylum, Burntwood Mental Hospital, Cane Hill, Coulter Lane, Derelict, Local History, mechanised, mental hospital, Old maps, planning, Rauceby, Redevelopment, Social Services, St Matthews Hospital, St Matthews Road, Staffordshire, This Won't Hurt, urbex uk, Woodhouses
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Burntwood now world famous | The Burntwood Blog
The Burntwood Bog excels itself once again. Need I say more?
I’m loving the Burntwood Blog…
I’ve been watching this one for a while, and I like the style. You don’t have to be interested in Burntwood to find it funny, either. There’s only one problem, they don’t post often enough. The Burntwood Blog… ‘News and … Continue reading
