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Fashion Event in Brownhills this Thursday!
Astrid van der Burgt from Brownhills Townswomen’s Guild writes to inform me that there’s a fashion and clothing event happening on Thursday 7th March 2013 (tomorrow) at the Memorial Hall in Lichfield Road, Brownhills, at 7:30pm.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Events, Fun stuff to see and do, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged An Evening of Fashion, Astrid van de burgt, Brownhills, cancer, charity, Clayhanger, Cyber Knife, Events, Facebook, Hospital, House of Fraser, Marks and Spencer, Memorial Hall, Morgan, QE, Queen Elizabeth, sale, Show, Things to do, Tom Speake, Townswomen's guild, Wallis, Walsall Wood
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A thank you, from me and a very great man
Readers will remember that last week, I appealed for donations on behalf of Gareth Perrins-Seedhouse, a fellow Brownhills lad who, despite fighting cancer, is undertaking the Shenstone Fun Run next Sunday, 1st July 2012. It seems that Gareth’s story and … Continue reading
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Tagged Brownhills, cancer, Events, Facebook, fundraising, Gareth Perrins-Seedhouse, Kate Goodall, local blogs, Palfrey Park, QE 2, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Shenstone Fun Run, sponsorship, Staffordshire, Teenage Cancer Trust, Twitter, Walsall, Walsall Council, XKCD
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A great man needs our support…
I’ve been contacted by council officer, good friend and fellow Walsall Blogger Kate Goodall, who’s asked me to put the word out for a colleague and Brownhillian who’s raising money for the Young Person’s Cancer Unit at the Queen Elizabeth … Continue reading
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Tagged Brownhills, cancer, Events, Facebook, fundraising, Gareth Perrins-Seedhouse, Kate Goodall, local blogs, Palfrey Park, QE 2, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Shenstone Fun Run, sponsorship, Staffordshire, Teenage Cancer Trust, Twitter, Walsall, Walsall Council, XKCD
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Why we fight
Posted in Bad Science, Events, It makes me mad!, News, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged cancer, comics, mortality, survival rates, treatment, XKDC
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