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Tag Archives: Convalescent home
A quick correction from Andy Dennis
I had a brief note from top chap and blog research stalwart Andy Dennis the other day – I kept meaning to reply, but as regular contributors know only to well, I’m not too good with mail. If it’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Features, Followups, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community
Tagged Andy Dennis, Brown, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Cathedral Pit, colliery, Convalescent home, Edward, Edwin, Grove pit, Local History, Madeira Cove, mine, miner, New Photos, pneumoconiosis, Staffordshire, Ted, Weston Super Mare, William Harrison
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On yer bike…
Here’s an interesting one from loyal reader and contributor Andy Dennis. This has genuinely touched me, and it dovetails nicely with yesterday’s post featuring Ulead123′s tribute to local miners film. This is a neat progression, and it’s just the kind … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Allendale, Andy Dennis, Brown, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Cathedral Pit, colliery, Convalescent home, Edward, Grove pit, Local History, Madeira Cove, mine, miner, New Photos, pneumoconiosis, Staffordshire, Ted, Weston Super Mare, William Harrison
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