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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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1772 small ads: A bit of help, please?
Can any of the genealogists or local history buffs who read this blog help with this one? David Evans has found the following image doing a Google Image search. We’re wondering if the farm mentioned first might be in the … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Features, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 1772, Advert, Aldridge, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, David Evans, End, Farm, John Goodall, Joseph Plant, Kings Hays, local blogs, Local History, Micheal Goodall, sale, Staffordshire, Thomas Richardson, Walsall Wood
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Anyone want to buy an old ammunition dump?
Thanks to the eagle eye of fellow local blogger The Stymaster, I can share the following sale document with readers of the blog. It seems Linley Woods – longstanding subject of reader curiosity hereabouts – is up for sale. Clearly … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, planning, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Walsall community, Wildlife
Tagged Aldridge, ammunition, bunker, Cheap tat, Derelict, Diving, dump, Linley caverns, linley Caves, Linley Wood, local blogs, Local History, Pigblog, planning, Redevelopment, sale, sale document., Silly, store, Stymaster, Wartime
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