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Soldiers on Brownhills Common in 1888?
This is local history dynamite. Top local history sleuth [Howmuch?] has been rooting through old papers again, and came upon the following article from the Walsall Observer, dated June 16th, 1888. The image is as rough as a badger’s bum … Continue reading →
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community
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Tagged Barrett, Birch, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, canteen, Colonel Webb, Common, Gordon, June 1888, license, Local History, Magistrates, Silly, soldiers, South Staffordshire Regiment, Staffordshire, troops, Walsall Observer, Worthington
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