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#365DaysOfBiking- June 17th - I love lupins. These tall flowers grow wild along... June 17, 2013
- June 17th - At Spring Road station in Birmingham, I overheard to... June 17, 2013
- June 16th - Not sure what the deal is here, to be honest. At... June 17, 2013
- June 16th - A ride out to Cannock Chase in the afternoon. The... June 17, 2013
- June 15th - Returning from the Canal Festival at Pelsall, I... June 15, 2013
- June 15th - Yesterday, a local tweeter spotted something amusing... June 15, 2013
- June 14th - The roadside verges and hedgerows are an unusually... June 14, 2013
- June 14th - Headed out to Lichfield late afternoon, and battled... June 14, 2013
- June 13th - I took a diversion from my usual route to Darlaston... June 14, 2013
- June 13th - At Birchills, on the way to Darlaston, I spotted... June 14, 2013
- June 12th - An awful commute from a weather point of view. The... June 14, 2013
- June 11th - What goes up… must come down. It’s been a few... June 12, 2013
- Bob’s music
- R.E.M. – Wait - Athens Demo
- R.E.M. – Mystery To Me - Athens Demo
- R.E.M. – Just A Touch - Athens Demo
- R.E.M. – Two Steps Onward - Athens Demo
- R.E.M. – Jazz (Rotary Ten) - Athens Demo
- R.E.M. – Out Of Tune - Athens Demo
- R.E.M. – I Believe - Athens Demo
- R.E.M. – Cuyahoga - Athens Demo
- R.E.M. – Begin The Begin - Athens Demo
- R.E.M. – The Flowers Of Guatemala - Athens Demo
Tag Archives: @ziksby
Without whom, we are nothing
There’s a great post up now on the blog of the campaign to Save Walsalls Green Spaces and Countryside Services. This is the subject I’ve been banging on about so much recently.
Written by Roger ‘Ziksby’ Jones, and featuring his artwork, the post is a wonderful expression of the aims and urgency of the group.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Wildlife, Local politics, Walsall Council, Environment, Fun stuff to see and do, Events, Just plain daft, Followups, Walsall Wood stuff, It makes me mad!, Bad Science, Shared media, Local media, Reader enquiries, cycling, Social Media, Walsall community, Local Blogs, News
Tagged @ziksby, axe, Countryside Services, cuts, Cycle rides, cycling, Events, Facebook, Greenspace, Kevin Clements, local blogs, Local History, Local politics, Mike Bird, Politics, Roger Jones, Save, Shire Oak, Silly, Things to do, threat, Twitter, Vandalism, Walsal Wildlife, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Arthur Burton MM – military records now online
Just a quick note of thanks and appreciation to top local historian and decent bloke Roger ‘Ziksby’ Jones, who has taken the time to post Arthur Burton’s military records on Flickr so all concerned can inspect them. Roger obtained them … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Events, Followups, Local History, Walsall Wood stuff, Shared media, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared memories, Interesting photos, Social Media, Walsall community, Local Blogs, Features
Tagged Brownhills, Local History, Brownhills local history, Walsall Wood, Social media, Stonnall, @ziksby, Roger Jones, flickr, Military Medal, Wartime, Arthur Burton, Discharge papers, Ancestry.com, National Archives
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Shot down
On Friday, 30th July 2010, six days after publishing an alarmist, flawed and shoddy scare story about Lichfield Road in Brownhills being ‘gun-plagued’, subsequently proven utterly wrong by West Midlands Police, the Walsall edition of the Express & Star contained this … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Environment, Events, Just plain daft, Followups, Walsall Wood stuff, Express & Star, It makes me mad!, Shared media, Local media
Tagged Brownhills, Shire Oak, Walsall, Express & Star, The YamYam, Twitter, Apology, Local media, Lichfield Road, @ziksby, Gun crime, Firearms crime, local reporting, freedom of information, FOI, Elizabeth Joyce, Gun plagued, alarmist, transparency, Roger Jones, Superintendent Keith Fraser, CS cannister, correction
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West Midlands Police respond to ‘Alarmist’ gun crime story
This morning, 29th July 2010, regular reader and helpful sort Roger Jones – @ziksby on twatter – supplied this comment in response to my ‘Shot in the foot‘ post, which was attempting to locate the truth behind an unpleasant, sensationalist … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Environment, Just plain daft, Followups, Walsall Wood stuff, Express & Star, It makes me mad!, Shared media, Local media
Tagged Brownhills, Shire Oak, Walsall, Express & Star, The YamYam, Twitter, Local media, Lichfield Road, @ziksby, Gun crime, Firearms crime, local reporting, freedom of information, FOI, Elizabeth Joyce, Gun plagued, alarmist, transparency, Roger Jones, Superintendent Keith Fraser, CS cannister
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Call off the search!
Thanks to everyone who responded to my call for assistance in finding Robert Webster, creator and curator of the now-offline Webster’s Genealogy and Local History site. Thanks to diligent work by both @ziksby and @JoshWilliams94 (who both turned up the … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Followups, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged @joshwilliams94, @ziksby, appeal, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Clayhanger, Derelict, Followups, local blogs, Local History, Old maps, Robert Webster, Shire Oak, Walsall, Walsall Wood, WEBSTER GENEALOGY and BROWNHILLS HISTORY PAGES
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