If you don’t fancy these questions, the first half of the quiz can be found by clicking here.
The weather’s been bloody awful – but this could well be a good excuse to get out and explore…
Right, here’s the second half of the Brownhills Blog New Year Quiz 2016 – these questions are for those who can explore the area and have a nose around – the first set were released yesterday, and are for those who may be unable to explore or just prefer to research their answers online.
You can answer as many questions as you like in ether part. The highest score in either part will win Backyard Ale (or an equivalent if you don’t drink!).
If many remain unanswered, I’ll award the prizes and leave the remainder open for spot prizes.
All pictures are from Brownhills, Walsall Wood or the immediate area.
Remember, this is just for fun!
Answers will close at 9pm, Sunday 10th January 2016, or until every question is answered beforehand.
Points will be awarded to the first person to comment the correct answer to any question. All questions worth one point unless stated. After that, no points will be handed out for answering it again. I will tot up the scores as we go. Answers will only be accepted as comments to this post, and my decision will be open and final.
Remember to include the number of the question in your comment, otherwise it won’t be counted! Answers will only be accepted as comments here – any on Facebook, Twatter or via email will be ignored.
Don’t worry if your comment is held in moderation, I will take the submission time if necessary.
I don’t expect anyone to get lots right. I think the questions are diverse enough that a fairly low score might well win – so do have a go. If the result is a draw, I’ll hold a tie breaker. What form that will take will depend on the result. Please just take a punt, and have fun.
Good luck!
Q26: Where’s this TV aerial?
Q27: What words are missing here?
Q28: Courtesy Apple Maps, where’s this play area?
Q29: Quite right, too. But where, and who are the trust?
Q30: Where are these green and gold railings?
Q31: Where is this post and what is it?
Q32: Whose hand, and what’s his phone number?
Q33: Interesting textures and colours. Where?
Q34: Where’s this happy person?
Q35: Where might I find this roofline?
Q36: Another antenna, of a different kind. Where is it?
Q37: What are the two names recorded on the south-facing side of William Roberts’ grave?Q38: A very stylised frog. Where does he live?
Q39: A Rennie-Mackintosh inspired window. Where is it?
Q40: Where is this futuristic-looking concrete object?
Q41: What is it?
Q42: A lovely round window. But where?
Q43: Where would I find this bench?
Q44: How many steps from Walsall Wood Bridge down on to the canal towpath?
Q45: Where is this letterbox and downpipe arrangement?
Q46: Where did I notice this peacock?
Q47: This is a sinister-looking installation. Where is it?
Q48: What is it?
Q49: This is a residential road in our area. Where is it?
Q50:What name is obscured here?
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Question 10
Grove Mine Disaster
Alfred Boden
Alfred Heath
Jack Holland
Harry Smith
John Whittaker
William Whittaker
Cheers Denis Jones Norton Canes
Well done!
Question 12
Bridge over Burntwood By-Pass (Paviours Road)
Ship Camouflage ww2
Cheers Denis Jones Norton Canes
Yes – Dazzle ships. Well spotted
q 34 Walsall Wood Primary School Streets Corner
Blimey you’re good. Thought nobody would get that!
Q43. Where the old Brownhills Midland Railway station used to be.
Well done – as usual, the ones I thought were hardest are going first!
Matter of luck, really. I pass that bench on average about twice a week.
q. 43 bench at Chasewater
q 36 Gentleshaw
Andy got q43
q36… no, closer to home
Q 33…….I only know cause my firm’s HQ is opposite! Backyard brewery, gatehouse trading estate, Lichfield road…. (next door to Castings)
Hah! Quite right
Q36
Alongside canal and dismantled railway, rear of “One Stop” Pelsall Road
no, there is one there but it’s a different design
Q36
A5 opposite Jubilee Garage/ Little Chef site.
Denis Jones
Nope, not that one 😉
Q21 Hymek Loco Pleasurewood Hill Theme Park
Denis Jones
I’ll give both you and Lynn a point for that – she got the loco first, but not the destination
36. Top,of humphires house flats
39 st James school hall
42 horse and jockey pub
45 entrance to Brittany’s insurance high st bhills
48 canalside rear of Barons Court..toward canal marina
49 boundary rd Walsall wood
50 miner bridge high st Brownhills
Smashing quiz!
36 – no, but nice thinking
39 – no, sorry
42 – You’re going to kick yourself, no
45 – Close, can you be more specific, please?
48 – no, but there is something /similar/ there
49 – no, sorry
50 – right lines, wrong spot!
Good try!
Question 29 Brownhills Memorial Hall.
I’ll give you that 😉 that sign is on the old scout hut wall, but same signs on the Memo, well spotted
The old school hut which is rented by Young Dance Studio is owned by Brownhills Memorial Hall Trust.
Correction scout not school.
That’s cool – well done!
Q42. Penny has dropped! 1908 might help….
Cheers
david
Q40
Sandhills ssww waterworks pumping house
Not q40, no…
Q27
Scare crow….
Well done!
Q39
Ssww sandhills
Sandhills pumping station, yes
Q28
Chasewater crazy golf….line of old railway sleepers form black dots..
Nope!
Q36 antenna near the boat pub near muckley corner
Nope, but good try
Q48
Methane vent..old atlas workings
It is a vent, but not necessarily methane, and location needs to be more specific
Q50
Anchor canal bridge with date..
Nope!
Q35
The old Spring cottage pub, now co op, shelfield
No, but I can see why you’d think that
Q32: The stig man on top of Motor Mobile Services 01543 373 216
Q36: Mast is on the industrial estate somewhere at the top of my street Middleton/Freeth Road
Well done – both correct! The mast is on the Gatehouse estate in that area
Q30. Railings along side Holland Park perhaps by the old maze….
Q35 Roof line old houses on Walsall Wood Road Aldridge….
Both incorrect, sorry
q 47, 48
its at the end of old Dumblederry Lane and I think its a vent for the Effluent Disposal aromatic liquids that were put down the old mine shafts …many years ago
52 36 27 13 N’ 1 55 06 78 W
another such is in Hall Lane Walsall Wood?
You have the purpose, question 48, correct
There is one at that location, but not this one… this is elsewhere.
The answer is out there!
q42 on the gable end of the new houses by the canal, Hall Lane,Walsall Wood, near the Black Cock bridge?
no…
q44 Thirty Nine steps? ..but no bell at the top.
Heh… no Hannay here, even if he did have a Hay in Hammerwich (ouch)
Q26: TV aerials Chase Rd/The Avenues
Q30: Gold Railings St James Cemetary
Q35: Vicarage Roof Brownhills
Q38: Frog painting Rangers Hut Chasewater
Q42: Round window converted church School Avenue Brownhills
Q26 no
Q30 no
Q35 no
Q38 Bingo! Brilliant
Q42 Yes – surprised that’s gone, well done
Q30. Railings at Kingdom Hall, Pelsall Road?
Well spotted – correct!
Q50. Middleton Bridge?
Correct!
Q.28 Walsall Wood off Salters Road
Q.31 Chasewater post is a route marker
Q.35 Roof line is it the memo
Q.40 Pool Road, Chasewater near the Dam wall –
Q.41air vent
q28 was after a more precise location – it’s part of something
q31 no
q35 no
q40 no
q41 almost
Q35. Warreners Arms?
No, sorry
Q.15 happy chap at Walsall Wood football match end of September against Hereford.
Yes, brilliant. Have to say, one of the best match photos David ever took. Really conveyed the atmosphere.
Q. 26. Is the house in Friezland Lane.
No
Q26: aerial ‘village chippy’ Brownhills
Q35: roofline Hussey Arms the Parade Brownhills
no, sorry
Q.44 31 or 32 steps
No – not that high!
Q50: Name – Middleton Bridge
Sorry, right but Andy pipped you!
Q, 31 orienteering post Chasewater
You have the purpose correct, but not the location. There is a place in the area that’s actually a noted orienteering course – and it’s not Chasewater
Q. 49 Melin Close, Walsall Wood
No, sorry
Hi – you lot going great guns – shall be along to tot up later or tomorrow (just getting some other stuff done!) – thanks for your wonderful answers!
Bob
Q41: Old petrol station at the bottom of Shire Oak A461. Q34: Streets corner School. Q36: Coppice Ind Est.
I think you meant Q40 for the white thingy. God knows what it’s for. Related to gate control?
Q41 There is another one by the other entrance / exit. Motion detector?
Q41 Yes, it’s on the former Poplars petrol station that’s now a motor spares shop. There are actually 2
Q34 Well done, but Lynn beat you to it
Q36 no
The concrete things are related to the former use
Q44: 19 steps that includes the foot path at the top
After writing that book on Walsall Wood, in which you did a whole section on the bridge, I’d be surprised if you didn’t get that – well done!
Q41: breather for old petrol tanks. Q26: Ogley School. Q35 Old George and Dragon Inn Clayhanger. Q46: Barnetts Lane, Brownhills.
Oh, wow.
Q41 yes, quite right. This was a pressure vent and air inlet for the underground petrol tanks from when it was a petrol station. Modern ones have an elevated pipe arrangement.
Q26 – Yes, rear of Ogley School, seen from the path by the cemetery. Well spotted
Q35 – yes, now a community centre. It’s one of the views of the village, up Church Street. Surprised that didn’t go sooner
Q46 – I’ll give you that. It’s in the cemetery, just by the main access road. It stands out as it’s the only marker on a grave
Q45: old labour exchange. Brownhills High St.
No, close by. The Labour Exchange was above the old Co-op, was it not?
Questions 28,31,37,45,47,49 still to go for!
Results can be seen here (scroll down!):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OgsjzMlraW3SmDoRRpfMGP4GjRugfzdBmCeXaSWYX2Q/edit?usp=sharing
So far, for part 2
Clive is on 6
Jane Mansfield is on 4
David Evans is on 3
Andy Dennis is on 3
Christine is on 1
Tim Jones is on 1
Lynn is on 1
Cheers for being such good sports!
Bob
Q45
The doorway by Claridges on Brownhills,high street, formerly Brittanic insurance, is now Jones solicitors, apparently.I think it may have been the entrance to a dentists at one time
David
Yes, well spotted!
Q28. Open space at Fort Crescent, by the end of New wood Close.
Yes, you got it. My apologies here, I thought it was part of Oakwood School from the map. That’ll teach me to look more carefully.
Q. 28 Park for the Castlefort estate off Druids Walk behind the old Working Mens Club. I used to play there as a child. Thank you for running the piece on the soup kitchen.
Andy pipped you, sorry – and hey, no problem 😉
Q.31 post Brownhills common or Engine Lane.
No. We have other open spaces. Google can help here I think
Q31. A short way east of Lime Lane, before you get to the bulk of the spoil heap resulting from Grove Colliery (and then Engine Lane).
No, but good guess
Q.47 Brownhills Common or Clayhanger “the spot” ? near small roundabout.
No, another open space…
Q.16 David Evans pale imitations – Coles hill
“images and captions supplied by David Evans, who seems not to be a fan of the new astroturf at Coleshill…”. Does Mr Evans prefer grass to astroturf. thanks for the clues would never of thought of this.
Well done! He moaned about the astroturf at the time, and referenced it in at least two further match reports
hI Lynn
Will cost you a bottle of real local brew, that’s if you win
Cheers
David
Q38: chasewater railway. Q33: Boewolf brewery chasewater. Q38: Ravens Court Brownhills.
Q38 No but that’s gone
Q33 Backyard, so close, but already gone
Q38 Nope, Chasewater, but already gone
Q45: William Jones & Co ltd
Good answer, but David just pipped you there!
Questions 31,37,47,49 still to go for!
Results can be seen here (scroll down!):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OgsjzMlraW3SmDoRRpfMGP4GjRugfzdBmCeXaSWYX2Q/edit?usp=sharing
So far, for part 2
Clive is on 6
Jane Mansfield is on 4
David Evans is on 4
Andy Dennis is on 4
Christine is on 1
Tim Jones is on 1
Lynn is on 1
Cheers for being such good sports!
Bob
Q.31 Rough Wood or the nature area off Shire Oak Hill the new estate
Q.31 Shire Ridge nature area
Well done – you got it. It’s at the south end of the park in the woods by the big house.
Shire Oak Park has hosted a few Orienteering events.
Q.37 William Roberts grave Ann his wife and George his nephew.
Half right!
Q45: Rice and Co, Brownhills High St
Already bagged by David!
Q31 near rising sun island on Chester road side of the road..where trees were cut..leads to coppice land engine lane corner..I think the tress were cut some while ago to put a gas main down.
Between the spoil of the old Bost Onion pit and the row of houses at the island..
No? ..Shoiks
Cheers
David
Nope! Lynn got that one!
Q47
Former petrol service station..iron dish, shelfield, now has some smart new houses nearing completion..Shelfield side of jockey meadows on a461 I wonder if the name iron dish will be retained for the new close?
David, you could send a message to the Council putting the name forward, maybe with a link to the research on this blog. Looks like the address is 4630SNN at walsall dot gov dot uk.
No, but good point
Q47: Air vent for old mine over stubbers green, chemicals were dumped down there.
Not Stubbers, no…
Q30: Church road, Brownhills.
Nope, already gone – Kingdom Hall, Pelsall Road
Q30: Thinking of wrong vent. should be: the one just of coppice lane, rear entry to ibstock. seen it on 365 days!
Yep! Just on the access road between the Rail Bridge and inter serve. Well done.
You did of course mean q47!
Q37: Ann Roberts and George Roberts.
Half right. But I’m going to give both you and Lynn a point for this, as I misread the inscription.
On the south side of the grave (facing the back wall and church) It records George, and I thought Clara; but it actually just mentions her as his wife. Apologies.
Q18. David Oakley mentioned a penny bodge and tuppeny treat in one of his glorious comments..from a sweet shop shop..was it Polly Dixons or Price ..in Brownhills road, Walsall wood..or from Mrs Williams shop opposite st Johns medical centre. From the times of the immortal suckee fish sweets, troach drops, kaylie, licorice, gobstoppers. May also have been purchased from the sweet shop on Lichfield Road Walsall Wood, by the gates to the playing fields of Oak Park..as could a packet of five Park Drive, ahem…..good od days of rampant dental decay!
You have the right man, but not the right answer, sorry. It wasn’t edible.
Just question 49 still to go for!
Results can be seen here (scroll down!):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OgsjzMlraW3SmDoRRpfMGP4GjRugfzdBmCeXaSWYX2Q/edit?usp=sharing
So far, for part 2
Clive is on 8
Jane Mansfield is on 4
David Evans is on 4
Andy Dennis is on 4
Christine is on 1
Tim Jones is on 1
Lynn is on 3
Cheers for being such good sports!
Bob
Ah, a clue to Q49: It’s out West.
Q49
End of Mayfields Drive Brownhills West….
Worth a penny bodge?
Argh. Sadly Google Maps and the OS have it as something else, but so close…
Q.49 Blithfield Road Brownhills West
Bravo!
Q18. 1930s.local men out of work..dressed up as Santa Claus. Toured Walsall Wood streets…had a sac..kids would pay to have a dip in their sac..a cheap gift..a comb or some such wrapped up ..hard times..
But..As I have just phoned David to ask, I should not be awarded a point, really Is this the most difficult question in the quiz?
Go on, I’ll give you that.
A ‘Twopenny Dip’ was a 1930s Christmas gimcrack sold on the streets by men dressed in festive outfits: usually a cracker toy wrapped in a twist of tissue paper, according to David Oakley.
Well done, all!