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Tag Archives: 1921
Wood hunt Tigers nearly to extinction, while Villans fail to storm Montpelier
Yesterday (Saturday 11th November 2017) Walsall Wood F.C. entertained Fenlanders Holbeach United, and after some great football, Wood emerged once again the decisive victors with an impressive 5-0 scoreline – and a report from last weeks Pelsall Villa – Montpelier match.
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Tagged 1921, 4-1, Bill Shaw, David Evans, Events, FC, football, Footy, Good of the Wood, Holbeach, home, match, Oak Park, pictures, Report, review, soccer, Things to do, tigers, United, Victory, Walsall Wood, Walsall WOod FC, win
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Life’s a Holbeach as Woodmen tame Tigers
Yesterday (21st November 2015) Walsall Wood FC entertained Finlanders Holbeach United, and after some great football, Wood emerged the victors with an impressive 4-1 scoreline.
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Tagged 1921, 4-1, Bill Shaw, David Evans, Events, FC, football, Footy, Good of the Wood, Holbeach, home, match, Oak Park, pictures, Report, review, soccer, Things to do, tigers, United, Victory, Walsall Wood, Walsall WOod FC, win
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A Brownhills drinking den is raided – in 1921
Here’s an odd snippet I found in the newspaper archives whilst looking for something completely different, which as anyone who’s ever researched any local history will tell you, is generally the way all the best stuff is found.
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Tagged 1921, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Brownhills Progressive Working Men's Club, Brownhills West, Cheap tat, Hednesford Road, Lichfield, Local History, Mercury, New Photos, Police, Pubs, Raid, Silly, Staffordshire
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Mapping for change
Here I can share with you four excellent quality 1:10,560 scale maps – we don’t cover that scale issue much on the blog, as oddly, they’re quite scarce online in scanned or digitised form – they are generally poor quality even from professional map service companies, with contrast and other image aberrations.
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Tagged 1921, 1923, 1:10560, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Canal, Castlehill, Chasewater, Clayhanger, David Evans, Gareth Thomas, Lichfield, Lichfield District Council, local blogs, Local History, Local politics, Lynn, Muckley Corner, Old maps, Ornance Survey 1903, planning, Redevelopment, Reservoir, Shenstone, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, Stonnall, Things to do, Walsall Wood
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On the wing
I’ll be completely honest with you guys here, I know nothing about football whatsoever, but this week in the pictures from the past slot, I have a soccer special. Top reader and contributor [Howmuch?] recently located some interesting newspaper scans … Continue reading
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Tagged 1921, Aldridge & Brownhills Scholls FA, Aldridge Brownhills Teachers Team, Around Pelsall & Brownhills, Brownhills, Brownhills Central Boy's School, Brownhills local history, Brownhills Town, Chasetown Colliery Football Team, David F. Vodden, Howmuch, Little Norton Football Team, Local History, New Photos, Staffordshire
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