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Tag Archives: 1951
The class of 62
Here’s a great addition to the canon of postwar class photos from Brownhills Central Boys School, posted by reader Malcolm Jemison last week – he thinks it’s from around 1962, and it sits well next to the photos from the same school a decade earlier sent in by Margaret Hampton – I’ve included them below for comparison.
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Tagged 1950, 1951, 1952, 1962, boys, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Central, Class photo, Elizabeth Hampton, Lichfield, Local History, Malcom Jemison, Mick, Modern, Neville's, New Photos, School, Secondary, Stackhouse, Staffordshire, Things to do, Tom
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A Brownhills hero caught on film
A couple of weeks ago, I ran an article here that has proven remarkably popular: a story of amazing sporting heroism and a subsequent life of administering fair play as a snooker referee – the wonderful life story of local man Geoff Harrington.
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Tagged 1951, 1952, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Chris Lawrence, David Evans, Events, Film, Geoff Harrington, Lichfield, Local History, New Year, newreel, Pedro, Peter Cutler, Powderhall, referee, snooker, sport, Sprint, Staffordshire, World Record, Youtube
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Tom, hark!
Earlier in the year, I published the memories of Elizabeth Hampton who grew up in Pier Street Brownhills, and I still have the second half of that memoir to come – however, this week she sent me some lovely school class photos from the very early 1950s at Brownhills Central Boys’ School (The Annex, now the Activity Centre).
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Tagged 1950, 1951, 1952, boys, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Central, Class photo, Elizabeth Hampton, Lichfield, Local History, Mick, Modern, Neville's, New Photos, School, Secondary, Stackhouse, Staffordshire, Things to do, Tom
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Down the drive at the side…
The young David Evans has been at it again, and been has chatting to former teacher,Mrs. Eleanor Holland, who’s supplied this wonderful image of the St. John’s School Infants Class of 1960.
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Tagged 1950, 1951, 1952, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, David Evans, Eleanor Holland, Events, interesting architecture, Lichfield, Local History, New Photos, Rhyl, Shire Oak, Silly, Staffordshire, teachers, Walsall Council, Walsall Wood, Walsall WOod ounty Primary, Youth Centre
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Down with the kids
Yet again, the young David Evans has played a blinder and come up with some fantastic images of the classes and staff at Walsall Wood County Primary, which was the school that formerly existed in the youth club building at Streets Corner.
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Tagged 1950, 1951, 1952, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, David Evans, Eleanor Holland, Events, interesting architecture, Lichfield, Local History, New Photos, Rhyl, Shire Oak, Silly, Staffordshire, teachers, Walsall Council, Walsall Wood, Walsall WOod ounty Primary, Youth Centre
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A different class
A quick one here from the young David Evans, who’s found a couple of gems from the postwar years of the Walsall Wood County Primary School at Streets Corner – this is the building that David returned to recently and documented so beautifully.
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Tagged 1950, 1951, 1952, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, David Evans, Eleanor Holland, Events, interesting architecture, Lichfield, Local History, New Photos, Shire Oak, Silly, Staffordshire, teachers, Walsall Council, Walsall Wood, Walsall WOod ounty Primary, Youth Centre
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