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Tag Archives: 1981
And now… the intermission
Still labouring over a warm hard drive here, so while I prepare some stuff for tomorrow, why not have a look around a YouTube channel that’s getting quite a bit of local attention?
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Posted in News
Tagged 1981, Birmingham, Bullring, cinefilm, Events, Facebook, Hagley Road, Lichfield, Local History, Paul Donovan, Redevelopment, Silly
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Eighteen years later
Once again, Gareth Thomas from Lichfield District Council has gifted a whole bunch of fascinating geographic material to readers of the Brownhills Blog. If anyone had told me when I started this adventure that I’d have images like this donated … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Churches, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media
Tagged 1981, Aerial Photos, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Brownhills Market, Canal, Clayhanger, Gareth Thomas, Lichfield District Council, Local History, Meridian Aeromaps, New Photos, planning, Staffordshire, Things to do, Twitter
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Carte art
Here’s a quick one for the Lichfield historical buffs: John Snape’s map of the city and it’s environs, from 1781. This really is a wonderful work of art, and bears poring over. If you’re into Lichfield’s fascinating and long history, … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Environment, Local History, Local media, News, Shared media
Tagged 1981, download, hi-res, john, Lichfield, Lichfield History, local blogs, Local History, Lore, map, Old maps, PDF, Snape, Staffordshire
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Taking up the slack
Last March I posted an article featuring an image of the demonstration event for the ill-fated Merrie England project which reader Steve Hames had scanned from the book ‘Images of England – Cannock Chase’ by Sherry Belcher and Mary Mills. … Continue reading
Posted in Cannock Chase, Environment, Features, Followups, Interesting photos, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community
Tagged 1981, annock Wood Pit, Cannock, Cannock Wood Colliery, Cannock Wood Pit, coal mine, coal sorting by hand., colliery, Coppice Coliier, Derelict, Hednesford, Last pit pony, Littleton colliery, Local History, Mine train, miners, mines, pit, pitmen, West cannock No. 5 pit, West Cannock world record, wimblebury, WImblebury Colliery
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