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Tag Archives: 1st World War
Why we fight
In the anger, outrage and recrimination over the plans to curtail the annual Remembrance Sunday parade in Walsall Wood which came to light last week, it’s easy to lose sight of what Remembrance is about.
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Tagged 1st World War, Brownhills local history, Details, fallen, First World War, Great War, Lichfield, list, Local History, loss, memorial, Remembrance, Roll of Honour, Royal British Legion, Spreadsheet, Sunday, Walsall Wood, war, war memorial, WW 1
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Walsall Woodstock 2015 cancelled!
Sorry folks – I turn on the computer to find the sad news that Walsall Woodstock – the pop festival scheduled today and tomorrow for Walsall Wood Football Club – has been cancelled.
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Tagged 1st World War, bank holiday, Brownhills, Cancelled, charity, entertainment, Events, Facebook, Hobgoblin, Lichfield, Lightfire, May, Music Festival, Oak Park, off, Pubs, shelved, Things to do, Uncle Jim, Walsall Wood, Woodstock
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Walsall Woodstock 2015 – a free spirit
Walsall Woodstock – the hotly anticipated music festival taking place this weekend at Walsall Wood Football Club (Sunday 24th May and Monday 25th May 2015) – has had a bit of a rethink, and the good news is it’s now free entry both days (though charitable donations in lieu of entire are welcomed).
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Tagged 1st World War, bank holiday, Brownhills, charity, entertainment, Events, Facebook, Hobgoblin, Lichfield, Lightfire, May, Music Festival, Oak Park, Pubs, Things to do, Uncle Jim, Walsall Wood, Woodstock
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Walsall Woodstock 2015 – more details now available!
It’s become a tradition in Walsall Wood these past few years that on the Spring Bank Holiday weekend – this year that’s Sunday 24th May and Monday 25th May 2015 – there’s a music festival called Walsall Woodstock.
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Tagged 1st World War, 2015, 24, 25, bank holiday, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Brownhills, Cash For Kids, charity, entertainment, Events, Facebook, Hobgoblin, Jessie's Fund, Lichfield, Lightfire, May, Music Festival, Oak Park, Pubs, Things to do, Uncle Jim, Walsall Wood, Woodstock
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Walsall Woodstock 2015 – bigger and better than ever!
10432960_1565363927057194_959551716777052693_nIt’s become a tradition in Walsall Wood these past few years that on the Spring Bank Holiday weekend – this year that’s Sunday 24th May and Monday 25th May 2015 – there’s a music festival called Walsall Woodstock.
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The Fallen of Walsall Wood: a project
Since it’s Remembrance weekend, I thought I’d share with you a project that top reader and contributor David Evans has been working on. David has gone through the roll of honour for the First World War on the Walsall Wood memorial, and listed the entries, and what he can find out about them, in spreadsheet format.
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Tagged 1st World War, Brownhills local history, Details, fallen, First World War, Great War, list, Local History, loss, memorial, Remembrance, Roll of Honour, Royal British Legion, Spreadsheet, Sunday, Walsall Wood, war, war memorial, WW 1
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