Tag Archives: A picture tour of old Pelsall Rushall and Shelfield

An elocution confusion solution?

Posted on August 4, 2015 by BrownhillsBob

Here’s a thing – it’s rare I think, that I can answer a question asked of the blog so comprehensively, but today an enquiry dropped into the mailbox from reader Glen Wootton, who posed the following question:
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A great new book by a local history legend now availble!

Posted on April 11, 2015 by BrownhillsBob

I’ve known about this for a few weeks ow, but held off spilling the good news to readers until copies were available to buy – but I can now reveal that there’s a fascinating new history book on the subject of Brownhills now available, compiled by local historian Bill Mayo.

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Summer’s first breath

Posted on May 18, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

We’ve had a really fine few days, and I really feel now that summer is on her throne – the leaves are all fully out now, the whites and yellows of spring are turning to the reds and purples of summer, and nature and the landscape is resplendent in the multi-colured jacket the sun provides.

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A great local history book now available!

Posted on November 12, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

I had a tipoff today from history ferret and all round top sleuth [Howmuch?], who informed me that Downes Newsagents in Brownhills currently had stock of a book entitled ‘A Picture Tour of Old Pelsall, Rushall and Shelfield’, by John … Continue reading →

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