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Tag Archives: agriculture
Cattle class
There’s still a very large degree of interest in the history of Walsall Wood’s Dairy Farm and particularly it’s barn – the strength of curiosity in this well built, intriguing structure has quite baffled me to be honest; when writing about it originally I assumed not many folk had noticed the existence of it, yet many folk seem to be fascinated by the history.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged agriculture, Barn, Bob, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Bullings Heath, Canal, colliery, cows, Dairy Farm, David Evans, Doris, Farm, Hall Lane, Lichfield, Local History, Mary, New Photos, Newbould, Reece, Staffordshire, T Sheldon, Things to do, Walsall Wood
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Barnstorming
David Evans has been busy – not content with turning up the astounding swimming pool photo, he also found time yesterday to nip back to the remarkable barn at Dairy Farm, in Bullings Heath, Walsall Wood, to take some more photographs following the remarkable comment received from Joe Headley in response to the original article.
Posted in Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, News, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged agriculture, Barn, Brownhills local history, building, Bullings Heath, Dairy Farm, David Evans, Farming, farmyard, Hall Lane, Headley, historic, interesting architecture, Joe, Local History, Mr, Mrs, New Photos, outbuilding, Toms, Walsall Wood
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The tools for the job
Hi folks. Sorry it’s a bit scattergun this week, I’m very busy at work and fitting everything in is a challenge. I thought it was about time to feature another excellent piece from top contributor David Evans, this time about … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Features, Followups, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, Panoramio photo discussions, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged agriculture, allotments, Apple pie, Apples, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Cycle rides, cycling, David Evans, grow your own, Hilton, Jinny, local blogs, Local History, Market, Pubs, Springhill, Staffordshire, Stonnal, Stonnall, Summerhill, Walsall Wood
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Hawking rubbish
I really shouldn’t respond to this kind of thing, but the stupidity and utter ignorance of this one is really, really annoying me. I’m not a birder, I’m not even a member of the RSPB. However, all regular readers will … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, cycling, Environment, Events, Express & Star, Fun stuff to see and do, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, News, Shared media, Walsall Wood stuff, Wildlife
Tagged agriculture, biodiversity, cats, corvid, Cycle rides, cycling, decline, Express & Star, Farming, habitat, hawk, J Mallen, magpie, population, predator, raptor, Silly, songbirds, sparrow hawk, Wildlife
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