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Don’t tell him, Fullelove!
Last week, the young David Evans spent an afternoon of tea, cake and conversation with Reg, who remembers his father David Fullelove being a member of the Local Defence Volunteers. The LDV later evolved into the Home Guard
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Bombs Over Brownhills
Now, this is a great article for a lazy Sunday, and one which I suspect may raise some comment within the local history community, where I know there to be still much debate about the war and exactly how Brownhills was hit by enemy air attacks.
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Tagged 32Nd (Aldridge) Battalion, air raid., Aldridge Home Guard, Bill Challis, bombs, Brownhills, Brownhills Fire Brigade, Brownhills Fire Station, Brownhills local history, Canal, fields, Greg Challis, Horse, incendiary, Kynock, local blogs, Local History, Memories of Brownhills Past, Methodist Church, New Photos, Selwyn Smith, South Staffordshire Home Guard, Staffordshire, Walsall Wood, war
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To protect and serve
Had a thought-provoking article from David Evans last week. Can anyone help? The blessing of a chat over a cup of tea with a good friend, perhaps? In one of the recent blogs, Guard of Honour, which appeared on November … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Features, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 32Nd (Aldridge) Battalion, Aldridge Home Guard, Arblaster, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, David Evans, local blogs, Local History, Memories of Brownhills Past, Mycock, New Photos, Oakley, Smith, South Staffordshire Home Guard, Staffordshire, Walsall Wood, Walsall Wood football club, Walsall Wood Home Guard
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Life during wartime
Since it’s remembrance weekend, I thought I’d try and feature some wartime pictures of the area on the blog today. That was until I realised there aren’t actually that many of them about. The war years – both the Great … Continue reading
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