Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 5,238 other subscribers-
Search the blog:
Top Posts & Pages
Archives
#365daysofbiking Journal
Activism
Blogs & Stuff I like
Cycle stuff
Funny stuff
Local History
Local press
Local sites
Urban Exploration
Blog Stats
- 7,300,864 hits
Recent tracks
Good Morning Starshine
Lynn Kellogg, James Rado & Gerome Ragni
7 monthsGood Morning Starshine
Lynn Kellogg, James Rado & Gerome Ragni
12 monthsFor
C. Duncan
1 yearThat Voice Again
Peter Gabriel
1 yearLiving By Numbers
New Musik
1 yearSequestered In Memphis
The Hold Steady
1 yearGood Morning Starshine
Lynn Kellogg, James Rado & Gerome Ragni
1 yearRunning
Technicolor
1 yearTonband Laufspur
Kosmischer Läufer
1 yearLast Night Of The World
Bruce Cockburn
1 yearRecent Comments
Stuart McCormick on Marching on jennifer gorman Was… on Come to Clayhanger Community C… gloria on Filtering the evidence Sheree on Filtering the evidence BrownhillsBob on Filtering the evidence
Tag Archives: Basin
Longwood Canal Festival – on now!
I’ve just spotted this one from friends of the blog Linda Mason (and others) – there’s a canal festival today at Longwood basin, just off the Aldridge Road between Aldridge and Walsall.
Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, Fun stuff to see and do, Local media, Local music, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged 14 June, 2015, Aldridge, Basin, Canal, Cycle rides, cycling, Events, Facebook, Festival, free, Lichfield, local blogs, Longwood, Rushall, Things to do, Walsall
Leave a comment
The ever-changing skyline
I’ve had some fantastic contact recently with reader Wyrleyrob, who’s helped on a number of historical issues- he’s interested in the Birchills foundry/power station history, and has spoken to his friend, great local historian Jack Haddock – together, they’ve come up with some fine images which I can share.
Posted in Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, It makes me mad!, Local History, Local media, News, planning, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall community
Tagged Basin, Birchills, Birchills Foundry, Boats, Canal, Church Hill, Demolition, Derelict, Glue Works, Jack Haddock, Local History, New Photos, power station, Redevelopment, Reedswood, Reedswood power station, Stack, tower, Walsall, Wyrleyrob
9 Comments