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Cyclist injured in Walsall Wood accident
Details are a bit scant at the moment, but last night a cyclist believed to be in his 40s was injured in a road traffic accident on the Coppice Road near its junction with Lindon/Brownhills Road yesterday evening (Tuesday, 6th January 2015).
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, cycling, Events, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 2015, Accident, bicycle, bike, Brownhills, Brownhills Road, Car, Coppice Road, Cycle rides, cycling, cyclist, Events, Facebook, injured, Lichfield, Lindon Road, Maybrook Road, Oak Park, RTA, Shire Oak, Twitter, Walsall Wood
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Fixed in time
I’ve had in a great contribution from a chap who’s been a friend of the blog for as long as I’ve been writing it – Roger ‘Ziksby’ Jones – on the subject of early bicycles, which arose from the image of F. Bradbury recently supplied by John and Paul Anslow.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Churches, cycling, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Local music, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged @ziksby, Anslow, bicycle, bikes, Bradbury, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, bycycles, cycling, early, fixed wheel, john, Lichfield, Local History, Malvern, New Photos, Paul, Roger Jones, The Malvern Cycling Club 1883-1912, Things to do, Veteran-Cycle Club, W H Melhuish, Walsall Wood
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A bit of a monstink…
I present today a series of three photos, and a wonderful article with some remarkable detail – I’d like readers – not just the Walsall Wood Massive – to help here, please with names and recollections if you have any.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Churches, cycling, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Local music, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Anslow, Band, bicycle, Bradbury, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, cycling, David Evans, David Stickland, Ebenezer, Harry, Jackson, john, Lichfield, Local History, Marigold, New Photos, Newbould, Paul, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, Sunday School, Tams, The parish church of Walsall Wood, Things to do, Walsall Wood
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Nicked bike alert!
Sad news reaches me from local blogger The Stymaster: he’s had his ride purloined.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, cycling, Environment, Events, It makes me mad!, Local Blogs, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged bicycle, bike, Brownhills, cycle, Cycle rides, cycling, Events, green, GT, local blogs, Lost, New Photos, Nomad, Rushall, Shire Oak, Stolen, The Stymaster, thieves, Things to do, Vandalism, Walsall Wood
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Developing an edge
Reader and top blog friend David Evans is really cooking on gas at the moment – I’ve received some great guest articles from him, and I’m really loving the writing style. Fresh from his stories of Cecil Arthur Burton and … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, blade grinder, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, cycling, David Evans, door to door, itinerant tradesmen, knife grinder, knife sharpener, Local History, Walsall Wood
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The journey continues
I’ve just posted the following to my #30daysofbiking tumblr blog. I’m having so much fun recording a daily cycling journal, that I’ve decided to continue after taking a straw poll on twatter last night. I’m interested to know what readers … Continue reading
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Tagged #30daysofbiking, #365daysofbiking, bicycle, Brownhills, cycle journey, Cycle rides, cycling advocacy, local blogs, New Photos, Panoramio, Silly, Staffordshire, tumblr, Twitter, Wildlife
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