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West of here – welcome to WyrleyBlog

Posted on May 1, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

Local historian, researcher and author Clive Roberts has been in touch to alert me of a new blog on the scene – I’d spotted it a few times in my site stats, but not had chance to check it out. It’s actually rather wonderful.
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Living by numbers

Posted on October 20, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

A really great post has been brought to my attention on a blog I wasn’t previously following, and I’d like to share it with readers here. There are two current bugbears at the moment causing me irritation that anyone who follows me on Twatter will be aware of. The first is the woeful, shambolic nature of the local railway, and it’s use of performance figures. The second is the use of statistics by Walsall Police Superintendent Keith Fraser.
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Divide and conquer

Posted on October 12, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

Local history dynamo David Hodgkinson has come up trumps again. As promised, David has kindly scanned a whole tranche of material about the protests against the BNRR – or M6 Toll as it's now known. Further, David has scanned this … Continue reading →

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Lifted

Posted on August 5, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

Here’s a vital question that fellow local blogger and geek The Stymaster raised yesterday. This has touched on an experience I’ve recently had with content being lifted from other websites that’s factually incorrect, and being regurgitated without question. Most of … Continue reading →

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Somewhere, in the distance…

Posted on February 28, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

Today is the last day of that wonderful Walsall institution, The YamYam. Yes, I’m afraid that the site that was instrumental and continual in support for The Brownhills Blog, is being mothballed as Mark, the chap behind this king of … Continue reading →

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Peter Rhodes: like the Murphy’s, not bitter at all. Honest.

Posted on August 24, 2009 by BrownhillsBob

Some experiences are habit-forming, but not entirely enjoyable. The urge to repeat them occurs due to some Pavlovian  desire for regularity, to give life a regular metre. So it is with reading the nightly column in the Express & Star … Continue reading →

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