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Police issue statement following Walsall Wood machete attack
Yesterday evening, Wednesday 12th July 2017, there was a serious incident in Walsall Wood High Street, in which a man suffered a head injury – Brigg Ford from West Midlands Police has just issued the following statement:
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Express & Star, Interesting photos, Local media, News, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 2017, assault, Boatmans Rest, Brownhills, enquiry, Events, fight, High Street, incident, Lichfield, machete, New Photos, Police, Shire Oak, Twitter, violence, Walsall Wood
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Man suffers head injury following serious incident in Walsall Wood
Yesterday evening, Wednesday 12th July 2017, there was a serious incident in Walsall Wood High Street, believed to have taken place outside the Boatman’s Rest pub which saw a heavy emergency services response, including an armed police unit and the West Midlands Police helicopter.
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Tagged 2017, assault, Boatmans Rest, Brownhills, enquiry, Events, fight, High Street, incident, Lichfield, machete, New Photos, Police, Shire Oak, Twitter, violence, Walsall Wood
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Lose, and you’re in the drink!
Here’s a rather wonderful, quick photo to get the grey matter going amongst the readership – yesterday, Godfrey ‘Oakparkrunner’ Hucker sent me the above excellent photo, sourced from Linda Robottom, of a Walsall Wood tug of war team.
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Tagged 1970's, Boatmans Rest, Brickies, Brickmakers Arms, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Canal, Car Park, Derelict, Gantry, Girder, Godfrey Hucker, Linda Robottom, Local History, New Photos, Oakparkrunner, Peter, photo, Pubs, Red Lion, Salters Road, Shire Oak, Silly, team, Tug of war, Walsall Wood
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