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Brownhills man’s motorbike stolen from Cannock: Can you help pease?
Images supplied by Nigel Nash Hey folks – please be on the lookout for the above stolen motorbike, taken from the employee parking area of Availablecar at Cannock on the A5 on Monday, 3rd September 2018 at around 4:15pm. The … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Interesting photos, It makes me mad!, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged A5, Available Car, Bcannock, bridgtown, Brownhills, DP16TOU, Events, Lichfield, motorbike, mt125, New Photos, Nigel Nash, Stolen, taken, Theft, Things to do, Twitter, Yamaha
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Open day and night
Last week I featured here an interesting postcard I’d spotted for sale on eBay, featuring a cafe on the Watling Street I’d not heard of before – The Jubilee, which turned out to be what is now an Indian restaurant, but was previously the Happy Eater, and the adjacent garage of Paul Depper MGs.
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Tagged 2015, bridgtown, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Cafe, Cannock, ebay, great Wylrley, Jubilee, Jubilee Cafe, Lichfield, Local History, New Photos, Postcard, Social Club, Staffordshire, Wailing Street
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Celebrating a Jubilee?
I spotted an interesting postcard on everyone’s favourite tat bazaar last week, advertising the ‘Jubilee Cafe and social Club’, Watling Street, near Cannock – it advertises ‘tennis, a garage, terrace gardens and a club room’ – it all looks very grand.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged 2015, bridgtown, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Cafe, Cannock, ebay, great Wylrley, Jubilee, Jubilee Cafe, Lichfield, Local History, New Photos, Postcard, Social Club, Staffordshire, Wailing Street
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