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Lichfield repair cafe February 2020 meet up – get together and get things fixed this afternoon!
Never one to sit back and let life pass her by, that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is involved with the excellent Lichfield Repair Cafe project – which continues it’s regular residency this coming Saturday afternoon (Saturday 15th February … Continue reading
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Lichfield repair cafe January 2020 meet up – get together and get things fixed this afternoon!
Never one to sit back and let life pass her by, that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is involved with the excellent Lichfield Repair Cafe project – which continues it’s regular residency this Saturday afternoon (Saturday 18th January 2020) … Continue reading
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Lichfield repair cafe November meet up – get together and get things fixed this afternoon!
Never one to sit back and let life pass her by, that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is involved with the excellent Lichfield Repair Cafe project – which continues it’s regular residency this Saturday afternoon (Saturday 16th November 2019) … Continue reading
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Lichfield repair cafe October meet up – get together and get things fixed this Saturday!
Never one to sit back and let life pass her by, that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is involved with the excellent Lichfield Repair Cafe project – which continues it’s regular residency this Saturday afternoon (Saturday 19th October 2019) … Continue reading
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Lichfield repair cafe September meet up – get together, celebrate and get things fixed this Saturday!
Never one to sit back and let life pass her by, that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is involved with the excellent Lichfield Repair Cafe project – which continues it’s regular residency this Saturday afternoon (Saturday 21st September 2019) … Continue reading
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Lichfield repair cafe July meet up – get together and get things fixed this Saturday!
Never one to sit back and let life pass her by, that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is involved with the excellent Lichfield Repair Cafe project – which continues it’s regular residency this coming Saturday afternoon (Saturday 20th July … Continue reading
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Lichfield repair cafe June meet up – get together and get things fixed this Saturday!
Never one to sit back and let life pass her by, that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is involved with the excellent Lichfield Repair Cafe project – which continues it’s regular residency this coming Saturday afternoon (Saturday 15th June … Continue reading
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Lichfield repair cafe May meet up – get together and get things fixed this Saturday!
Never one to sit back and let life pass her by, that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is involved with the excellent Lichfield Repair Cafe project – which continues it’s regular residency this coming Saturday afternoon (Saturday 18th May … Continue reading
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Tagged cardigan, community, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, Fisherwick, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Lore, Recycling, Repair and Share, Staffordshire, Things to do, WHittington, Woodhouse Farm
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Lichfield repair cafe – get together and get things fixed this afternoon!
Never one to sit back and let life pass her by, that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is involved with the excellent Lichfield Repair Cafe project – which continues it’s regular residency this afternoon (Saturday 16th March 2019) at … Continue reading
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Tagged cardigan, community, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, Fisherwick, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Lore, Recycling, Repair and Share, Staffordshire, Things to do, WHittington, Woodhouse Farm
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Lichfield repair cafe – get together and get things fixed this Saturday!
Never one to sit back and let life pass her by, that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is involved with the excellent Lichfield Repair Cafe project – which continues it’s regular residency this Saturday (19th January 2019) at Curborough … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, 29 April, cardigan, community, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, Fisherwick, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Lore, Recycling, Repair and Share, Staffordshire, Things to do, WHittington, Woodhouse Farm
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Lichfield repair cafe – get together to get things fixed this Saturday!
Never one to sit back and let life pass her by, that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is involved with the wonderful Lichfield Repair Cafe project – which continues it’s regular run at their new home this Saturday (Saturday, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, 29 April, cardigan, community, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, Fisherwick, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Lore, Recycling, Repair and Share, Staffordshire, Things to do, WHittington, Woodhouse Farm
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Lichfield repair cafe – get together to get things fixed this Saturday!
Never one to sit back and let life pass her by, that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is involved with the wonderful Lichfield Repair Cafe project – which starts a regular run at it’s new home this Saturday (Saturday, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, 29 April, cardigan, community, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, Fisherwick, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Lore, Recycling, Repair and Share, Staffordshire, Things to do, WHittington, Woodhouse Farm
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Don’t forget Lichfield Bower today!
Well, Spring Bank Holiday Monday is upon us, and that means that it’s Lichfield Bower Day in Ye Olde City – and I be the Lichfield historical folk will be up there, getting up to mischief. I hear an additional … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, 29 May, Bank Holiday Monday, Bower, cardigan, city, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, fair, free, Gomez, Greenhill, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, Silly, Staffordshire, Things to do, trust, Waterworks
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It’s good to repair (and share!) – a great event this Friday in Lichfield
Never one to sit back and let life pass her by, that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is involved with another project – Lichfield Repair and Share workshop – which takes place this Friday, 16th March 2018 at the Tesco Community Room, Tesco Extra, Church Street, Lichfield from 7-9pm.
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Tagged 2018, cardigan, community, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Lore, March 16, Recycling, Repair and Share, Staffordshire, Tesco, Things to do
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Don’t forget Lichfield Bower today!
Well, Spring Bank Holiday Monday is upon us, and that means that it’s Lichfield Bower Day in Ye Olde City – and I notice our friends at Lichfield Waterworks Trust and Lichfield Discovered are up to mischief…
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It’s good to repair (and share!) – a great event this afternoon near Lichfield
Never one to sit back and let life pass her by, that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is involved with a new project – Lichfield Repair and Share – which starts today (Saturday, 29th April 2017) at Woodhouse Farm, just north of Whittington, between 2pm and 4pm.
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Tagged 2017, 29 April, cardigan, community, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, Fisherwick, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Lore, Recycling, Repair and Share, Staffordshire, Things to do, WHittington, Woodhouse Farm
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Very late notice – Lichfield heritage walk to Sandfields starts soon!
Very late notice from the cardiganmonger Kate from the Lichfield Lore that her history group Lichfield Discovered is venturing out this morning (17th September 2016) for a Sandfields Waterworks history walk which is starting from Speakers Corner by Minster Pool at 11am.
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See Lichfield in twenty buildings and sixteen steps – this Monday!
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is organising a great Monday evening historical walk visiting twenty buildings around Lichfield, with her informal and fun Lichfield local history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Tagged 2016, August 8, cardigan, Discovered, Evening, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Monday, New Photos, Panoramio, photo, ramble, Silly, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Twenty Buldings, Twitter, walk
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See familiar places from a different perspective with Lichfield Discovered this Saturday!
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is organising a great Saturday afternoon photo walk around Lichfield, with her informal and fun Lichfield local history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Tagged 2016, 9, cardigan, different perspective, Discovered, ditch, event, Events, Facebook, Familiar Places, free, Gomez, July, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, photo, ramble, Silly, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, town boundary, Twitter, walk
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Don’t forget Lichfield Bower today!
Well, Spring Bank Holiday Monday is upon us, and that means that it’s Lichfield Bower Day in Ye Olde City – and I notice our friends at Lichfield Waterworks Trust and Lichfield Discovered are up to mischief…
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Tagged 2015, 25th May, Bank Holiday Monday, Bower, cardigan, city, Discovered, ditch, event, Events, Facebook, fair, free, Gomez, Greenhill, Jakeman, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, ramble, Silly, Staffordshire, Stuart, Things to do
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Discover the wonderful history of Lichfield’s water
Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore has tipped me off about a Sunday morning historical walk taking place in Lichfield tomorrow exploring the remarkable history of the city water supply.
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Tagged 22 May, 25 May, cardigan, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, ramble, Silly, Staffordshire, Sunday, supply, Talk, Things to do, Twitter, walk, Water, waterworks trust, Wednesday
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Walk the lost Beacon Place with Lichfield Discovered tonight!
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore has organised a great Monday Evening historical walk exploring the lost estate of Beacon Place, with her informal and fun Lichfield local history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Walk the ditch with Lichfield Discovered this Sunday
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is organising a great Sunday afternoon historical walk along the line of the old town boundary ditch, with her informal and fun Lichfield local history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Tagged 201, 24 April, 2pm, cardigan, Discovered, ditch, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, ramble, Silly, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, town boundary, Twitter, walk
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Meet Lichfield Discovered over a pint tonight!
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is has an informal local history meeting on this evening with her irreverent and fun Lichfield history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Tagged 2016, 5 April, Bird Street, cardigan, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Kings Head, Lichfield, Lichfield history group, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, Silly, social evening, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Tuesday, Twitter
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Meet Lichfield Discovered over a pint tonight!
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is has an informal local history meeting on this evening with her irreverent and fun Lichfield history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Tagged 2016, 8 March, Bird Street, cardigan, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Kings Head, Lichfield, Lichfield history group, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, Silly, social evening, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Tuesday, Twitter
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Find out about the Lichfield Morris – free talk on tonight!
Tonight at 7:30pm, (Monday 8th February 2016), they have a wonderful free talk at Curborough Community Centre, on the subject of the celebrated and longstanding Lichfield Morris.
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Walk off that turkey with Lichfield Discovered this Sunday!
Feeling a bit porky after the Christmas excess – Are you up for an interesting an refreshing walk through Lichfield’s canal history this Sunday – Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is venturing out for a history walk with her informal and fun social history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Tagged 2015, 27 December, ale, beer, Canal, cardigan, Discovered, Duke of Wellington, event, Events, Facebook, Festive, Fosseway, free, Gomez, Guildhall, history, hristmas, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Pipe Hill, pub, Silly, Staffordshire, Things to do, Twitter, walk
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Have a Christmas pint with Lichfield Discovered tonight!
It’s time to get out your Santa hats because Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is convening a celebration of all that’s wonderful about Christmas, pubs and our nearest city tonight with her informal and fun social history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Tagged 16 December, 2015, ale, beer, cardigan, Christmas, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, Festive, free, Gomez, Guildhall, history, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, pub, Silly, social evening, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Twitter, walk
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Meet Lichfield Discovered over a pint tonight!
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is has an informal local history meeting on this evening with her irreverent and fun Lichfield history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Tagged 11 November, 2015, Bird Street, cardigan, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Kings Head, Lichfield, Lichfield history group, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, Silly, social evening, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Tuesday, Twitter
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Taking the Lichfield waters
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is has an interesting talk on this evening with her irreverent and fun Lichfield history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Tagged 2015, 7 October, Bird Street, cardigan, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Kings Head, Lichfield, Lichfield history group, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, Silly, social evening, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Tuesday, Twitter
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Welcome to the pleasure grounds
I am indebted to friends of the blog and top local historians Clive Roberts and Stuart Williams who both sent me copies of the following image of Coalpool Pleasure Grounds taken I believe around 1910.
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Tagged 2015, Architecture, Arden, brewer, cardigan, Chapel, Clive Roberts, Coalpool, Derelict, garden, Grounds, Harden, Historic England, Ian, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, New Photos, Pedro, Pell, Peter Cutler, Pleaseure, Simon Briercliffe, Staffordshire, Stuart Williams, Things to do, up the oss road, Walsall, Walsall Council
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Lichfield discovered – Back to the workhouse – on tonight!
Once again, the irrepressible Kate Cardigan from the Lichfield Lore contacts me to tell me that there’s another great Lichfield Discovered event tonight organised by her informal Lichfield local history group.
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Tagged 12 October, 2015, cardigan, Dave Moore, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, market square, museum, New Photos, Silly, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Twitter, Workhouse
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In Coalpool did Brewer a pleasure ground erect?
Last week I revealed the mystery archive where I’d been finding all those great architecture pictures, and also pointed out that the filing system was curious, in that there seemed to be several dislocated images in the system – including the one of ‘Harden Hall’, which actually turned out to not be a Walsall image at all.
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Tagged 2015, Architecture, Arden, brewer, cardigan, Chapel, Coalpool, Derelict, garden, Grounds, Harden, Historic England, Ian, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, New Photos, Pedro, Pell, Peter Cutler, Pleaseure, Simon Briercliffe, Staffordshire, Things to do, up the oss road, Walsall, Walsall Council
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Meet Lichfield Discovered over a pint tonight!
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is has an informal local history meeting on this evening with her irreverent and fun Lichfield history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Tagged 2015, 7 October, Bird Street, cardigan, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Kings Head, Lichfield, Lichfield history group, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, Silly, social evening, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Tuesday, Twitter
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Harden not so fast, sunshine!
For a few weeks now, I’ve been featuring images here from an archive I haven’t named, but is remarkable – not just for the content, but for the quirkiness and inaccuracy of some of the content.
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Tagged 2015, Architecture, Arden, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, cardigan, Derelict, Harden, Historic England, Ian, Kate, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, New Photos, Pell, Red Box, Redevelopment, Silly, Staffordshire, Things to do, Walsall, Walsall Council
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Lichfield discovered – Exploring the Cruck House – on tonight!
Once again, the irrepressible Kate Cardigan from the Lichfield Lore contacts me to tell me that there’s another great Lichfield Discovered event tonight organised by her informal Lichfield local history group.
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Tagged 2015, cardigan, Cruckh, Dave Moore, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Medieval, New Photos, ouse, Silly, Staffordshire, Stowe Street, Talk, Things to do, Twitter
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Meet Lichfield Discovered over a pint!
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is has an informal local history meeting on this evening with her irreverent and fun Lichfield history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Tagged 2015, 8 September, Bird Street, cardigan, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, Kate Gomez, Kings Head, Lichfield, Lichfield history group, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, Silly, social evening, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Tuesday, Twitter
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Get down with the ancestors – Wall Open Day this Sunday!
That there Kate Cardigan from Lichfield Lore donned one of her many hats (and a toga-style ganzey) this week when she wrote to tell me that this Sunday, 19th July 2015, it’s the annual open day at Wall village and Roman site, just up the A5 between Lichfield and Shenstone.
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It’s all kicking off in Lichfield!
It’s a busy old time in Lichfield over the next few days, with The Lichfield Waterworks Trust having a stall at the Lichfield Festival Market this Saturday (4th July 2015), and Kate Cardigan’s informal Lichfield history group, Lichfield Discovered holding an informal monthly pub meeting on Tuseday evening (7th July 2015).
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Meet Lichfield Discovered over a pint!
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is has an informal local history meeting on this evening with her irreverent and fun Lichfield history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Tagged 2 June, 2015, cardigan, Discovered, Duke of York, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, Greenhill, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, Silly, social evening, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Tuesday, Twitter
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Lichfield discovered – alphabetical Lichfield – free talk on tonight!
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is has another talk on this evening with her informal and fun Lichfield local history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Tagged 13 April, 2015, Alphabetical Lichfield, cardigan, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, John Gallagher, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, Silly, St Marys, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Twitter
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Lichfield discovered – Holy Wells and Sacred Springs – on tonight!
Once again, the irrepressible Kate Cardigan from the Lichfield Lore contacts me to tell me that there’s yet another talk on tonight organised by her informal Lichfield local history group, Lichfield Discovered. Tonight at 7:30pm, (9th February 2015), they have a wonderful free … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, 9th February, cardigan, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, Holy, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, Ross Parish, Sacred, Silly, Springs, St Marys, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Twitter, Wells
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Lichfield discovered – alphabetical Lichfield – on tonight!
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is kicking off 2015 in style with her informal and fun Lichfield local history group, Lichfield Discovered – tonight at 7:30pm, (12th January 2015), they have a wonderful free talk at St Mary’s in the Lichfield Market Square based on an alphabetical trip around Lichfield by John Gallagher.
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Tagged 12 January, 2015, Alphabetical Lichfield, cardigan, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, John Gallagher, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, Silly, St Marys, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Twitter
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Don’t blink
Kate Cardigan Gomez and Sandfields champion Dave Moore have teamed up with their informal local history group Lichfield Discovered to give a free talk in Lichfield this coming Monday evening (8th September 2014) entitled ‘Weeping Angels – Symbolism in Victorian Cemeteries’.
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Tagged 2014, 8 September, cardigan, cemetery, community, Dave Moore, Discovered, Evening, event, Events, Facebook, history, Kate Gomez, lecture, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Monday, New Photos, Staffordshire, symbolism, Talk, Things to do, Twitter, Victorian, Weeping angels
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Closer
Kate Cardigan Gomez, irrepressible wonder behind Lichfield Lore has organised a walk and tour around Cathedral Close in Lichfield tonight (Monday, 12th May 2014) with her other project, Lichfield Discovered – it starts at 7:00pm outside Lichfield Heritage Centre.
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Tagged 12th May, cardigan, Cathedral Close, close, community, Discovered, Evening, event, Events, Facebook, history, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Monday, New Photos, Patrick Comberford, Staffordshire, Stores, stroll, Things to do, tour, Twitter, walk
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A walk in the woods
Just a headsup for folks interested in Lichfield history, geography and miscellany – top local historian, blogger and cardigan enthusiast Kate Gomez from the wonderful Lichfield Lore has organised a walk tomorrow around the woods, lanes and greens of Leomansley.
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Tagged cardigan, Christ Church, Events, guide, history, Kate Gomez, Leomansley, Lichfield, Lichfield Lore, local blogs, Local History, Marin Heath Hall, New Photos, Silly, Staffordshire, Sunday 6th October 2013, Things to do, walk
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Further afield – some great local history sites
This is a post to highlight some excellent local history sites – a couple are new, and one familiar, but they’re all doing really fabulous work and sadly represent yet another time suck preventing me from getting my arse into … Continue reading
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Tagged Abe, amateur history, cardigan, Collaborative History, community, Ernst, ganzey, Kate, landscape history, Lichfield Lore, local blogs, Local History, Lorenzor, Mark, Old maps, Past Storm, Pastorm, Silly, Staffordshire, Stuart Williams, Tamworth Tim Hikes, The Bloxidge Tallygraph, The Borough Blog, The Edditer, Twitter, Walsall, Ye Olde City
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