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A historical query… can anyone help?

Posted on April 26, 2015 by BrownhillsBob

Friend of the blog and Pelsall person Jayne Preston has asked me on Facebook if I have any pictures of, or know anything about Barnetts Buildings, Shire Oak, Walsall Wood – sad to say I don’t.

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Don’t blink

Posted on September 4, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

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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Dead ground?

Posted on March 27, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

I’ve had an interesting enquiry from Laura Watkins, about the cemetery in Barnetts Lane, Brownhills, and it’s a little unusual in nature.
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