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Soldiers on Brownhills Common in 1888?

Posted on August 28, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

This is local history dynamite. Top local history sleuth [Howmuch?] has been rooting through old papers again, and came upon the following article from the Walsall Observer, dated  June 16th, 1888. The image is as rough as a badger’s bum … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community | Tagged Barrett, Birch, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, canteen, Colonel Webb, Common, Gordon, June 1888, license, Local History, Magistrates, Silly, soldiers, South Staffordshire Regiment, Staffordshire, troops, Walsall Observer, Worthington | 6 Comments
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