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Chasewater wakes

Posted on April 25, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

Readers who are Chasewater fans will remember that back in February, I wrote a post that set out to explain the planning application that had been submitted to construct a wakeboarding facility in the south east corner of the lake, from around the old pier to just past the valve house on the dam.
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Chasewater: prepare for controversy

Posted on February 15, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

An application has recently been submitted to Lichfield District Council to construct a wake boarding corse at Chasewater, based between a refurbished pier and dam. This is generating some controversy.
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Walsall Road, Springhill: on Islands

Posted on January 13, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

I note from a a number of email enquiries that there has been some controversy of late locally; a plan has existed for some time now to construct a new cemetery at Springhill on the Walsall (Lichfield) Road, between Shire Oak and Muckley Corner.
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No Eden, no respect.

Posted on September 11, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

Way back in September, 2009, I tentatively covered the story of the somewhat brutal, insensitive and sudden application of the no-ornamentation rule within the churchyard of St James’s Church, the parish church of Brownhills. If you can’t remember the original … Continue reading →

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A grave mistake?

Posted on September 9, 2009 by BrownhillsBob

I comment on this story very cautiously, but it’s something that has quite unsettled me, and I’d like to share it with you readers if I may. Last week, as usual, the Walsall Advertiser dropped onto the doormat and I … Continue reading →

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