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White dog found in Brownhills – let’s get her home!
An appeal reaches me via Facebook from Pool House Veterinary Hospital – a rather gorgeous white dog was found in Brownhills yesterday (Sunday 29th May 2016) and it would be nice if we could reunite her with his owners, who clearly love her very much.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Chasewater, Environment, Events, Interesting photos, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged 2016, 29 May, Brownhills, cross, dog, Events, Facebook, female, found, Lichfield, Lost, Lurcher, New Photos, poodle, Pool House, Sunday, terrier, Things to do, Veterinary Hospital, Vets, white
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Stuck in there real good, that is…
Some weeks ago I raised the story of the football stuck in the decorative cross on the roof of St. Michael’s Church in Caldmore, Walsall – last weekend, twitter top bloke and all round good egg @BillytheBez answered my plea and took a couple of pictures, confirming the decades-old ball was still lodged firmly where only birds and steeplejacks dare.
Posted in Bad Science, Churches, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Just plain daft, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community
Tagged Bath Road, Billythebez, Black Country Bugle, Cladmor, cross, dafy, Derelict, Events, football, Howmuch, legend, Local History, New Photos, Redevelopment, roof, Silly, St Michaels Street, St. Michaels, Things to do, Twitter, Walsall
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The gloves are on
A couple of great old photos have been sent in by David Evan. He’s been talking at some length to fellow reader Daryl Preston, who also supplied the fantastic Royal Oak picture from last week and did so much to … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Features, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged B. Copeland, B. Douglas, B. Jennings, B. Swain, Boxer, boxing, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, cross, D. Preston, Daryl Preston, David Evans, Evans, F. Ball, Godfrey, H. Hunt, Hinton, J. Briggs, Local History, M .Llewellyn, Mason, New Photos, P. Harper, Philips, R. Riggs, School photo, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, Walsall Wood, Walsall Wood Secondary School
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‘Crucifixion’ Incident at Walsall Wood
In order to put straight some of the stranger rumours that seem to be circulating about this, I’d point out that there’s an article about the incident in tonight’s Express & Star (unfortunately not online yet) and an ongoing report … Continue reading


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