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Tag Archives: Deakin Avenue
Rhythm and Romance this weekend!
Hot on the heels of Whistle Stop West End, their hugely successful show last October, Brownhills Musical Theatre Company have been in touch to tell me that there’s a great show planned for next week, Rhythm and Romance, a concert showcase of music from the Great American Songbook.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Events, Fun stuff to see and do, Local Blogs, Local media, Local music, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills School, Deakin Avenue, Events, Facebook, Jamie Norgrove, local blogs, Matinee, MTC, Musical Theatre Company, musicals, Theatre, Things to do, tickets, Twitter, Whistle Stop West End
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Time for a little Rhythm and Romance…
Hot on the heels of Whistle Stop West End, their hugely successful show last October, Brownhills Musical Theatre Company have been in touch to tell me that there’s a great show planned for next week, Rhythm and Romance, a concert showcase of music from the Great American Songbook.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Events, Fun stuff to see and do, Local Blogs, Local media, Local music, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills School, Deakin Avenue, Events, Facebook, Jamie Norgrove, local blogs, Matinee, MTC, Musical Theatre Company, musicals, Theatre, Things to do, tickets, Twitter, Whistle Stop West End
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Calling all urchins!
Jamie Norgrove contacted me from Brownhills Musical Theatre Company a couple of days ago to ask if I’d put out this appeal for young lads to take part in the company’s production of Lionel Bart’s Oliver!, to be staged at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre.
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Tagged Audition, boys, Brownhills, Brownhills School, Deakin Avenue, Events, Facebook, Garrick, Jamie Norgrove, Lichfield, Lionel Bart, local blogs, MTC, Musical Theatre Company, musicals, Oliver!, Theatre, Things to do, Twitter
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All aboard for Whistle Stop West End!
I repeat the below post for the benefit of Brownhills Musical Theatre Company. Their show is on this week – tickets still available – and they’re getting rave reviews. Please, if you can, pop along. It’s a great show from a very talented collective.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Events, Fun stuff to see and do, Local Blogs, Local media, Local music, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills School, Deakin Avenue, Events, Facebook, Jamie Norgrove, local blogs, Matinee, MTC, Musical Theatre Company, musicals, Theatre, Things to do, tickets, Twitter, Whistle Stop West End
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All aboard for Whistle Stop West End!
Jamie Norgrove, from Brownhills Musical Theatre Company has been in touch, to tell me that there’s a great show planned for next week, the 22nd-27th October 2012, at The Theatre at Brownhills School, Deakin Avenue, Brownhills.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Events, Fun stuff to see and do, Local Blogs, Local media, Local music, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills School, Deakin Avenue, Events, Facebook, Jamie Norgrove, local blogs, Matinee, MTC, Musical Theatre Company, musicals, Theatre, Things to do, tickets, Twitter, Whistle Stop West End
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A5 roadworks coming soon…
An interesting (or maybe not…) press release reaches my humble inbox from the Highways Agency, about pedestrian crossing improvements on the A5 by Brownhills School at Newtown. Sadly, the release gives absolutely no information regarding the work that’s actually being … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, cycling, Environment, Events, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local media, News, planning, Shared media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged A5, Brownhills, crap press releases, cycling, Deakin Avenue, Highways Agency, Howdles Lane, improvement, Newtown, Pedestrian Crossing, planning, Redevelopment, Silly, The Style, Walsall Council, Watling Street
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A duty to the derelict
I thought we’d have a change for this week’s pictures from the past feature. I’ve long had an interest in urbex, or urban exploration – there are links to some of my favourite urbex sites in the sidebar – but … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Features, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged 28dayslater, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Chedd, Clay pit, Deakin Avenue, Derelict, Dweeb, Edward Rose, local blogs, Local History, Maisonettes, mechanised, Midlands Heritage, New Photos, Pelsall Road, Potters Clay and Coal, Redevelopment, Simon Cornwell, Swan Works, urban exploration, Urbex, urbex uk, urbex|uk, Vandalism, Wagon Automotive, Walsall Council
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The highrise and fall
It’s a sad fact that Brownhills was known for a decade or so for the grimness of some of it’s social housing. Host to four towerblocks and lots of tenement maisonettes, hastily and badly built using the Wimpey system technique, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bailey House, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Cheap tat, Deakin Avenue, Derelict, Humphries House, Linden Drive, Local History, Memories of Brownhills Past, New Photos, Redevelopment, Severn House, Silver Court Gardens, System Building, The Black Path, towerblock demolition, Towerblocks, Waine House, Walsall Council, Walsall Housing Group, Wimpey
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