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Tag Archives: Deakin
Cartoon capers
The post here last Sunday discussing the Newtown area of Brownhills certainly created some interest and raised a few more memories and discussions – and one particular aspect caught the eye of reader and long term friend of the blog Tony Winn.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories
Tagged 2015, 60's, 70's, Anglesey Arms, Avenue, Barbara, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, cinefilm, Colin Ray, David Evans, Deakin, Dorothy Emma Tunstall, dual carriageway, Film, Foxes Row, Fre, history, Howdles Lane, Lichfield, Local History, Maisonettes, Mavis Woodhouse, memories, New Photos, Newtown, Shingler, Staffordshire, The Fault, Things to do, tony Winn, Watling Street
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Illuminating Ray – one for the researchers?
I have here an excellent enquiry for a Sunday afternoon which I feel many readers will be very, very interested in – not least Andy Dennis, if he’s passing, but maybe others concerned with the Newtown area on the Watling Street, which has been the subject of so many past articles here on the blog.
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Tagged 2015, 60's, 70's, Anglesey Arms, Avenue, Barbara, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, cinefilm, Colin Ray, David Evans, Deakin, Dorothy Emma Tunstall, dual carriageway, Film, Foxes Row, Fre, history, Howdles Lane, Lichfield, Local History, Maisonettes, Mavis Woodhouse, memories, New Photos, Newtown, Shingler, Staffordshire, The Fault, Things to do, Watling Street
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Not only customers, but friends
A lovely bit of ephemera relating to Deakins’ Central Stores and Jonah Deakin has been sent in by the wonderfully generous Gillian Gaiser, who donated her wonderful writing about the Deakin family to the blog, published last weekend.
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Tagged 1950, 2015, 60's, anniversary, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, card, Centenerary, Central Stores, Christmas, Deakin, Fred, Gaiser, Gillian, history, Howdles Lane, Jonah, Lichfield, Local History, memories, New Photos, Newtown, Staffordshire, The Fault, Watling Street
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As the dual carriageway came through
I’ve had a bunch of film clips for a while, which were recorded in short sections and obtained by the young David Evans from Barbara, the daughter of Fred Shingler who ran the Park View Methodist Chapel, which used to be on the Watling Street, just on the corner of Chapel Avenue.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories
Tagged 2015, 60's, 70's, Avenue, Barbara, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, cinefilm, David Evans, Deakin, dual carriageway, Film, Foxes Row, Fre, history, Howdles Lane, Lichfield, Local History, Maisonettes, Mavis Woodhouse, memories, New Photos, Newtown, Shingler, Staffordshire, The Fault, Things to do, Watling Street
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A treat for the choir and an ignominious extraction
Continuing with the surprisingly rich seam that is the thread originating from the 1931 Watling Street School Walsall Observer article, I’ve had a couple of excellent reader contributions which I just have to share.
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Tagged 1886, A5, accounts sheet, Andy Dennis, Barry Aylett-Warner, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Church, Deakin, Eryl Powell, Foundation Stone, Jonah, lalance Sheet, Lesley Powell, Lichfield, Local History, Methodism, Methodist, Mission, New Photos, Park View, Redevelopment, School, ST. Thomas, Staffordshire, The Parade, Things to do, Walsall Observer, Watling Street
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