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Brownhills market: Back from the dead
Today, along with a considerable number of my fellow Brownhillians, I visited the relaunched Brownhills Market. Due to family stuff, I didn’t get there until 12pm, but it looked like it had been fairly busy – and the gridlock happening … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Express & Star, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local media, Local politics, Panoramio photo discussions, Panoramio updates, Shared media, Walsall Council
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills Market, Brownhills Market Relaunch, Express & Star, Local politics, New Photos, Panoramio, Redevelopment, Walsall, Walsall Council
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Brownhills market relaunches tomorrow!
Just thought I’d flag that up. After my previous stuff about the Market’s demise and subsequent rebirth, I thought I’d bring it to readers attention. Of course, you’d have to be living under a rock not to have heard about … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Express & Star, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local politics, Shared media, Walsall Council
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills Market, Brownhills Market Relaunch, Doug Birch, Express & Star, Local politics, Market, Redevelopment, Silly, Sppok Erection, Tesco Development, Walsall, Walsall Council
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Build it up, tear it down
Last week, I pointed up the work of street-art that had appeared on the temporary plywood builder’s hoarding around the Housing 21/Walsall Housing Group development at Anchor Bridge. I make no secret of the fact that I like street art, … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Express & Star, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, It makes me mad!, Local media
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills graffiti, Express & Star, Graffiti, Graffiti art, Housing 21, Local politics, Malpas, Redevelopment, Silly, Street Art, tagging, Vandalism, Walsall Housing Group, Walsall Youth Arts
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Down from above…
Tonight’s Express & Star had another feature about Shire Oak Reservoir, this time featuring a rather nice aerial shot of the completed demolition. The article is available online, but doesn’t feature the full photo, which kind of destroys the point … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Express & Star, Followups, Local History, Local politics, planning, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Councillor Mike Flower, Derelict, Express & Star, Local History, Local politics, planning, Redevelopment, Reservoir, Shire Oak, Shire Oak Park, Shire Oak Reservoir, south staffordshire water, Walsall Wood
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Arrested development
The Warreners Arms pub was never a very high-class establishment. Standing on the site of former rabbit warrens, created and managed for food and sport at the behest of Richard Gilbert, Lord of the Manor of Norton, the former Warreners … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Express & Star, It makes me mad!, Local History, Local politics, planning, Walsall Council
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Derelict, Express & Star, Local History, Local politics, Macdonald's, MacWarreners, Panoramio, planning, Pubs, Redevelopment, Walsall, Walsall Council, Warreners Arms
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Peter Rhodes: like the Murphy’s, not bitter at all. Honest.
Some experiences are habit-forming, but not entirely enjoyable. The urge to repeat them occurs due to some Pavlovian desire for regularity, to give life a regular metre. So it is with reading the nightly column in the Express & Star … Continue reading
Posted in Express & Star, It makes me mad!, Local media, Shared media
Tagged blogs, citizen journalism, Express & Star, local blogs, old media, Peter Rhodes, printed media, Silly
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Under developed?
The continuing saga of Anon, and Brownhills Development in general, part 94. Anyone who’s bored by this Brownhillian Iliad, please look away now. I’ve got a post to go up about the Warreners tomorrow. Hopefully. Today, Anon, commentor on the … Continue reading
Everyone act normal – they’re watching!
I don’t really know how much of the reader comment that is contributed to Brownhills Blog is read by my regular readers, but I receive a steady stream of interesting, supportive and often very witty feedback. I’ve written an eye-watering … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Local media, Local politics, planning, Walsall Council
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills bypass, Doug Birch, Express & Star, Local politics, planning, Ravens Court, Redevelopment, Tesco, Tesco Development, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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When you’re savaged by a dead duck
When I started Brownhills Blog, I had a respectful, fairly noble, rose-tinted view of the local printed media. I love reading local newspapers – if I’m out and about, away from home in an alien town with time on my … Continue reading
Train in vain?
It’s been a long time since the settlements of Pelsall and Brownhills had a passenger rail link. When I was a child in the seventies, I remember watching freight trains rumble down the line that ran through the town, carrying … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Express & Star, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local politics, planning, Walsall Council
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Brownhills railway, Brownhills station, Derelict, Express & Star, local blogs, Local History, Local politics, Pelsall, Pelsall Railway, Pelsall station, planning, Politics, Redevelopment, South Staffordshire railway, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, Wlasall to Lichfield railway
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Reports of our death may have been a little premature…
I’m genuinely pleased to see the news that Walsall Council has saved Brownhills market – at least for now, anyway. Last week I noticed workmen erecting anti-vehicle barriers on the former site and feared the worst – only the pressure of … Continue reading
A very thorough investigation…
I noted this evening with some amusement that the good ol’ Express & Star lags behind the Brownhills Blog yet again. On Saturday, you’ll remember, I pointed out that demolition of the old Shire Oak reservoir had pretty much started. … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Express & Star, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, planning, Walsall Council
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Express & Star, Local History, planning, Redevelopment, Reservoir, Shire Oak, Shire Oak Park, Shire Oak Reservoir, south staffordshire water, Walsall Council
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Wagon wheeler-dealing?
Since the death of Wagon Automotive, the historic former Edward Rose plant in Brownhills, I’ve been watching the vultures circling the site with some curiosity. Since the collapse last Christmas, equipment and anything of value was removed from the newly abandoned buildings … Continue reading
Look out, here comes rubble…
Interesting times up on Shire Oak at the moment. For the next six weeks, the Lichfield Road is going to be one-way between Shire Oak crossroads and Street’s Corner, downhill only, with a diversion round Lindon Road and temporary lights … Continue reading
Is it me?
I’m having a little trouble adjusting my horizontal hold today. Everything seems to be a little out of line, just a tad asynchronous or maybe even a bit disjointed. At times like this you need the stability of the normal, … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Express & Star, Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local politics, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Council
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills Market, Doug Birch, Express & Star, Local politics, Mike Bird, Politics, Silly, Social Services, Tesco, Tesco Development, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics
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Peter Francis replies to council leader’s conjecture.
Following the previous article today on the Express & Star website which I blogged about here, Peter Francis has replied to the veiled implication by Mike Bird, that the former Head of Programme Management was in some way responsible for … Continue reading
Whistleblower in row over EU cash crisis : Express & Star
That’s all right, then. According to a report in the Express & Star, Mike Bird has decided it was all that other blokes fault. How joyously convenient. Whistleblower in row over EU cash crisis : Express & Star. S’funny, you … Continue reading
An apology: looks like I got it wrong!
To my absolute disgust and horror, whilst browsing the local news on the YamYam, I came upon a story from the Express and Star[1] about the top earners at Walsall Council. I was not horrified by the salaries – I … Continue reading
Lost property: can you help?
Have you noticed a tatty Tesco carrier bag containing boring paperwork just lying around? Have you perchance found a shoebox containing a shedload of handwritten dockets? Is there a consignment of chitties clogging your front gate? If so, you could … Continue reading
Express & Star: getting that sense of deja-vu
Out on a ride this afternoon, whilst indulging in tea and cake shaped nutrition near Uttoxeter, I pulled out the phone to absent-mindedly check twitter. To my surprise, I had been direct messaged; the poster wanted to know if I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Express & Star, Followups, Just plain daft
Tagged Express & Star, Silly, south staffordshire water, Strange Notices, Walsall, Walsall Council
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Brownhills Tesco development – wheel fallen off?
I received a statement yesterday from Walsall Council iterating the official view on the Tesco redevelopment in Brownhills, and it looks like the project may be hitting the buffers. In the original PR puffs in the Express & Star, outline … Continue reading
About that Express & Star article…
I’d just like to comment on the matter – so many people read the post I made on Friday that I was quite, quite shocked. I was unaware that my little niggle could engender so much comment and interested reaction. … Continue reading
BrownhillsBob does the Express & Star’s homework – whilst they relocate Shire Oak to Brownhills Market…
Cheers, guys… When you contacted me and expressed interest in my blog post about Shire Oak reservoir, I was naturally flattered – everyone who creates a blog about anything on the net dreams of getting something into the conventional printed … Continue reading
Those poppies look familiar…
I seem to have scooped the Express and Star… from tonight’s edition (2nd June 2009): Dan said he was preparing a feature for the paper… my, that was quick work! Seriously, get your backsides up there; it’s a great spot. … Continue reading
Posted in Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Walsall Council
Tagged Church Hill, Express & Star, Walsall, Walsall Council
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