Tag Archives: Fleur de lys

Do the walk…

Posted on November 3, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

Andy Dennis touches on a sporting phenomena which seems to largely have lapsed: pedestrianism, to which these days, power or nordic walking would be comparable.
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Les Fleurs

Posted on August 18, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

Some time ago, reader and Bon Viveur David Evans found this image for sale at a church fayre in Brownhills, at I believe at St James – he didn’t purchase it, but he did take a crafty snapshot.
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Another former pub goes up in smoke

Posted on August 12, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

After reporting the thankfully apparently minor fire that occurred at the long-closed Rising Sun pub in Brownhills West on Friday, 5th August 2011, it seems that conflagration in former hostelries is contagious. The following Sunday, 7th August 2011, the old … Continue reading →

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