#365daysofbiking JournalRecent tracks
Ricercar
Penguin Cafe
7 hours
Who Do You Love
Mojave 3
2 days
Love Still Flows
The Lotus Eaters
3 days
Who Do You Love
Mojave 3
5 days
Double Jointed
Japancakes
6 days
Song of Love
Stephen Stills
1 week
Twenty Bridges
Mark Peters
1 week
Late One Sunday
The American Analog Set
1 week
Flattie
Erland Cooper
2 weeks
Windy Arbour
Mark Peters
2 weeksRecent Comments
Gerald Reece’s… on When Brownhills went off the r… Dave Powell on Gerald Reece’s world of… Martin Littler on Chapel and church, a gallery… Coming soon: Tipton… on Just a fortnight to go until L… Gary on Chapel and church, a gallery…
Tag Archives: foundry
1987: The end of a landmark
I’ve long been interested here in the lost chemical works in Brownhills that once produced tar and cleaning chemicals, and latterly scrapped old aeroplanes and military waste for the valuable metal alloys they contained. The adjacent area of canal has … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Followups, Interesting photos, Local History, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged Bobdcuk, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Brownhills Scrapyard, Canal, Cheap tat, Derelict, foundry, Local History, New Photos, Staffordshire, Super Alloys, Superalloys, typhoon, Vandalism, war scrap, Wildcat, york wings
8 Comments
A Chemical Romance
I’ve been asked the question by reader Norman Taylor as to what I know about Brownhills Chemical Works – otherwise known as The Chemical or The Chemy, later the site of a notorious war scrapyard local kids were all attracted … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Followups, Interesting photos, Local History, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged Bobdcuk, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Brownhills Scrapyard, Canal, Cheap tat, Derelict, foundry, Local History, New Photos, Staffordshire, Super Alloys, Superalloys, typhoon, Vandalism, war scrap, Wildcat, york wings
6 Comments
Flying high at the Lamp – this Saturday!
Brownhills Community Association have been busy, and recently got in touch to point out that they have a great live comedy act this weekend in The Lamp, their new arts and performance space.
Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Chasewater, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 19 November, Activity Centre, Annex, arts, BCA, Brownhills, Brownhills community association, Central Boys School, Clayhanger, Comedy, Communty Associantion, Events, foundry, Janet Davies, Library, Live, Shire Oak, stuff to do, The Lamp, Things to do, Those Magnificent Men
Leave a comment
August 1990 – How much longer must we wait for some action?
David Evans, very kindly granted access to the archive held by former editor and contributor Brian Stringer, has been assiduously and conscientiously scanning them all. Every single issue. Every few days, I’m going to feature the next in the series.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 1990, August, Baker Bond, Brian Stringer, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Castings, Clayhanger, David Evans, foundry, freesheet, Gazette, issue 11, Laburnum Cottage, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, newspaper, pollution, The Swag, Walsall Wood
2 Comments
Down the tubes
Further to the Birchills Ironworks discussion, I had this interesting contribution from reader and top friend of the blog, Andy Dennis – I’d certainly be interested in any material relating to Sterling Tubes or any other companies operating in the area discussed here last weekend.
Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media
Tagged Andy Dennis, Birchills, Bloxwich, Canal, Castinds, Deely, Derelict, foundry, hall, Ironworks, Leamore, Local History, Mural, overlay, planning, Redevelopment, Staffordshire, Sterling, Things to do, Tube
25 Comments
The white heat of technology
This weekend, I have been mostly excavating the mapping record for Birchills Iron Works – I know it’s way off our normal beat, but once I started looking at the geography following the remarkable sale post of last Friday, I couldn’t help but be captivated.
Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged 1886-7, 1903, 1914, 1938, Birchills, Bloxwich, Brick, Canal, Derelict, foundry, Goodall Works, Google Earth, hall, Ironworks, Leamore, Local History, Mapping, Mapps, Old maps, overlay, planning, Redevelopment, Staffordshire, Things to do, Tube, Walsall
21 Comments
Hot metal
Spotted by chance, I came upon this video on YouTube today, and just had to share it with readers of the blog. It features the last large manufacturing employer in Brownhills, Castings PLC and it’s machining arm, CNC Speedwell. This … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Brownhills, casting, Castings, CNC, engineering, foundry, iron, Manufacturing, PLC, promotional, Speedwell, video
8 Comments
Metal gurus
This week, I have trawled the furthest corners of the net to stir up some very particular memories. This is one of those things that I thought I’d never find pictures of, but whilst searching for something else, I came … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Followups, Interesting photos, Local History, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged Bobdcuk, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Brownhills Scrapyard, Canal, Cheap tat, Derelict, foundry, Local History, New Photos, Staffordshire, Super Alloys, Superalloys, typhoon, Vandalism, war scrap, Wildcat, york wings
12 Comments
