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Pictures from the Pelsall Festival of Water 2016

Posted on August 27, 2016 by BrownhillsBob

Despite a weather forecast that didn’t bode well, the first day of the three day Inland Waterways Association Festival of Water at Pelsall was pretty good when I called in, and the rain held off until the moment I left.

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Wolves at the door

Posted on July 10, 2016 by BrownhillsBob

I’m having the IT builders in this weekend, so posts are a bit scattergun as I move things, fix them up and reinstall them, so please bear with me – but helpfully, the blog regulars in the form of the young David Evans, Pedro Cutler, Andy Dennis and dear old Reg Fullelove have supplied lots of material to tide us through.

Victoria Street c 1870. At the junction with John Street. The timbered building and the elegant brick house still stand, though the latter is changed almost out of recognition. Continue reading →

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Pictures from the Brownhills Centenary Remembrance Service for the Battle of the Somme

Posted on July 2, 2016 by BrownhillsBob

Sadly I was at work and couldn’t make the Brownhills Centenary Remembrance Service for the Battle of the Somme yesterday (Friday, 1st July 2016) – but reader and top friend of the blog David Evans did, and he was kind enough to provide the following emotive account and photos.

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Party like its… 1998?

Posted on November 28, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

I like this a lot – way back in 1998, an officer for Walsall Council was given the job of taking some pictures of Brownhills town centre, the lady in question was handed a digital camera that took floppy disks, which lay filed away for 15 years until yesterday, when they came to light again.
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