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Tag Archives: Gillian
Does anyone know where Spring Nob is?
I like this one – over the weekend an enquiry came in from friend of the blog Gillian Gaiser, as to the location of a place she members being called Spring Nob.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Fun stuff to see and do, Just plain daft, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared memories, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 2015, allotments, Brownhills, Brownhills common, Brownhills local history, Canes, Clayhanger, Gaiser, Gillian, Knob, Lichfield, Local History, Nob, Norton, Shire Oak, Silly, Spring, Staffordshire, Things to do, Walsall Wood
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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.
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 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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