Tag Archives: Google Earth

Court out

Posted on December 28, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

Here’s a little bit of a curiosity we’ve dabbled with here on the blog for the last few weeks – Silver Court in Brownhills, and the possibility it was once extended. P1110076 Continue reading →

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Silver caught?

Posted on December 18, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

A couple of weeks ago, I posted the following map here of central Brownhills from the late 1960s, in answer to an enquiry tied up with the thread about the Salvation Army Hall in Brownhills – it’s a great map, and at the time it caused quite a bit of interest.
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The white heat of technology

Posted on August 4, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

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.
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Grange rover

Posted on November 11, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

Further to the discussion about The Grange in Leighswood, Aldridge, in the wee small hours I had a play with overlaying the relevant maps on Google Earth imagery to find out exactly where the property stood. I overlaid the 1961 … Continue reading →

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On solid ground

Posted on September 8, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

Here’s a real find. I recently acquired a couple of railway plans from my favourite map dealer, and bought them blind. I actually thought one was of Walsall Wood, and the other was Brownhills West, due to the drawing titles. … Continue reading →

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Aldridge? We can see right through you…

Posted on April 24, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

Reader Mike Hawes requested that I do the Google Earth overlay trick with last weekend’s Aldridge Northwest 1914 map, so I’ve done just that. This was a very difficult one to align, as something seems erroneous about the drafting of … Continue reading →

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Mapping transparency

Posted on April 10, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

I’ve received a few requests to do the Google Earth overlay trick with yesterday’s Pelsall North and West Brownhills map, so I’ve done just that. Please bear in mind that this was a scan of a paper map, which is … Continue reading →

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Weaving my ancestor’s voices

Posted on May 29, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

If this blog is about anything at all, it’s about just how relevant our local history is to what we do, are and feel today. I passionately believe that exploring our collective past can teach us things about the present … Continue reading →

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I can turn back time…

Posted on December 14, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

One of the things that has really proved inspirational to me in the creation of this blog is Google Earth. As a young kid, long before computers could do anything remotely like even the most basic mapping, I was was … Continue reading →

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A la carte

Posted on May 6, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

Maps provide a strong, almost incontestable record of the physical history of a place. They show us what came, what went, what was gained, and what was lost. Here in Britain, we have one of the best provisioners of cartography … Continue reading →

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Google Streetview comes to Brownhills

Posted on March 11, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

Fiddling with Google Earth this evening, I’ve noticed with some delight that the Streetview feature has been enabled for huge sections of our local area. For anyone intrinsically nosey, like me, this is set to provide hours of amusement. At … Continue reading →

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Mapping the past – now for something completely different.

Posted on January 5, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

I’ve been fiddling for some time now with digital maps. I’ve always loved their paper forebears; a map is a promise, a portent of future exploration, a pointer to places and journeys yet to be experienced. When I open a … Continue reading →

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