Tag Archives: Hermann bomb

Crater mass?

Posted on April 15, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

There’s some great stuff coming in about local wartime air raids. Please keep it coming, I will post some more later, but in the mean time, I received this comment on my original post about Jockey Meadows and the apparent … Continue reading →

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Hermann: was he alone, or not?

Posted on April 12, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

At the weekend, top local history sort [Howmuch?] pointed this out to me, and we’ve decided to ask for opinions. This is just speculation, but seems an interesting point. I welcome any information that readers can contribute. We’ve visited several … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, over in Brownhills West…

Posted on July 7, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

It’s funny how some things happen in twos and threes. The same anonymous contributor who doggedly sought out the story of the massive 2,240lb. ‘Hermann’ wartime bomb, discovered and defused in Walsall Wood, noticed this side-story in the same 1968 … Continue reading →

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Going down a bomb

Posted on June 23, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

I’m eternally grateful to an anonymous reader who’s been trawling through old newspapers looking for the report of an event he recalls from his childhood. Occurring just up the road in Walsall Wood, this find caused no small controversy at … Continue reading →

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