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Tag Archives: Hermann bomb
Crater mass?
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
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Chasewater, Environment, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Just plain daft, Local History, Local media, planning, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged air raid., Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Derelict, Hermann bomb, Jockey Meadows, local blogs, Local History, New Photos, Old maps, Politics, Pubs, Ravens Court, Staffordshire, Walsall, Walsall Council
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Hermann: was he alone, or not?
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
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Air raids, Boatmans Lane, Brownhills local history, Hermann bomb, landscape, local blogs, Local History, New Photos, Staffordshire, Unexploded Wartime bomb, Walsall Wood, Walsall Wood Quarry, World War II
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Meanwhile, over in Brownhills West…
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
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Events, Followups, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories
Tagged April 1968, British Army Mortar, Brownhills local history, Brownhills West, Brownhills West history, Hermann bomb, Local History, PC Ballard, R Birch, Shannon Walk, Unexploded Wartime bomb, Walsall Observer, Wilkin Estate
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Going down a bomb
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
Posted in Events, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Boatmans Lane, Brownhills local history, Hermann bomb, Linley Wood, Linley Wood munitions store, Local History, Unexploded Wartime bomb, Walsall Observer, Walsall Wood, Walsall Wood Quarry
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