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Urgent! Distinctive motocross bike stolen from Brownhills
Heartbroken reader Luke has been in touch asking me to put out an appeal to trace his pride and joy – a KTM 85sx motocross motorcycle – which was stolen from the garden of his home on the Hussey Estate, Brownhills in the small hours of Thursday Morning.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Interesting photos, It makes me mad!, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 2006, 2015, 85sx, bigwheel, Brownhills, chrome, Events, Excel Taskago, Facebook, Hussey Estate, KTM, Lichfield, Luke, motocross, motorbike, New Photos, Orange, Pelsall, Stolen, Swan, Theft, Things to do, Twitter, Vandalism
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Bradford on Brownhills
Here’s something found by Peter ‘Pedro’ Cutler in the newspaper archive that crosses over from the Ogley Hay school into the area covered by Doctor Bradford’s predecessor, Dr. Maddever in his report to the health of Brownhills in 1910.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Churches, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Followups, Interesting photos, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local History, Local media, Local politics, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 1910, 1933, Andy Dennis, Bradford, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Coombe House, David Evans, Doctor, Hussey Estate, Infant School, Junior School, Lichfield Mercury, Local History, Local politics, Maddever, medical report, New Photos, Ogley Hay, Ogley Square, Poverty, Staffordshire, Walsall Wood
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Information required – can you help?
I’m interested in pursuing a few stories for the blog. I’m attempting to research them, but I’m hitting brick walls, and wonder if you, the readers, can help at all? If you can, comment on this post or mail BrownhillsBob … Continue reading

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