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Do you remember the Station Hotel talking clock?

Posted on August 12, 2018 by BrownhillsBob

I’ve had an interesting enquiry come in from reader Bee who’s asked something that has very much intrigued me – do you remember the ‘speaking clock’ next to the Station Hotel, Brownhills? For those too young to remember, the Station … Continue reading →

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Memories of the Station Hotel: A great couple of hours with lovely people

Posted on June 25, 2017 by BrownhillsBob

One lost local pub that always generates warm memories and lively conversations is the Station Hotel, which was a somewhat notorious pub that stood about where Aldi is today at the Miner end of Brownhills High Street.
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Road accident on M6 Toll island this evening

Posted on July 19, 2015 by BrownhillsBob

I’ve had a load of enquiries about an accident tonight up by the M6 toll slip road island just off the A5195 and Ogley Hay Road north of the A5 between Chasetown and Hammerwich – as luck would have it, there’s a fairly full report on the West Midlands Ambulance Service newsfeed which I post in full below.

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That didn’t go to plan… or did it?

Posted on July 5, 2015 by BrownhillsBob

I realise this is a bit off piste for the Brownhills Blog, but we have interests in Lichfield, so I think it’s appropriate – a few weeks ago Peter ‘Pedro’ Cutler spotted the following clipping in the newspaper archives.

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Found dog – now reunited with owner.

Posted on January 4, 2015 by BrownhillsBob

Thanks to all who shared and helped on social media and in other channels – the lost Border Collie found by Lee Chapman yesterday has been reunited with her owner.

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Border Collie dog found on A5 in Brownhills

Posted on January 3, 2015 by BrownhillsBob

An urgent appeal reaches me via Facebook from Lee Chapman, who’s today (Saturday, 3rd January 2015) found a Collie dog near Brownhills Common on the A5.

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From the Station to Paradise

Posted on September 4, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

Mike Leonard, the reader who supplied the wonderful images of The Railway Tavern and Wheatsheaf last week has done it again – this tie with two super photos.
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The curious incident of the crash in the night-time

Posted on February 24, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

Does anyone know what crashed up on the Rising Sun Island, Brownhills West, presumably on the night/morning of 23-24th February 2013?
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Another bomb scare in Brownhills?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

There’s been another bomb scare in Brownhills this morning. Thankfully, yet again it was a hoax…

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Police incident this afternoon

Posted on February 2, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

It seems there was a hoax bomb alert in Brownhills this afternoon. Contrary to rumour, nobody is hurt and the incident wasn’t caused by a suicide.

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