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Night lines
Those wonderful Anslow brothers have been at it again and sent me a lovely bit of Walsall Wood history – inspired by the remarkable ‘Poacher’s Apprentice’ film I featured here a few weeks ago.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 1924, Anslow, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Edgar Pritchard, Jane, Joe Timmins, john, Lichfield, Local History, May, New Photos, Paul, Poacher, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, street, thatched cottage, The Poachers Apprentice, Things to do, Walsall Wood, wedding, Wlater, Wood, Yates
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Funeral arrangements for John Seedhouse
Friend of the blog Mick Roseblade has kindly dropped me a line to ask if I’d publicise the funeral details for John Seedhouse, who passed away at his home recently – John was a well loved and greatly respected member of the community who will be remembered by many for his love of Walsall Wood FC, which he chaired for a while.
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Tagged 2015, 22 September, arrangements, Brownhills, cancer, condolences, death, Events, Facebook, funeral, Gareth Perrins-Seedhouse, john, John Seedhouse, King Street Club, memorial, memorium, Mick, Mick Roseblade, passing, rest in peace, Roseblade, St Johns, Streetly2, Twitter, Walsall, Walsall Wood, Walsall WOod FC
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The forgotten Coventry bombing that blew a Walsall Wood bricklayer off his feet
An additional piece followed the original article I featured by John and Paul Anslow last week, on the subject of Walsall Wood and Pelsall wartime air raids – this one is about an IRA attack in Coventry right before the war that appears to have been all but forgotten.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Followups, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged air raid., Air raids, Anslow, atrocity, bomb, bomb damage, bomb dmamag, bombing, bomobing, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Canal, Coventry, crater, Events, Hermann, Highbridge, Highbridge Colliery, IRA, john, Lichfield, Local History, memories, North Common, Norton Junction, Paul, Pelsall, Second World War, Shunting, Staffordshire, terrorist, unexploded, Walsall Wood, war, WW2, yard
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Avoiding the Red Caps with the permission of Captain Palmer
It’s always a joy to feature articles here by the wonderful Anslow brothers; over the years John and Paul have contributed so much to our local history knowledge, from everyday but special weddings, to sneaking into fetes and even recalling lost Pelsallian ice ream vendors.
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Tagged air raid., Air raids, Anslow, bomb, bomb damage, bomb dmamag, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Canal, crater, Events, Hermann, Highbridge, Highbridge Colliery, john, Lichfield, Local History, memories, North Common, Norton Junction, Paul, Pelsall, Second World War, Shunting, Staffordshire, unexploded, Walsall Wood, war, WW2, yard
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Mystery tour?
The above wonderful outing photograph – thought to be from the mid 1920s has been sent in by reader Pat Wilcox – and I think will be of great interest to John and Paul Anslow, Anne Cross and other followers of that thread.
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Tagged 2015, Ann Cross, Annie, Anslow, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Dennis, john, Lichfield, Local History, New Photos, Onslow, Pat Wilcox, Paul, Pubs, Royal Exchange, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, Thomas, Walsall Wood
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Christmas in many guises
When I asked at the weekend for Christmas stuff for the blog, I never expected such an embarrassment of riches; not only did a certain reader (I’ll let you lot guess who) send me the above images of himself with Santa Claus – possibly at Grays in Walsall, but John and Paul Anslow have hit upon something that I think has a wider significance than they might imagine.
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Tagged 1930's, Abe, Anslow, Blog news, Bring the New Year in, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Christmas, Corning, Eliza, guising, Gusards, Headley, john, Lichfield, Local History, Long Company, Mummers, mumming, mumping, New Photos, Paul, Pete Coe, Staffordshire, street, Things to do, Thomasing, Walsall Wood
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High Standards
Sometimes I get material in to the blog that unexpectedly surprises and delights – and after a horrid week of work stuff, technical troubles and unreliable hardware this great contribution from John and Paul Anlsow is just what the local history doctor ordered.
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Tagged 6, 7, Anslow, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, jockey, john, Lichfield, Local History, New Photos, Paul, School, St Johns, Staffordshire, Standard, street, Things to do, Walsall Wood, Wood
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Did any of you know Alan John Pickering?
Yet again, this is one of those requests that Walsall Council make periodically, and was issued by the Communication Team at Walsall Council on Friday, November 21st 2014 and I’d like all locals to have a think about it, and if any of you can do so, please help.
Posted in Environment, Local History, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged Alan, BEL, Bell Lane, Bloxwich, Bloxwich ngineering, Comprehensive, died, Environmental Health, Family, help, john, Lichfield, Michael Syrett, Neil Harris, passed away, Pickering, Rebecca Evans, releatives, request, search, Staffordshire, Wales, Walsall, Walsall Council, Wednesbury Road, West Midlands
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Crawling under the hedge
Oh my goodness – yet another wonderful image has been sent in to the blog by John and Paul Anslow, whose previous contributions to our record of local history have created so much interest and debate here on the blog.
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Tagged 1930's, Anslow, bicycle race, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Fete, field, jockey, john, Lichfield, Local History, Meadow, New Photos, Nurses, Paul, Staffordshire, street, Things to do, Walsall Wood, Wood
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Did you know the late Thomas Williams?
Here’s an interesting one that reaches me via Facebook, and is quite sensitive but worthwhile, I think – reader Tracie Miller contacted me in the week appealing for information about her father and his life, in an effort to gain more information about her family.
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Tagged 2nd, Anchor Bridge, Avenue, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Doreen, Edward Rose, Eileen, Facebook, G, gardens, john, Joyce, Lichfield, Local History, Michael, Miller, New Photos, ownham, Rita, Second, Shire Oak, Silver Court, Staffordshire, Things to do, Thomas, Tom, Tracy, V, Walsall WOod FC, Williams
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These are not well-to-do folk…
It’s always a pleasure and delight to feature contributions from Walsall Wood history experts John and Paul Anslow – yesterday they sent me an absolutely remarkable group photo following the wedding of Walter Yates from Walsall Wood to Annie Baker of Stafford in 1910.
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Tagged 1910, Agnes, Anslow, Arah Ann, Baker, Beattie, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Corner, Cottage, Harry, Jackson, Jane, john, Johnson, Lichfield, Lizzie, Local History, Louisa, Maria, Mary, May, Morgan, Nailer, New Photos, Newbould, Paul, Sam, Shire Oak, Stafford, Staffordshire, street, Teresa, thatched cottage, Things to do, Twist, Walsall Wood, wedding, Wlater, Wood, Yates
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Safe as houses?
I’m pleased to say that, somewhat like rust, Peter ‘Pedro’ Cutler never sleeps, and his tireless and somewhat relentless pursuit of the evidential history behind some of the commonly accepted ‘authoritative sources’ of local mining history continues unabated.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Cannock Chase, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Local politics, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Aldershaw, Aldershawe, Bill May, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Brownhills UDC, Brownhills Urban District Council, Cannock Chase Mining Historical Society, CCMHS, Election, estate, hall, john, Local History, Mick Drury, Morton House, Norton, Pedro, Peter Cutler, Staffordshire, Walsall Wood, William, William Harrison, William ROberts
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Fixed in time
I’ve had in a great contribution from a chap who’s been a friend of the blog for as long as I’ve been writing it – Roger ‘Ziksby’ Jones – on the subject of early bicycles, which arose from the image of F. Bradbury recently supplied by John and Paul Anslow.
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Tagged @ziksby, Anslow, bicycle, bikes, Bradbury, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, bycycles, cycling, early, fixed wheel, john, Lichfield, Local History, Malvern, New Photos, Paul, Roger Jones, The Malvern Cycling Club 1883-1912, Things to do, Veteran-Cycle Club, W H Melhuish, Walsall Wood
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Certified child labour
John and Paul Anslow have been great contributors to the Brownhills Blog over the last year or so – only recently, we had the great debate spurred by his wonderful images of the brass band and that monstink, Mr Bradbury.
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Tagged 1904, Anslow, Board of Education, boys, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, David Evans, Girls, Jackson, Jane, john, Labour Certificate, Lichfield, Local History, Mary, mixed, New Photos, Paul, School, Shire Oak, St Johns, Staffordshire, Sunday School, Things to do, Walsall Wood
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An electoral deformity
It’s interesting to note that Peter ‘Pedro’ Cutler is coming over all iconoclastic again – and I, for one, welcome it, as Peter has a fine record of kicking over the statues of the local mining history – particularly in regard the the Harrison colliery dynasty.
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Tagged Aldershaw, Aldershawe, Bill May, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Brownhills UDC, Brownhills Urban District Council, Cannock Chase Mining Historical Society, CCMHS, Election, estate, hall, john, Local History, Mick Drury, Morton House, Norton, Pedro, Peter Cutler, Staffordshire, Walsall Wood, William, William Harrison, William ROberts
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A bit of a monstink…
I present today a series of three photos, and a wonderful article with some remarkable detail – I’d like readers – not just the Walsall Wood Massive – to help here, please with names and recollections if you have any.
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Tagged Anslow, Band, bicycle, Bradbury, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, cycling, David Evans, David Stickland, Ebenezer, Harry, Jackson, john, Lichfield, Local History, Marigold, New Photos, Newbould, Paul, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, Sunday School, Tams, The parish church of Walsall Wood, Things to do, Walsall Wood
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Under the thatch
This is an article that’s taken an awful lot of work to prepare – the young David Evans has been toiling on it for some time now, as well as other related matters, and it ties up a number of disparate threads relating to Streets Corner in Walsall Wood, and the families who lived in the thatched cottage that famously stood there for years.
Posted in Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Anslow, bricklayer, Brownhills local history, Bullings Heath, Corner, Cottage, David Evans, George, Jackson, john, Local History, Maria, Nailer, New Photos, Paul, Pepper Alley, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, street, thatched cottage, Twist, Walsall Wood
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Do the walk…
Andy Dennis touches on a sporting phenomena which seems to largely have lapsed: pedestrianism, to which these days, power or nordic walking would be comparable.
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Tagged Anglesey Arms, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Chase Inn, ercury, Events, Fleur de lys, Gerald Reece, john, Lichfield, Local History, Pedestrian, Pedestrianism, Pubs, Samuel Jones, Shingler, Silly, Staffordshire, Walking match, Wallace
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The word on the Streets
I pointed out ages ago that David Evans was researching the history of Streets Corner in Walsall Wood, and through months of diligent and patient research, David has written what must be the definitive account of the history of this place.
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Tagged 1750, 1841 census, Brownhills local history, Corner, Cottage, David Evans, Elizabeth, Hannah, Ivy House, Jabez, Jackson, john, local blogs, Local History, Maria, Mary, Nailer, New Photos, Nutting, Old maps, Redevelopment, Richard, Roe, Rowe, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, street, Sue Lote, thatched cottage, Tithe Map, Walsall Wood
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Carte art
Here’s a quick one for the Lichfield historical buffs: John Snape’s map of the city and it’s environs, from 1781. This really is a wonderful work of art, and bears poring over. If you’re into Lichfield’s fascinating and long history, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1981, download, hi-res, john, Lichfield, Lichfield History, local blogs, Local History, Lore, map, Old maps, PDF, Snape, Staffordshire
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