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Tag Archives: legend
Off the wall
Following the revisiting of the Stonnall tunnel legend a few weeks ago, sparked by a great enquiry from our Canada correspondent Brian Edwards, I had some great reader submissions, and a bit of local history news archive gold from Kate Cardigan over at Lichfield Lore, one item of which I’ll hold back for another article.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Chasewater, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, News
Tagged Brian Edwards, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Castlehill, Dick Turpin, folklore, history, legend, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, Stonnall, Things to do, Tunnel
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Tunnelling through the folklore
I’ve had a really interesting email in from the Brownhills Blog Canada Correspondent Brian Edwards who relates a very interesting tale concerning Stonnall, and the discovery of a tunnel there in the late 1960s.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Chasewater, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, News
Tagged Brian Edwards, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Castlehill, Dick Turpin, folklore, history, legend, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, Stonnall, Things to do, Tunnel
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It’s time, gentlemen please – to check out a great new exhibition
This is just a quick note to flag up a great exhibition starting this Saturday, 20th August 2016 at Walsall Local History Centre – it’s about local pubs and their history which is a recurring topic of huge interest to the local history community.
Posted in Environment, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged 20 August, 2016, Black Country, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, CCaldmore, Exhibition, inns, lecture, legend, Lichfield, Local History, New Photos, oral history, Pubs, Pubs Galore, story, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall Local History Centre, White Hart
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Ghostly tales and fascinating history
This is just a quick note to flag up a great talk by an excellent speaker coming up at Walsall Local History Centre next Monday evening – ghostly legends and fascinating history of the Black Country will be recounted by talented and entertaining Wednesbury author and historian Ian Bott.
Posted in Environment, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged 10th February, 2014, Black Country, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, CCaldmore, Ghost, Ghostly Tales, Hand of glory, Ian Bott, lecture, legend, Lichfield, Local History, myth, New Photos, oral history, story, Talk, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall Local History Centre, White Hart
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Stuck in there real good, that is…
Some weeks ago I raised the story of the football stuck in the decorative cross on the roof of St. Michael’s Church in Caldmore, Walsall – last weekend, twitter top bloke and all round good egg @BillytheBez answered my plea and took a couple of pictures, confirming the decades-old ball was still lodged firmly where only birds and steeplejacks dare.
Posted in Bad Science, Churches, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Just plain daft, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community
Tagged Bath Road, Billythebez, Black Country Bugle, Cladmor, cross, dafy, Derelict, Events, football, Howmuch, legend, Local History, New Photos, Redevelopment, roof, Silly, St Michaels Street, St. Michaels, Things to do, Twitter, Walsall
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Ooh, he was well blessed… but who was he?
OK, I’m asking again. This is still killing me… Way back at the start of this blog adventure, one of the local history queries I had was about a legendary streaking incident in Brownhills in the mid-1970’s at the height … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Features, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Just plain daft, Local History, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall community
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Edward Rose, legend, Local History, lorrydriver, myths, Ravens Court, Sammy Taylor, Silly, streak, streaker, Taylors Transport
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