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Christmas in many guises

Posted on December 24, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

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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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Local music, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff | 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 | 7 Comments
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