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The Friends of Sandfields Pumping Station – March public meeting tonight!
Sandfields Pumping Station champion and public historian extraordinaire Dave Moore has been in touch to let me know that tonight (Thursday 26th March 2015) there is a public progress meeting for the Friends of Sandfields Pumping Station group.
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Tagged 2015, 26 March, Architecture, at risk, Black Country, buildings, Cruck House, Dave, David, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, heritage, Kate Gomez, lecture, Lichfield, Lichfield Discovered, local blogs, Local History, Lore, meeting, Moore, Sandfields, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do
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Lichfield’s Hidden Heritage – History of Sandfields Pumping Station – free talk tomorrow!
Sandfields Pumping Station champion and public historian extraordinaire Dave Moore has been in touch with a tipoff of yet another free Lichfield Discovered talk tomorrow morning (Tuesday, 24th February 2015) at Curborough Community Centere, Lichfield, from 10am until 12 noon.
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Tagged 2015, 24 February, Architecture, at risk, Black Country, buildings, Cur borough Community Cnetre, Dave, David, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, heritage, Kate Gomez, lecture, Lichfield, Lichfield Discovered, local blogs, Local History, Lore, meeting, Moore, Sandfields, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do
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Lichfield discovered – Holy Wells and Sacred Springs – on tonight!
Once again, the irrepressible Kate Cardigan from the Lichfield Lore contacts me to tell me that there’s yet another talk on tonight organised by her informal Lichfield local history group, Lichfield Discovered. Tonight at 7:30pm, (9th February 2015), they have a wonderful free … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, 9th February, cardigan, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, Holy, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, Ross Parish, Sacred, Silly, Springs, St Marys, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Twitter, Wells
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Lichfield discovered – alphabetical Lichfield – on tonight!
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is kicking off 2015 in style with her informal and fun Lichfield local history group, Lichfield Discovered – tonight at 7:30pm, (12th January 2015), they have a wonderful free talk at St Mary’s in the Lichfield Market Square based on an alphabetical trip around Lichfield by John Gallagher.
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Tagged 12 January, 2015, Alphabetical Lichfield, cardigan, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Gomez, John Gallagher, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, Panoramio, Silly, St Marys, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Twitter
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Local history events this week
Kate Cardigan Gomez from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is really going some with her local history group, Lichfield Discovered – in the next week they have two events, one of which is tonight, and on an appropriate Great War theme, with author Joss Musgrave Knibb.
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Tagged 10th November, 15th December, 2014, Archeology, Book, Brewood, cells, Channock Chase, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, First Lines, First World War, Gaol, Great War, Guildhall, Hoard, Joss Musgrove Knibb, Kate Gomez, Library, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Messines, Model, New Photos, November 11th, Panoramio, Peter Pedro Cutler, poety, prison, Saturday, Staffordshire, Stephen Dean, Talk, Things to do, Twitter, WW1
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The lost hall of Fisherwick
Kate Cardigan Gomez, irrepressible wonder behind Lichfield Lore has organised a walk and tour around the remains of the incredible Fisherwick Park estate with her other project, Lichfield Discovered – it takes place tomorrow, Saturday 27th September 2014.
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Tagged Capability Brown, community, Discovered, Donegal, event, Events, Facebook, Farm, Fisherwick, ha-ha, Hademore, hall, history, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Maquis, New Photos, orangery, Panoramio, Park, Staffordshire, stroll, Things to do, tour, Twitter, walk, Woodhouse
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Don’t blink
Kate Cardigan Gomez and Sandfields champion Dave Moore have teamed up with their informal local history group Lichfield Discovered to give a free talk in Lichfield this coming Monday evening (8th September 2014) entitled ‘Weeping Angels – Symbolism in Victorian Cemeteries’.
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Tagged 2014, 8 September, cardigan, cemetery, community, Dave Moore, Discovered, Evening, event, Events, Facebook, history, Kate Gomez, lecture, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Monday, New Photos, Staffordshire, symbolism, Talk, Things to do, Twitter, Victorian, Weeping angels
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Come on a historical Lichfield pub crawl – tonight!
Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore has asked if I could let readers know about her historical pub crawl of Lichfield, taking place tonight at 7:00pm, 11th August 2014 – the walk meets in the Market Square outside St Mary’s, and is free to participants.
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Tagged 11 August, 2014, crawl, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Heritage Centre, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Lost, Monday, Moore, New Photos, Panoramio, pub, Pubs, Silly, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, tour, Twitter
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Philip Larkin’s Lichfield – talk tonight!
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is going from strength to strength with her informal and fun Lichfield local history group, Lichfield Discovered. This evening, (Monday, 14th July 2014) the group will be staging a talk about … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th july, 2014, Discovered, event, Events, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, Lichfield Discovered, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Philip Larkin, Sandfields, Silly, St Marys, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Twitter
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I walk the line
This Sunday morning (15th June 2014 at 11:00am), there’s going to be a rather excellent event put on by Lichfield Discovered, a side project of Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore – a walk along the line of the great, legendary and hotly debated Hanch Tunnel.
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Tagged 2014, 29th June, Chris Pattison, Dave, David, Discovered, Drain, event, Events, Facebook, free, Hanch, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, meeting, Moore, New Photos, Sandfields, south staffordshire water, Staffordshire, stories, subterrenea, Sunday, Talk, Things to do, tour, Tunnel, Twitter, Urbex, walk, Water
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Flight paths
This Thursday evening (12th June 2014 at 7:30pm), there’s going to be another great event staged by Lichfield Discovered, a side project of Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore – this time, it’s a walk around the site and remains of the old RAF Lichfield base near Fradley.
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Tagged 12th June, 2014, aerodrome, air, Airport, base, Dave, David, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, Fradley, free, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, meeting, Moore, New Photos, RAF, Staffordshire, Steve Lightfoot, stories, Talk, Things to do, Thursday, tour, Twitter, walk, war
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Our hidden heritage – and how to save it
Sandfields Pumping Station champion and public historian extraordinaire Dave Moore has been in touch with a last minute tipoff of a free talk tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday, 21st May 2014) at The Museum of Cannock Chase at 3:00pm.
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Tagged 2014, 21 May, 3pm, Architecture, at risk, Black Country, buildings, Cannock Chase, Dave, David, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, heritage, Hidden Heritage, Kate Gomez, lecture, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, meeting, Moore, museum, Sandfields, social medial, Staffordshire, Talk, Things to do, Twitter
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Closer
Kate Cardigan Gomez, irrepressible wonder behind Lichfield Lore has organised a walk and tour around Cathedral Close in Lichfield tonight (Monday, 12th May 2014) with her other project, Lichfield Discovered – it starts at 7:00pm outside Lichfield Heritage Centre.
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Tagged 12th May, cardigan, Cathedral Close, close, community, Discovered, Evening, event, Events, Facebook, history, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Monday, New Photos, Patrick Comberford, Staffordshire, Stores, stroll, Things to do, tour, Twitter, walk
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The rise and fall – a walk into history tomorrow!
Kate Cardigan Gomex, irrepressible wonder behind Lichfield Lore has organised a walk and tour around the remains of the incredible Fisherwick Park estate with her other project, Lichfield Discovered – it takes place tomorrow, Saturday 5th April 2014.
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Tagged Capability Brown, community, Discovered, Donegal, event, Events, Facebook, Farm, Fisherwick, ha-ha, Hademore, hall, history, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Maquis, New Photos, orangery, Panoramio, Park, Staffordshire, stroll, Things to do, tour, Twitter, walk, Woodhouse
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Thanks for an ingratitude
From time to time, I like to feature articles out of old gazetteers here on the blog – they are a great love of mine, and they help shine a new light on old, familiar places, as well as giving a neat insight into the times they were written in.
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Tagged 1930's, Arthur Mee, Burntwood, Garrick, Gazetteer, Johnson, Kings England, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Nelson, New Photos, Panoramio, Shenstone, Silly, Staffordshire, Things to do, Wednesbury
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A century in 12 objects…
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is going from strength to strength with her informal and fun Lichfield local history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Tagged 100 years, 12 objects, century, Dave, David, Discovered, event, Events, Everyday Items, Facebook, history, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Moore, museum, New Photos, Panoramio, Sandfields, Silly, St Marys, Staffordshire, Talk, Theatre, Things to do, Twitter
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Free talk on Heritage at Risk tonight!
Tonight’s talk is all about threatened architecture and heritage buildings in Ye Olde City, where there seems to be a more enlightened attitude than here in Walsall, where we regard heritage as merely ‘fuel’.
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Tagged 2014, Architecture, at risk, buildings, Dave, David, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, heritage, Heritage Centre, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, Lichfield and Hatherton Canal, local blogs, Local History, Lore, meeting, Monday, Moore, New Photos, Panoramio, Sandfields, Silly, social medial, Staffordshire, Talk, Theatre, Things to do, Twitter
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Lichfield discovered – great events upcoming for 2014
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is going from strength to strength with lots of upcoming events for her informal and fun Lichfield local history group, Lichfield Discovered.
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Tagged 2014, Dave, David, Discovered, event, Events, Facebook, free, Heritage Centre, January 13, Kate Gomez, LHCRT, Lichfield, Lichfield and Hatherton Canal, local blogs, Local History, Lore, meeting, Monday, Moore, New Photos, Panoramio, Sandfields, Silly, social medial, Staffordshire, Talk, Theatre, Things to do, Twitter
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Lichfield discovered – everyday objects tell wonderful stories tonight!
I see that there Kate Cardigan from the wonderful Lichfield Lore is going from strength to strength with her informal and fun Lichfield local history group, Lichfield Discovered. Now they’ve got the basics sorted, the Lichfield Discovered Group are moving on to … Continue reading
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Tagged 12th April, 2013, Dave, David, Discovered, event, Events, Everyday Items, Facebook, Garrick Studi, Kate Gomez, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Moore, New Photos, Panoramio, Sandfields, Silly, Staffordshire, Talk, Theatre, Things to do, Twitter
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Surging forward
I should have known, really. No sooner had I delved into the fascinating world of the Brownhills surge stack, then Ian Pell, railway historian extraordinaire, had written to me with a whole bunch of new information, clarifications and even a few questions.
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Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Canal, Captain, Clayhanger, Company, Dave Moore, Derelict, Harrison, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Morturn, New Photos, NIMBY, Old maps, Pedro, Peter Cutler, Pumping, Redevelopment, Reservoir, Shire Oak, Snadfields, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire, Station, steam engine, surge stack, Things to do, ventilator, Walsall, Water, Water tower, Waterwoks
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Hiding in plain sight?
It seems like we’re in a period for odd historical tangents and discoveries. It all started with Peter ‘Pedro’ Cutler’s classic bit of gentrified nimbyism from ‘Captain’ Harrison at Aldershaw(e). From there, we alighted at Sandfields Pumping Station at Lichfield, and found a wonderful, but neglected steam engine. We’ve found since, via Peter’s further diligent research, and that of Dave Moore, a chap clearly expert on the matter, that there was a long forgotten water tower in Brownhills.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged Aldershaw, Aldershawe, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Canal, Captain, Clayhanger, Company, Dave Moore, Derelict, Harrison, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, Morturn, New Photos, NIMBY, Old maps, Pedro, Peter Cutler, Pumping, Redevelopment, Reservoir, Shire Oak, Snadfields, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire, Station, steam engine, surge stack, Things to do, ventilator, Walsall, Water, Water tower, Waterwoks
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Not in MY backyard (1896 style)…
Peter ‘Pedro’ Cutler has been in touch with a lovely quick snippet he spotted in the excellent History of the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company, which is available online for free. It really is an excellent read and deserves wider exposure.
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Tagged Aldershaw, Aldershawe, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Captain, Company, Dave Moore, Derelict, Harrison, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lore, New Photos, NIMBY, Pedro, Peter Cutler, Pumping, Redevelopment, Reservoir, smoke, Snadfields, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire, Station, steam engine, Things to do, Water, Waterwoks
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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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