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Tag Archives: Martin
Down with the yoot – but watch out for the Teds
The irrepressible Mike Stackhouse contacted me a week or so with an interesting comment that may well stir memories of the postwar kids in our midst – Mike was inspired himself by the recent interest in those lost green gems, Harpers Busses.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, bus, Cafe, dancing, discos, Events, fights, Harpers, Local History, Martin, Memorial Hall, mike, Stackhouse, Teddy boys, Tony, Walsall Wood, youth clubs
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Power to the people
I’ve had a couple of great responses to my request for material on Walsall’s lost power station that existed at Reedswood, until it’s demolition in the late 1980s.
Posted in Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall community
Tagged 1963, Anthony, Birchills, booklet, Canal, Derelict, Leaflet, Local History, Martin, New Photos, open day, planning, power station, Redevelopment, Reedswood, Tony, Walsall
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In God we trust
David Evans – top contributor and one of the Brownhills Blog’s top correspondents in Walsall Wood – has again sent me some excellent scans from the Ebenezer Church commerative booklet. There’s been a fantastic response to these wonderful scans, and I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Churches, Features, Followups, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Beniston, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Bullock, Church trustees, Commemorative booklet, Cund, D Evans, David Evans, Dunning, Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Church, Evans, fifties, Higgs, Holland, Howells, Local History, Martin, Minister, New Photos, Oakley, Rowley, Smith, Staffordshire, Taylor, team, Trustees, Walker, Walsall Wood, Whitehouse
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