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Tea with Holger
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Twenty Bridges - Andi Otto Remix
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Collar of Fur
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Sometimes I Realise (Steven Wilson Remix)
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Love Fade
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Tag Archives: McGuire
Haute couture
Amy Palmer seems to have been quite notable in Ye Olde City in the 1930s, at least – I think her store stood on the corner of Tamworth Street and Conduit Street, where the empty former Julian Graves store is today.
Posted in Followups, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged 1936, Amy Palmer, Arnott, Beehive, Bolton Warehouse, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Conduit Street, Cottage, Derelict, Dress Shop, FJ Long, Jasmine, Lane, Lichfield, Lichfield Mercury, Lilian Hipkin, Local History, Marriage, Mawers, McGuire, New Photos, Outfitter, planning, Richmans, Sadlers, seamstress, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Past Track, Tamworth Street, Taylor, wedding
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A bride in Jasmine
Here’s an excellent find sent to me this morning by Peter ‘Pedro’ Cutler, in response to my somewhat tenuous enquiry about Jasmine Cottage.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Chasewater, Churches, Events, Followups, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media
Tagged 1936, Amy Palmer, Anglesey Basin, Anglesey Wharf, Arnott, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Canal, Chasewater, Chasewater Dam, Cottage, Derelict, Dress Shop, Holy Cross Church, Jasmine, Lane, Lichfield, Lichfield Mercury, Local History, Marriage, McGuire, New Photos, Pedro, Peter Cutler, planning, Ray Shill, Reservoir, Staffordshire, wedding, Wharf, Whitehorse Road
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Special delivery
I recently asked for memories of midwifery and midwives locally, as we haven’t much historical record in that vitally important area. To my immense gratitude, David Oakley – an exiled Walsall Wood mon whose comments here have done so much to illuminate our history – has come up trumps.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Castlefort, childbirth, Colac, cycling, David Oakley, Emalac, Lee, Local History, McGuire, Memories of old Walsall Wood, Midwife, midwifery, New Photos, Nurse, Prenatalac, Staffordshire, VE Day, Walsall Wood
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