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Tag Archives: Mill Road
Urgent – Pumpkin the cat is missing – have you seen him?
Hi folks – anyone in the area seen the above marmalade puss – he’s called Pumpkin and has gone missing from Mill Road in Catshill, Brownhills and his owner Tracey Roberts is missing him terribly.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Interesting photos, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 2016, Brownhills, cat, Events, Facebook, Lichfield, Lost, Mill Road, New Photos, Pumpkin, Things to do, Walsall Wood
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Another burglary in Brownhills – can you help?
I’m sad to inform readers that there’s been yet another shed burglary in Brownhills – this time it was angling equipment taken from an address in the Mill Road area of Catshill and the owner, Sarah Shea, has asked if I’ll run an appeal to try and find the missing kit ir the pondscum who stole it: Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, It makes me mad!, Local media, News, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills crime, community, Crimestoppers, Facebook, incident, local policing unit, Mill Road, Police, Twitter, West Midlands Police, WMP
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Mill Road violent assault: Brothers sentenced to 10 years each
Readers may recall that last July, there was a violent assault when two men burst into a house in Mill Road, Brownhills, and violently attacked the householder – the two attackers have just been sentenced to 10 years in jail for the attack.

Posted in Environment, Events, Followups, It makes me mad!, Local media, News, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 10 years, assault, Brownhills, Brownhills crime, community, conviction, Facebook, Gossip, incident, local policing unit, Mill Road, Police, Robert, Robert Taylor, Scott, sentence, Twitter, violent, weapon, West Midlands Police, Williams, WMP
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Mill Road violent assault: two men appear in court
Readers may well be aware from social media and local gossip that a man was seriously attacked in a house in Mill Road, Brownhills in the early hours of last Saturday morning (26th July 2014).
Posted in Environment, Events, It makes me mad!, Local media, News, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 2014, 26 July, assault, Brownhills, Brownhills crime, Cannock, community, Crimestoppers, Facebook, Gossip, hunt, incident, Jo, Joanne, local policing unit, Mill Road, Police, Statement, Twitter, violent, weapon, West Midlands Police, WMP
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Gathering moss
The Clayhanger subsidence and pumping station thread seems to have provoked much interest in the past week – there has been a great deal of reader comment, and I have further bits to add to the story in coming days.
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Tagged Brian Stringer, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Brownhills Urban District Council, Clayhanger, Derelict, Drains, flooding, Ford Brook Road, High Heath, Laurence Thacker, lawley Close, Local History, Mill Road, Moss Pits, Pelsall, pumping station, Replacement, School Farm, sewage, Sewer, Shelfield, Staffordshire, Steam pump, Subsidence, UDC, Walsall Observer, Walsall Wood, Williams
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Downstream
Thanks to reader David Oakley and the ever-diligent [Howmuch?], I’ve since found out that my speculation that Moss Pits was the location of Clayhanger Pumping Station to be utter twaddle. I’d heard the name before, yet couldn’t locate it. Since … Continue reading
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Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Brownhills Urban District Council, Clayhanger, Derelict, Drains, Ford Brook Road, High Heath, lawley Close, Local History, Mill Road, Moss Pits, Pelsall, pumping station, Replacement, School Farm, sewage, Sewer, Shelfield, Staffordshire, Steam pump, UDC, Walsall Observer, Walsall Wood
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