Tag Archives: New Road

House fire in Brownhills yesterday

Posted on March 14, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

As you may have heard on social media and the local grapevine, there was a house fire in New Road, Brownhills at lunchtime yesterday (13th March 2014).

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Court out

Posted on December 28, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

Here’s a little bit of a curiosity we’ve dabbled with here on the blog for the last few weeks – Silver Court in Brownhills, and the possibility it was once extended. P1110076 Continue reading →

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Silver caught?

Posted on December 18, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

A couple of weeks ago, I posted the following map here of central Brownhills from the late 1960s, in answer to an enquiry tied up with the thread about the Salvation Army Hall in Brownhills – it’s a great map, and at the time it caused quite a bit of interest.
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Lindon Road, Brownhills, shut again Sunday

Posted on November 24, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

Following the warning from last week about road closures to facilitate resurfacing at the Anchor Bridge Junction and from the excellent Walsall Transport on Facebook, I can give you the following info.

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Lindon Road, Brownhills, closed today

Posted on November 17, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

I’ve had a couple of queries – in person and by mail – as to what’s happening with the roads around Brownhills over the next week or so. From a mixture of the Walsall Roadworks Update (a press release sent to folks like me) and the excellent Walsall Transport on Facebook, I can give you the following info.
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Laburnum Cottage, Brownhills: What do you know?

Posted on September 4, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

  One wet Sunday over the summer – 3rd June, to be precise – I featured the now-empty Laburnum Cottage on my 365daysofbiking journal. This house, which stands on the corner of New Road and High Street, Brownhills, just opposite … Continue reading →

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