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What was lost, now restored

Posted on April 23, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

I am indebted to a Burnell yet again, as top chap and fellow cyclist Richard contacts me and points out something he noticed that I didn’t – Bullings Heath Grove is now a real place, with street signs and everything.
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The end and the beginning

Posted on November 1, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

Thanks to several people including reader and friend of the blog Caz and the Young David Evans who’ve both pointed out that the former Royal Oak in Bullings Heath, Walsall Wood, is currently being demolished.P1090161 Continue reading →

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The Royal Oak – a new chapter unfolding?

Posted on July 27, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

Thanks to reader Caz who pointed out last week that an application has been made to build a close of houses on the land currently occupied by the former Royal Oak pub in Bullings Heath, opposite the Black Cock pub in Walsall Wood.
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The Royal Oak, Bullings Heath: The last century

Posted on August 26, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

This is the second of a multi-part epic. Researched painstakingly by David Evans, top bloke and stalwart of this blog, he wrote this up some months ago, and I’ve been working on bringing the information out in the best way … Continue reading →

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Cutting down the Oak?

Posted on August 4, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

Readers anticipating the next instalment of the Royal Oak story – the lost pub in Bullings Heath – could be forgiven for thinking I’d forgotten the subject, but nothing could be further from the truth. At the moment, I’m just … Continue reading →

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The Royal Oak, Bullings Heath: Explorations in local history

Posted on July 22, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

This is the first of a multi-part epic. Researched painstakingly by David Evans, top bloke and stalwart of this blog, he wrote this up some weeks ago, and I’ve been working on bringing the information out in the best way … Continue reading →

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