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Join the Freemasons – for a pint
Following the fascinating, tangential debate about the Freemasons Arms in Walsall, sparked by reader Ann Cross and her wonderful articles about the Royal Exchange, in Walsall Wood, Ann has scanned the following photo from a book, which can hopefully help the debate along a little.
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Posted in Environment, Features, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged A Click in Time, Ann Cross, Burton, Freemasons Arms, Local History, New Photos, Old photos, Park Street, Pubs, Redevelopment, Staffordshire, Tailor, The Royal Exhange, Things to do, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall Local History Centre, Walsall Wood
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Gooin’ up the Wood
For the old photo feature this week, I thought we’d take a stroll up to Walsall Wood. Still villagey, with some surprisingly beautiful buildings and quiet residental streets, the former mining community is a little hidden gem in the Northern … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Brookland Road, Brownhills and Walsall Wood on old picture postcards, Brownhills local history, Castle Road, Derelict, High Street Walsall Wood, Holly Bank, Jan Farrow, Local History, Old photos, Old Walsall Wood photos, Street's Corner, Streets Corner Bungalow, The Ivy House, Walsall Wood
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At your service – The Warreners Arms a century ago…
Further to my earlier post about the sad fate of The Warreners Arms, and especially for Stymaster, who correctly recalled a picture of an earlier incarnation of the Warreners in a local history book, I found it. It was in ‘Memories … Continue reading