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Tag Archives: Old pictures
Wolves at the door
I’m having the IT builders in this weekend, so posts are a bit scattergun as I move things, fix them up and reinstall them, so please bear with me – but helpfully, the blog regulars in the form of the young David Evans, Pedro Cutler, Andy Dennis and dear old Reg Fullelove have supplied lots of material to tide us through.
Posted in Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged 1975, Art Gallery, David Evans, gallery, local blogs, Local History, Old pictures, Reg Fullelove, Staffordshire, Tarmac, Wolverhampton, year of achitecture
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Sitting on the wall
Here’s a great image sent to my by friend of the blog and community activist Linda Mason, who’s still turning out some of the greatest blog posts in Walsall but rarely gets the attention they merit.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged 1961, 2015, Aldridge, Birlec, Facebook, Family, genealogy, Lichfield, Linda Mason, local blogs, Local History, Mad Old Baggage, Mason, Old pictures, Phot, Rowbotham, Staffordshire, Things to do, Twitter, Wall, Walsall, Walsall Wood, Westgate
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Black diamonds
Since we seem to be on a bit of a mining theme this week, I thought I’d look for images relating to a couple of the areas discussed in the comments section to my recent posts. For this week’s old … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Features, Followups, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Birch Coppice, Brian Rollins, Brownhills, Brownhills and Walsall Wood in Old Picture Postcards, Brownhills common, Brownhills Coppice, Brownhills local history, Clarice Mayo, Coal mining in Brownhills, Coal Mining in Walsall Wood brownhills and aldridge, colliers, Coppice Lane, Geoff Harrington, Jan Farrow, John Sale, Local History, Memories of Brownhills Past, Memories of Old Brownhills, Memories of old Walsall Wood, miners, Miners strike 1926, mining, New Photos, Old pictures, Rising Sun, Soup kitchen, Staffordshire, Walsall Wood
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Heads up, local history buffs… lets make Brownhills history!
Loathe as I am to pump out recycled press releases, especially when they’ve already been featured on The YamYam, but tonight I’ve been reminded of this event by the press office at Walsall Council. Since it concerns Brownhills local history, … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Events, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, Local media, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Council
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills Library, Brownhills local history, Clayhanger, Local History, Make History event, Old pictures, old postcards, Shire Oak, Walsall a click in time, Walsall Council, Walsall Local History Centre
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