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Mobile phone lost in Brownhills – can you help please?

Posted on April 26, 2017 by BrownhillsBob

This is an important one I’m hoping readers can help with – a user of Brownhills Parkview Centre surgery yesterday (Tuesday 25th April 2017) lost their mobile phone possibly while using the disabled facilities there.
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Carers’ Rights event at Brownhills and Pelsall this Friday

Posted on November 27, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

Hey, this is really important. As many readers will know, the issues surrounding carers and their support is a subject dear to my heart, and in these particularly difficult times it’s really vital that anyone who is a carer, or who may be a carer’s friend or relative makes sure that all the help available is understood and claimed.
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Clocking on

Posted on November 8, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

I must admit, the somewhat vexed question of the Council House Clock had slipped my mind – that is, until reader, local history wonk and friend of the blog Andy Dennis wrote to me yesterday.

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Doing the Time Warp again…

Posted on October 17, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

I’m pleased to say that The Clayhanger Kid – Brian Stringer – has been in touch with some interesting news.
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The biggest liar in town

Posted on January 6, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

We all know the three-faced liar in Brownhills. The Council House Clock – stopped, restored, restarted, stopped, restored, restarted. I lie in bed on warm summer nights and hear it chime the hour over a sleeping, somnambulant town, usually incorrectly. It’s a thing of pride, embarrassment and hilarity in the community.
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Staffordshire Hoard public meeting tonight!

Posted on October 9, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

The Clayhanger Kid – perhaps better known to readers of The Brownhills Blog as Brian Stringer is, with other interested parties, tonight holding a public meeting about the Staffordshire Hoard at the Parkview Centre in Brownhills, at 7pm. Brian initially … Continue reading →

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