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Tag Archives: potclays
Feet of clay
Well, I always say I don’t get much right here and so it was on Saturday last when completely misunderstood the location accompanying a photograph Godfrey Hucker shared from friend of the blog Jean Houghton – what I thought was Coppice Lane was in fact Coppice Side, and the house was not Coombe House, but Big House Farm.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Followups, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 1960, Alfie Pinchers, Big House Farm, Birch Coppice, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Coppice, Jean Houghton, Lane, Lichfield, Lig, Local History, potclays, Side, Staffordshire, Swan Works
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March 1990 – Glue sniffing den on old railway line
Continuing the scans of the Brownhills Gazette – I present issue 6 of the long lost freesheet, from March 1990 for you to peruse and download – I’ve had an incredible response to featuring these long, lost publications here on the blog.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Baker Bond, Birch Coppice, Brian Stringer, Brownhills, Brownhills Comprehensive, Brownhills local history, Clay pit, David Evans, February 1990, freesheet, Gazette, issue 5, January 1990, Laburnum Cottage, Landfill, leigh, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lorraine Stanistreet, newspaper, potclays, Shire Oak, Walsall Wood
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February 1990 – State of Barnetts Lane Cemetery causes concern
Continuing the scans of the Brownhills Gazette – I present issue 5 of the long lost freesheet, from February 1990 for you to peruse and download. I’ve had an incredible response to featuring these long, lost publications here on the blog.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Baker Bond, Birch Coppice, Brian Stringer, Brownhills, Brownhills Comprehensive, Brownhills local history, Clay pit, David Evans, February 1990, freesheet, Gazette, issue 5, January 1990, Laburnum Cottage, Landfill, leigh, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lorraine Stanistreet, newspaper, potclays, Shire Oak, Walsall Wood
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January 1990 – Call for flood investigation…
Continuing the scans of the Brownhills Gazette – I present issue 4 of the long lost freesheet, from January 1990 for you to peruse and download. I’ve had an incredible response to featuring these long, lost publications here on the blog.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Baker Bond, Birch Coppice, Brian Stringer, Brownhills, Brownhills Comprehensive, Brownhills local history, Clay pit, David Evans, freesheet, Gazette, issue 4, January 1990, Laburnum Cottage, Landfill, leigh, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Lorraine Stanistreet, newspaper, potclays, Shire Oak, Walsall Wood
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