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Tag Archives: Poxon
Let’s have a butchers…
An enquire that interested me particularly came in last week from Martin Williams – Martin doesn’t say where he’s from, but I’m guessing he’s not local; he raises the interesting question of the Poxon family and their businesses.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Abbatoir, AE, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Butcher, coal, Councillor, Haulage, Lichfield, Local History, Local politics, Martin Williams, Poxon, poxon Road, Reginald Poxon, Son, Staffordshire, Things to do, Walsall Wood
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The George & Dragon, Clayhanger: What do you know?
I received a comment last week from reader Kylie who was interested in The George and Dragon in Clayhanger at the turn of the last century. She asked: Hi there, I’m interested in any history about the george and dragon pub … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Followups, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community
Tagged April 1905, Ben Dean JP, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Clayhanger, Edward Instone, elsall & District miners union, George & Dragon, George and Dragon, Kylie, Poxon, Pubs, Staffordshire, Walsall Observer
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