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Tag Archives: Research
Echoes… lets think for a minute
I want to be serious for a moment. Please, if you’re interested or involved in local history at all, please read this article and offer your point of view. There’s something troubling me that we need to be aware of … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, It makes me mad!, 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, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged bias, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, David Evans, Derelict, fable, Facebook, folklore, history, local blogs, Local History, New Photos, oral history, Research, Silly, Twitter, Walsall Wood
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A dying trade
You may remember that way back in February, I posted an article on the mysterious mortuary situated near Bullings Heath in Walsall Wood. The morgue in question had been mentioned by reader [CAZ], and subsequently spotted on a large-scale map of … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Features, Followups, Local History, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Brownhills UDC, Bullings Heath, Camden Street, Creswell, Derry, Green Lane, Harris, Local History, Morgue, Mortuary, Mr. Bullock, Old maps, Paul Ford, Research, Smith, Staffordshire, Twist, Walsall, Walsall Local History Centre, Walsall Observer
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A body of evidence
It’s not often that I feel the need to lift an item out of the comments and publish it as a post of it’s own, but yesterday, Paul Ford, Walsall Local History Centre expert and research genius stunned me. … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, Local media, Local politics, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Council
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Bullings Heath, Camden Street, Green Lane, Local History, Local politics, Morgue, Mortuary, Old maps, Paul Ford, Pubs, Research, Staffordshire, Stuart Williams, The Boot inn, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall Local History Centre, Walsall politics
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