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Fighting a losing battle
Every now and then, something comes through whilst compiling the blog that stuns me, and pulls me up short. It’s happened twice recently – firstly with Chris Pattison’s wonderful 1952 Walsall Observer article on Clayhanger’s flooding problem, and secondly with this rare and beautiful gem from reader Marion Jones.

Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, planning, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff, Wildlife
Tagged Bennets Hill, Clayhanger Common, Culverts, Derelict, Drain, Drainage, flooding, Ford Brook, Kenneth Granger Wheale, Local History, Marion Jones, Marsh, New Photos, Pump, pump house, River Tame, Robert Green, Samuel Wheale, Spot Lane, Staffordshire, stormwater, Subsidence, The Spot, The Spot pumping station
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