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Tag Archives: Royal Exchange
Mystery tour?
The above wonderful outing photograph – thought to be from the mid 1920s has been sent in by reader Pat Wilcox – and I think will be of great interest to John and Paul Anslow, Anne Cross and other followers of that thread.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 2015, Ann Cross, Annie, Anslow, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Dennis, john, Lichfield, Local History, New Photos, Onslow, Pat Wilcox, Paul, Pubs, Royal Exchange, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, Thomas, Walsall Wood
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Middle Oak up for sale
I wouldn’t normally bother too much with this, but there’s been a fair bit of rumour locally and it’s worth pointing out that the current landlords of the Royal Oak in Shire Oak, Brownhills (known as ‘The Middle’) will apparently be taking over a refurbished Royal Exchange in Walsall Wood, and the Royal Oak has been placed on the market by it’s current owners.
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Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Facebook, For Sale, Housing Development, Local History, Mathhew Phillips Surveyors, Middle Oak, planning, Pubs, Redevelopment, refurbishment, Royal Exchange, Royal Oak, Shire Oak, Twitter, Walsall Wood
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A fine rate of Exchange
Last week, I posted the first part of a remarkable article by Susan M Luzy about the history of the families connected with the Royal Echange pub in Walsall Wood – this unassuming, but well-loved pub has been the subject of much local historical study, and since the first part of this article was posted, local historians have turned up some remarkable material which Andy Dennis, David Evans and a whole host others are working on in the background.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Ann Cross, Brownhills local history, Clews, David Evans, Eliza, Grave, Hannah, Jackson, Lichfield Brewery Company, Local History, Luzy, Maria, Melsom, Millson, Millsum, Old maps, Pubs, Richard, Royal Exchange, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, Stonnall, street, Sue, Susan, Things to do, Walsall, Walsall Wood, William
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A foreign Exchange
The subject of the Royal Echange pub in Walsall Wood, and the families who were connected with it, continues to be the subject of much local historical study – in fact, I don’t think any other pub or building, apart from perhaps The Shire Oak Pub that has generated so much local historical interest.
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Tagged Ann Cross, Brownhills local history, Clews, David Evans, Eliza, Grave, Hannah, Jackson, Lichfield Brewery Company, Local History, Luzy, Maria, Melsom, Millson, Millsum, Old maps, Pubs, Richard, Royal Exchange, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, Stonnall, street, Sue, Susan, Things to do, Walsall, Walsall Wood, William
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Continuing the Exchange
I’m pleased to note the intriguing and rich history of the Royal Exchange pub in Walsall Wood continues to develop and evolve – regular readers will recall that Ann Cross and David Evans did much work to document life at the local hostelry, Ann Cross in particular writing some wonderful accounts of her family’s involvement.
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Posted in Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Ann Cross, Brownhills local history, David Evans, Eliza, Grave, Hannah, Jackson, Lichfield Brewery Company, Local History, Maria, Melsom, Millson, Millsum, Old maps, Pubs, Richard, Roger Turner, Royal Exchange, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, Stonnall, street, Things to do, Walsall, Walsall Wood, William
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Box clever?
Here’s one to get the researchers and detectives amongst the readership scratching their heads – let’s see what we can turn up, as this is quite unusual and I think there’s some history to be found here
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Tagged Allbrooks, Ann Cross, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, case, Census, crate, Family history, history, licensee, Local History, NIPTA, pub, Pubs, Richard Cross, Royal Exchange, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, victualler, Walsall Wood, West Browich, West Smethwick, William Cross, wooden box
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Fair exchange
Following her comments here, reader and local history enthusiast Ann Cross recently accepted my invitation to write about her family history at the Royal Exchange pub in Walsall Wood. When I suggested that she might like to write up her work, I could tell that Ann had a great story to tell, and would tell it very well indeed. I wasn’t disappointed, and the first instalment was incredibly popular with readers of the blog.
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Tagged 1901, 1911, Ann Cross, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Census, David Evans, Elizabeth Weston, Family history, Freemasons Arms, history, licensee, Local History, May Emily Williams, pub, Pubs, Royal Exchange, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, Thomas Weston, victualler, Walsall, Walsall Wood, William Cross
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An interesting Exchange
Following her comments here, reader and local history enthusiast Ann Cross recently somewhat gamely took on a private challenge I made to her, where I suggested that she might like to write up her work on her family and their history at Walsall Wood’s Royal Exchange pub.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 1881, 1891, 1901, Ann Cross, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Census, David Evans, Family history, history, licensee, Local History, pub, Pubs, Royal Exchange, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, victualler, Walsall Wood, William Cross
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