Tag Archives: Shannon’s Mill

Hide and seek

Posted on August 20, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

This week, we lost another historic building to a fire in Walsall. I covered the event here. on my 365daysofbiking Tumblr and one of the side effects on YouTube. The Stymaster lamented it, as did the Hippo. Today, there’s a … Continue reading →

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Medium rare (via The Plastic Hippo)

Posted on August 16, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

This evening, I was planning to write on the subject of the terrible fire at the former Jabez Cliff works (indeed, I mentioned it on my 365daysofcycling mini-blog) but the Plastic Hippo has once again beaten my tardy arse to it, and … Continue reading →

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Further abroad

Posted on June 4, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

Since there was such a great reaction to last week’s post containing photos from the Flickr stream of walsall_pete, I thought I’d continue the Walsall theme this week with a few pictures from a similar, but slightly later period by … Continue reading →

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Arsonists required: please apply within

Posted on September 1, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

Over at the PigBlog, the Stymaster has done it again. He’s posted a restrained, beautifuly controlled rant about the fate of historic buildings in Walsall, and their propensity to spontaneously combust. The scandal over the handling of the former Methodist … Continue reading →

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