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Posted on July 5, 2015 by BrownhillsBob

There’s a discussion currently ongoing in the background between contributors the the Brownhills blog about our area during wartime, and the kind of effect the Second World War had on Brownhills and the wider area as a whole – we’re interested primarily in what people remember, or stories they were told about air raids in the locality.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Cannock Chase, Chasewater, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff | Tagged air raid., Aldridge, Blackout, bomb, bombs, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Canal, Chasewater, Clayhanger, David Evans, Events, incendiary, Lichfield, local blogs, Local History, Norton Canes, Pelsall, Shire Oak, shrapnel, Staffordshire, Things to do, Walsall, Walsall Wood, war | 24 Comments
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