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Tag Archives: Silver Court Gardens
The highrise and fall
It’s a sad fact that Brownhills was known for a decade or so for the grimness of some of it’s social housing. Host to four towerblocks and lots of tenement maisonettes, hastily and badly built using the Wimpey system technique, … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Council
Tagged Bailey House, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Cheap tat, Deakin Avenue, Derelict, Humphries House, Linden Drive, Local History, Memories of Brownhills Past, New Photos, Redevelopment, Severn House, Silver Court Gardens, System Building, The Black Path, towerblock demolition, Towerblocks, Waine House, Walsall Council, Walsall Housing Group, Wimpey
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As if by magic… They disappeared
It seems that the travellers who yesterday moved onto the former site of Silver Court Gardens have moved on. When I passed the site today at about 2pm, all evidence of any occupation was gone. The authorities in Walsall do … Continue reading
Travellers in Brownhills
I’ve been contacted by a resident living near the former Silver Court Gardens site in Brownhills today. It seems that travellers have moved on to the large expanse of unfenced wasteland behind Silver Court. I recieved the following message (edited … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, Interesting photos, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Walsall Council
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Derelict, New Photos, Redevelopment, Silver Court Gardens, travellers, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall Housing Group, wasteland
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All that remains
I see that some twelve months after their neighbouring edifices were carried to dust, the last two blocks of 1960’s maisonettes in Brownhills, on the corner of High Street and Ogley Road, are being razed. I could be wrong (and please do … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Local History, Panoramio photo discussions, Panoramio updates, planning, Shared media, Walsall Council
Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Deaking Avenue, Derelict, Local History, Local politics, New Photos, Panoramio, planning, Redevelopment, Silver Court Gardens, Walsall Council, Walsall Housing Group, Walsall politics, Wessex Close, Wimpey system build
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