Tag Archives: Silver Court Gardens

The highrise and fall

Posted on December 11, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

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 →

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As if by magic… They disappeared

Posted on August 21, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

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 →

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Travellers in Brownhills

Posted on August 20, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

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 →

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All that remains

Posted on February 22, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

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 →

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