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The Imagined Village

Posted on March 16, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

  Further to my recent post about the early seventies phenomena that was the failed Merrie England project, I received a very welcome contribution from reader Steve Hames, of SJH Computing, who kindly scanned this remarkable image from the book … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cannock Chase, Environment, Followups, Interesting photos, Just plain daft, Local History, Local media, Local politics, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media | Tagged Brownhills local history, Cannock, Cannock Chase (images of England), Cheap tat, Derelict, Eric Morley, Local History, Local politics, Merrie England, Norton Canes, opencast, Orbital, planning, Poplars landfill, Poplars Tip, Redevelopment, Sherry Belcher and Mary Mills, Silly, SJH Computing, Staffordshire, Steve Hames, Theme park | 4 Comments
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