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Paging local historians…

Posted on September 9, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

Here’s a quick but very interesting enquiry from reader Michael Williams, whose enquiry reaches me via Facebook.
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Soldiers on Brownhills Common in 1888?

Posted on August 28, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

This is local history dynamite. Top local history sleuth [Howmuch?] has been rooting through old papers again, and came upon the following article from the Walsall Observer, dated  June 16th, 1888. The image is as rough as a badger’s bum … Continue reading →

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