Tag Archives: St. Johns School

The final lot

Posted on March 19, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

The demolition is by now nearly complete – after 155 years extant, and about 40 of those derelict, the former St John’s School in Walsall Wood has now largely reduced to pallets of bricks and oddments of scrap.
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Breaking down the walls…

Posted on March 15, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

The tenacity and charm of the young David Evans continues to be rewarded, and he has again created great pictorial documentation of the demolition process being undertaken on the former St. John’s School in Walsall Wood.
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Demolition, man

Posted on March 11, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

Thanks to the keen eye and subsequent alert by reader, fellow local blogger and freind of the blog @thestymaster, plus the outrageous cheek, charm and loquaciousness of the young David Evans, I can present internal and external shots of the former St. John’s School in Walsall Wood, currently undergoing demolition.
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Brick by brick

Posted on March 5, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

Today, thanks to the eagle eye of reader, fellow local blogger and freind of the blog @thestymaster, plus the dedication and guile of a couple of regular blog readers and contributors, we have managed to catch the last days of a local, doomed landmark: St. John’s School, in Walsall Wood.

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School’s out

Posted on November 17, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

I think this might be controversial – from recent activity at the site, it seems like the former St. John’s School, in Lichfield Road Walsall Wood, may be about to be demolished, and it’s site possibly redeveloped, together with the derelict bungalow next door.

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On the nightwatch

Posted on September 20, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

Now here’s a wonderful thing from local history Rapscallion Peter ‘Pedro’ Cutler, who in his usual inimitable style, has been rootling trough the newspaper archives for references to the air raids alluded to in the St John’s School log book I featured at the weekend.

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Remember the days of the old school yard?

Posted on November 21, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

Another great photo has been sent in from reader and top contributor David Edwards, who, prompted by the ‘If the kids are united…‘ feature, has sent this school class photo from St. Johns school in Walsall Wood, which David thinks … Continue reading →

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