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Tag Archives: Swan Works
Feet of clay
Well, I always say I don’t get much right here and so it was on Saturday last when completely misunderstood the location accompanying a photograph Godfrey Hucker shared from friend of the blog Jean Houghton – what I thought was Coppice Lane was in fact Coppice Side, and the house was not Coombe House, but Big House Farm.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Followups, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 1960, Alfie Pinchers, Big House Farm, Birch Coppice, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Coppice, Jean Houghton, Lane, Lichfield, Lig, Local History, potclays, Side, Staffordshire, Swan Works
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A duty to the derelict
I thought we’d have a change for this week’s pictures from the past feature. I’ve long had an interest in urbex, or urban exploration – there are links to some of my favourite urbex sites in the sidebar – but … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Features, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged 28dayslater, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Chedd, Clay pit, Deakin Avenue, Derelict, Dweeb, Edward Rose, local blogs, Local History, Maisonettes, mechanised, Midlands Heritage, New Photos, Pelsall Road, Potters Clay and Coal, Redevelopment, Simon Cornwell, Swan Works, urban exploration, Urbex, urbex uk, urbex|uk, Vandalism, Wagon Automotive, Walsall Council
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