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The highrise and fall
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
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Council
Tagged Bailey House, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Cheap tat, Deakin Avenue, Derelict, Humphries House, Linden Drive, Local History, Memories of Brownhills Past, New Photos, Redevelopment, Severn House, Silver Court Gardens, System Building, The Black Path, towerblock demolition, Towerblocks, Waine House, Walsall Council, Walsall Housing Group, Wimpey
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