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The name’s Bond…

Posted on October 1, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

…War Bond. Reader [Howmuch?] has been ferreting around in his copious stock of interesting newspaper clippings with an eye to the tank testing quandary and found out the promotional advertisement for what was probably the first tank ever to visit … Continue reading →

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Posted in Environment, Events, Features, Followups, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff | Tagged Howmuch, Local History, old newspapers, reader contributions, Staffordshire, Tank, tank parade, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall politics, Walsall Wood, war bonds, war office, War savings certificate, World War I | 1 Comment
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