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Tag Archives: Taylor
The Swan, Brownhills: Come say farewell, and welcome a new era
It’s been six short years since Jane and Geoff Taylor took over The Swan pub on Pelsall Road, Brownhills, transforming it from a pub long closed and thought of as lost to an absolutely banging community real ale pub.
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Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Geoff, Geoff Taylor, Jane, Jane Taylor, Local History, Pelsall Road, Pubs, retirement, Swan Inn, Taylor, The Swan
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On the Sunnyside of the street
That there Young David Evans has been busy again investigating the physical geography of the land between Walsall Wood and Aldridge, at Kings Hayes and The Vigo – David has previously done some excellent work on the landscape and history of Walsall Wood, and this article continues that trend.
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Tagged 1750, Aldridge, Brownhills local history, Cottage, Cresswell, David Evans, Derelict, Jo Yates, Kingshayes, Local History, New Photos, Simon, Staffordshire, Sunnyside, Taylor, The Vigo, Tithe Map, Vigo, Walsall Wood
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Going with the flow
In the modern world of asphalted roads, acres of hardstanding and housing estates by the square mile, we tend to forget that our landscape is riddled with lost brooks, springs, natural drains and man-made culverts, and all have to be managed to prevent flood and ensure adequate drainage, whilst still maintaining irrigation.
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The water is clean and flows well at this point. Image supplied by David Evans.[/caption] Continue reading
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Tagged brook, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Canal, Coppice House, culvert, David Evans, Drainage, Farm, Kings Hayes, Local History, Marsh, New Photos, Old maps, Redevelopment, Shire Oak, Stonnall, Stream, Stubbers Green, Taylor, Things to do, Transport, Vigo, Walsall Wood, Watercourse, Wetland, Wildlife
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Haute couture
Amy Palmer seems to have been quite notable in Ye Olde City in the 1930s, at least – I think her store stood on the corner of Tamworth Street and Conduit Street, where the empty former Julian Graves store is today.
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Tagged 1936, Amy Palmer, Arnott, Beehive, Bolton Warehouse, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Conduit Street, Cottage, Derelict, Dress Shop, FJ Long, Jasmine, Lane, Lichfield, Lichfield Mercury, Lilian Hipkin, Local History, Marriage, Mawers, McGuire, New Photos, Outfitter, planning, Richmans, Sadlers, seamstress, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Past Track, Tamworth Street, Taylor, wedding
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In God we trust
David Evans – top contributor and one of the Brownhills Blog’s top correspondents in Walsall Wood – has again sent me some excellent scans from the Ebenezer Church commerative booklet. There’s been a fantastic response to these wonderful scans, and I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Beniston, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Bullock, Church trustees, Commemorative booklet, Cund, D Evans, David Evans, Dunning, Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Church, Evans, fifties, Higgs, Holland, Howells, Local History, Martin, Minister, New Photos, Oakley, Rowley, Smith, Staffordshire, Taylor, team, Trustees, Walker, Walsall Wood, Whitehouse
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