Tag Archives: terrapin

An unfounded slight

Posted on May 1, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

Now, here’s an interesting, if slightly bizarre thing. For a while now, I’ve been chatting on twatter to a Brownhills lad exiled in San Antonio, all the way over in Texas, USA. He goes by the name of PorkTorta – … Continue reading →

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Reports of his death have been grossly exaggerated…

Posted on April 12, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

People who’ve been with this blog from the beginning will no doubt recall the terrapin, presumably a dumped pet, that lived around the Nine-Foot pool in the days before the Chasewater Dam Works. Often drawing a crowd when he came … Continue reading →

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Chasewater pump house – Graham Evans is the man

Posted on October 2, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

Following Brownhills Past supremo David Fellows’ request for information about the long-gone pumphouse near the Nine Foot pool at Chasewater, the reader response was muted, to say the least. After a grand total of zero replies, Graham Evans, wildlife expert, … Continue reading →

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