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The Imagined Village
Further to my recent post about the early seventies phenomena that was the failed Merrie England project, I received a very welcome contribution from reader Steve Hames, of SJH Computing, who kindly scanned this remarkable image from the book … Continue reading
Posted in Cannock Chase, Environment, Followups, Interesting photos, Just plain daft, Local History, Local media, Local politics, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media
Tagged Brownhills local history, Cannock, Cannock Chase (images of England), Cheap tat, Derelict, Eric Morley, Local History, Local politics, Merrie England, Norton Canes, opencast, Orbital, planning, Poplars landfill, Poplars Tip, Redevelopment, Sherry Belcher and Mary Mills, Silly, SJH Computing, Staffordshire, Steve Hames, Theme park
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Rest ye merrie gentlemen
Whilst searching for something else, I came upon the following news story, published in the Birmingham Post of February 2nd 2005. My old man had talked about this a lot, and I’d always taken it with a pinch of salt. … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Just plain daft, Local History, Local media, Local politics, planning, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged Brownhills local history, Cannock, Cheap tat, Derelict, Eric Morley, Local History, Local politics, Merrie England, Norton Canes, opencast, Orbital, planning, Poplars landfill, Redevelopment, Silly, Staffordshire, Theme park
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