Tag Archives: Towerblocks

Renovation for Brownhills flats

Posted on September 8, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

I’ve just noticed this press release from Walsall Housing Group, issued earlier this week. It seems the worst kept secret in Brownhills is now out, and the two remaining sixties monstrosities – Humphries House and Severn House will be renovated … Continue reading →

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The highrise and fall

Posted on December 11, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

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 →

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