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For the want of timber

Posted on December 27, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

Last week I featured an article by local history Rapscallion Peter ‘Pedro’ Cutler about a text, available for free via Google Books called ‘Black Diamonds or the Gospel in a Colliery District’ written around 1860 by mystery author HHB.
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House fire in Brownhills yesterday

Posted on March 14, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

As you may have heard on social media and the local grapevine, there was a house fire in New Road, Brownhills at lunchtime yesterday (13th March 2014).

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