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Lichfield Rotary Cars in the Park 2018 – On this weekend!

Posted on July 3, 2018 by BrownhillsBob

There’s a really good classic and vintage car show on this coming weekend (thats Saturday and Sunday, 7th and 8th July 2018) in Beacon Park, Lichfield – the annual Rotary Cars in the Park event. For those missing the late, lamented … Continue reading →

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Lichfield Rotary Cars in the Park – On this weekend!

Posted on June 30, 2017 by BrownhillsBob

There’s a really good classic and vintage car show on this weekend (thats Saturday and Sunday, 1st & 2nd July 2017) in Beacon Park, Lichfield as part of Festival Weekend – the annual Rotary Cars in the Park event.

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Lichfield Rotary Cars in the Park – On this weekend!

Posted on July 1, 2016 by BrownhillsBob

There’s a really good classic and vintage car show on this weekend (thats Saturday and Sunday, 2nd & 3rd July 2016) in Beacon Park, Lichfield as part of Festival Weekend – the Rotary Cars in the Park event.

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Cars in the park – On now and tomorrow

Posted on July 4, 2015 by BrownhillsBob

Sorry folks, very busy and hanging on by the seat of my pants here – but right now and tomorrow as part of Festival Weekend in Lichfield, it’s the Cars in the Park event at Beacon Park, Lichfield. 10520830_339092102949856_5837814341660889252_o-1 Continue reading →

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Black Country Echoes – 1950s Vintage Vehicles & Views – On today!

Posted on September 6, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

For early September, there’s an awful lot happening this weekend and I’m making a point of advertising this event, as it’s part something special, and very close to my heart – Black Country Echoes.

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A temperamental old lady

Posted on August 1, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

When I playfully prodded Tony Winn earlier in the week to see if as one of the most knowledgable contributors on the subject of Ralph Ferrie, he might have information on one of the entrepreneur’s old trucks, I never expected to strike gold.

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Start me up!

Posted on July 28, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

I’m hoping some of the transport buffs or maybe even Ralph Ferrie expert Tony Winn might be able to help with this one that partner-in-crime [Howmuch?] found this week in a junkshop – what appears to be a press photo of one of Ralph’s vintage trucks, with a young lad pulling on the starting handle.
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Going with the flow

Posted on June 16, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

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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Aston Manor Transport Museum saved again!

Posted on October 23, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

I see Aston Manor Transport Museum have apparently been saved again.

I was sad to note that over late summer, the news had emerged that the transport collection formerly resident in the old tram shed in Witton, and forced to move by landlords Birmingham City Council, was having to move a second time from it’s ‘new’ base in Northgate, Aldridge.

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Off their trolleys

Posted on July 7, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

Just a quick one, a great little film found by local historian Clive Roberts on YouTube. Clive has been working on his own local history project for some time now, and in the process often sends me interesting links and … Continue reading →

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Transport Museum move to Aldridge, but they need your help!

Posted on December 22, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

Reader and top bloke David Evans has contacted me with an urgent appeal from the folk behind Aston Manor Road Transport Museum, which as many of you will be aware, is moving to Nothgate, Aldridge very soon. David forwarded an … Continue reading →

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How gym membership works…

Posted on August 6, 2009 by BrownhillsBob

A constant flow of customers. Tight, often illegal parking. Fully paid-up members frantically trying to find somewhere to leave their cars, before entering the building in order to ride a stationary bicycle. The cycle rack to the left of the … Continue reading →

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