Tag Archives: Val Ainsworth

Do you remember the Station Hotel talking clock?

Posted on August 12, 2018 by BrownhillsBob

I’ve had an interesting enquiry come in from reader Bee who’s asked something that has very much intrigued me – do you remember the ‘speaking clock’ next to the Station Hotel, Brownhills? For those too young to remember, the Station … Continue reading →

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A message for the Yanks in 1943: What do you know?

Posted on July 2, 2017 by BrownhillsBob

I’ve had another interesting enquiry in from Val Ainsworth, who last week sent in the lovely tale of her husband visiting the Station Hotel in Brownhills in the late 1940s – this time, she has a fascinating enquiry about a possible wartime American Army camp between North Birmingham and Brownhills.

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Memories of the Station Hotel: A great couple of hours with lovely people

Posted on June 25, 2017 by BrownhillsBob

One lost local pub that always generates warm memories and lively conversations is the Station Hotel, which was a somewhat notorious pub that stood about where Aldi is today at the Miner end of Brownhills High Street.
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