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Beyond the flames
Here’s a quick one – a lovely photo sent in by Marion Jones from her father’s collection – a photo of a grassfire on the land that would become Clayhanger Common, but it’s not the grassfire itself (and this is a fine picture of that), it’s what’s going on in the background.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Environment, Events, Followups, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, planning, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories
Tagged Bayley House, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Canal, Clayhanger, Clayhanger Common, Events, Grass fire, Local History, Marion Jones, New Photos, photo, planning, Redevelopment, Staffordshire, Stimoson, The Spot, under construction, Vandalism, Waine House
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The highrise and fall
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
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Council
Tagged Bailey House, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Cheap tat, Deakin Avenue, Derelict, Humphries House, Linden Drive, Local History, Memories of Brownhills Past, New Photos, Redevelopment, Severn House, Silver Court Gardens, System Building, The Black Path, towerblock demolition, Towerblocks, Waine House, Walsall Council, Walsall Housing Group, Wimpey
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A different point of view
The old photos I’ve selected this week are all unusual pictures of the area from unusual angles, and show the myriad of changes to our locality through the last century. As ever, do try to get copies of the original … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged Aerial Photos, Betty Fox, Brownhills, Brownhills aerial photos, Brownhills local history, Canal, Local History, Memories of Brownhills Past, Memories of Walsall, New Photos, Street Names of Brownhills Clayhanger Shelfield & Walsall Wood, The Boot inn, Waine House, Walsall Wood, Walsall Wood Aerial Photos, Warreners Arms
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Flatlining
Way back in the early days of this blog, I covered the thorny issue relating to the condition of Humphries House, Brownhills’ last remaining large tower block. In the original post, I highlighted the fact that the fabric of the … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local politics, planning, Shared media, Walsall Council
Tagged Bailey House, Brownhills, Cheap tat, Humphries House, Local politics, planning, Redevelopment, refurbishment, Severn House, Waine House, Walsall, Walsall Council, Walsall Housing Group, Walsall politics
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