Tag Archives: Walsall Wood station

At the end of the line

Posted on August 25, 2018 by BrownhillsBob

An interesting and memory- jogging image came to me last week via local football dynamo Brian Beard, who spotted the original photo for sale on everyone’s favourite tat bazaar, eBay. This is a photo of the near-derelict Walsall Wood Railway … Continue reading →

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The boat currently approaching platform one…

Posted on October 22, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

Behold another great find by top reader, great friend and local history whizz [Howmuch?]. Spotted in the Walsall Observer from August, 1922, an unusual view of Walsall Wood railway station following what is described as ‘the holiday deluge’. Of course, … Continue reading →

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Wood and heart

Posted on March 12, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

Sometimes you just have to go with your heart. I’ve been so taken with the book I recently acquired, ‘Memories of Old Walsall Wood’ by Bill Mayo and John Sale, that I just had to raid it yet again for … Continue reading →

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Walsall Wood Station, shortly before demolition

Posted on February 6, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

I spotted the above picture whilst rooting for scrapyard images on Flickr. The picture has been lifted from the beautiful and fascinating stream of local photographer littleredglass. I would imagine this was shortly before demolition, as far as I can … Continue reading →

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