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A cheap trip!

Posted on September 20, 2015 by BrownhillsBob

Spotted last Friday on everyone’s favourite tat bazaar, FleaBay – this wonderful handbill from the dying years on local rail.
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Ticket to ride

Posted on August 28, 2015 by BrownhillsBob

A lovely enquiry for the Bank Holiday weekend came in a couple of days ago courtesy of reader Lawrence Hodgkinson, who has submitted a beautiful scan of a rather unusual ticket stub from a railway special excursion in 1952.

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Ran like clockwork

Posted on January 12, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

Here’s an interesting one for 80s Walsall music fans, a fanzine of the period – I feature these occasionally, as I come upon them in my stash or as they’re sent in.
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Team work?

Posted on June 5, 2012 by BrownhillsBob

Here’s an odd little one for the football buffs. I know very little about this clipping other than the text that accompanies it. Reader Dave sent it me a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve been trying to fit it … Continue reading →

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Acceptable in the 80’s

Posted on July 24, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

Long term readers will remember that last year, I published a post about local music fanzines of the late eighties produced by David Frost of Brownhills, and what a profound effect they had on the young BrownhillsBob. Whilst rooting for … Continue reading →

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