Tag Archives: Wolverhampton

Wolves at the door

Posted on July 10, 2016 by BrownhillsBob

I’m having the IT builders in this weekend, so posts are a bit scattergun as I move things, fix them up and reinstall them, so please bear with me – but helpfully, the blog regulars in the form of the young David Evans, Pedro Cutler, Andy Dennis and dear old Reg Fullelove have supplied lots of material to tide us through.

Victoria Street c 1870. At the junction with John Street. The timbered building and the elegant brick house still stand, though the latter is changed almost out of recognition. Continue reading →

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Arachnofoolya

Posted on August 26, 2015 by BrownhillsBob

A bit of a departure, but this is an article of been longing to run since I received it a couple of weeks ago, but sadly ongoing current affairs prevented it – However, I’m proud today to feature Peter ‘Pedro’ Cutler’s latest piece of historical investigation.

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Death, Destruction, Crime And Notable News

Posted on December 13, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

Here’s a bit of a plug for an old friend of the blog, Paul Robinson, who created a site of which I’m rather fond – way back in September 2010 following a comment from Paul upon the blog, I was introduced to the site digDeeper…
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Running down the mainline

Posted on July 31, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

Inspire by Steve Wilcox on twitter & Tumblr, yesterday I took a spin out on the canals round the Black Country and Birmingham. In a 65 mile circular route, I hopped onto the canal at Goscote, and didn’t leave it … Continue reading →

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Wolverhampton and surrounds, 1920 – for @StuDavis

Posted on April 12, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

  Twitter user and all-round top bloke Stu Davis asked me on twatter this morning if I could sort a map of Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire like my previously posted Brownhills and surrounds map. Plenty of stuff of interest here, … Continue reading →

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