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#365DaysOfBiking- May 25th - Not a brilliant shot but something I’ve not seen... May 25, 2017
- May 25th - So many new flowers to notice every day, and in the... May 25, 2017
- May 24th - Sorry for the surfeit of wildfowl chick photos, but... May 24, 2017
- May 24th - One of the more strikingly beautiful wayside flowers... May 24, 2017
- May 23rd - I’m glad to say the sun and warm weather over the... May 23, 2017
- May 23rd - With warmer weather, during the warm hours, the urban... May 23, 2017
- May 22nd - A long time since I featured Jockey Meadows here -... May 23, 2017
- May 23rd - Spotted in Walsall late this afternoon, parked up... May 23, 2017
- May 21st - Also out in abundance was the sallow, which is... May 22, 2017
- May 21st - A much nicer day with warm sun and gentle southerly... May 22, 2017
- May 20th - I popped out for a short run on shopping errands to... May 21, 2017
- May 19th - Much of the journey was an errand in Digbeth. I... May 20, 2017
Tag Archives: Woodhouses
The other ‘Wood: from the air…
Following a request made by reader Kevin Barnett, I had a rummage through the excellent aerial images so kindly supplied by Gareth Thomas, Geographic Whizz from Lichfield District Council, feeling sure he’d sent me some. Sadly I was mistaken, and I’d already posted the one of Chasetown that I had.
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Posted in Chasewater, Environment, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media
Tagged 1963, Aerial, asylum, Bleak House, Brownhills, Burntwood, Burntwood Blog, Chasetown, Chasewater, colony, Cuckoo Bank, Edial, Five Ways, Fulfen, Hammerwich Station, Kevin Barnett, Lichfield District Council, local blogs, Local History, New Photos, Reservoir, St Matthews, Staffordshire, Woodhouses
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This won’t hurt – Images of St. Matthews Hospital, Burntwood
Following my post earlier this week about Burntwood Asylum – latterly St .Matthews Hospital – I have been bowled over by the response of readers to what I thought might be a taboo subject. From reader responses – including some … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Features, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged Anna Neagle, Anna Sadowski, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, Burntwood Lunatic Asylum, Burntwood Mental Hospital, Coulter Lane, Derelict, Ingrid Croot, Local History, Mary Hutchinson, mental hospital, planning, Redevelopment, Social Services, St Matthews Hospital, St Matthews Road, Staffordshire, This Won't Hurt, Woodhouses
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Unspoken histories – what do you know?
I’m respectfully making an enquiry as to a bit of history that isn’t talked about much and may be quite sensitive for some. This is a subject that has long interested me in one form or another, and I think … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Environment, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged asylum, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, Burntwood Lunatic Asylum, Burntwood Mental Hospital, Cane Hill, Coulter Lane, Derelict, Local History, mechanised, mental hospital, Old maps, planning, Rauceby, Redevelopment, Social Services, St Matthews Hospital, St Matthews Road, Staffordshire, This Won't Hurt, urbex uk, Woodhouses
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