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A cheap trip!
Spotted last Friday on everyone’s favourite tat bazaar, FleaBay – this wonderful handbill from the dying years on local rail.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared memories
Tagged 1959, 2015, Brownhillls, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, charter, Crewe Alexandra, ebay, excursion, handbill, Lichfield, Local History, New Photos, Rail, rail ticket, Saddlers, Special, Staffordshire, Station, ticket, train, Walsall WOod FC, WMC, working
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Ticket to ride
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.
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Clayhanger stuff, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared memories
Tagged 1952, 2015, August, BootomClub, Brownhillls, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Clayhanger, club, Colony Bay, excursion, House, Laurence Hodgkinson, Laurence Hodkinson, Lichfield, Local History, Mens, Middle, Middleton, New Photos, Rail, Railway, Sanseis, Shire Oak, Special, Staffordshire, Stub, Things to do, ticker, ticket, Top, Walsall Wood, WMC, working, Working mens club
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Crowning glory
One subject that has precious little presence in the historical record, yet keeps cropping up again and again is that of the local Working Mens Clubs.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, Local music, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 1953, Ant Hill, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, club, coronation, David Evans, Friezland Lane, Local History, mans, Medal, New Photos, Pat Lynk, Pubs, Redevelopment, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, Things to do, Walsall Wood, working
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The Clubmen
Here’s a good one found by reader and local historian Clive Roberts, on the subject of Friezlane Lane Working Men’s Club, which I made an appeal for information about last week.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 1957, Ant Hill, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, club, F Breeden, Friezland Lane, J Hession, J Webster, Local History, mans, New Photos, Pubs, Redevelopment, secretary, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, Things to do, vice president, Walsall Observer, Walsall Wood, working
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Friezland Lane Working Men’s Club: help needed!
Reader Ant Hill got in touch a week ago (sorry about the delay…) and asked the following question:
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Tagged Ant Hill, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, club, Friezland Lane, Local History, mans, New Photos, Pubs, Redevelopment, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, Things to do, Walsall Wood, working
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