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I thought it was about time we revisited some of the lost shops and stores in Brownhills. I’ve heard lots of people – particularly commentators here – reminisce about Selwyn Smith’s shop, and Cooper’s...
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David Evans, top reader and local history buff, has been at it again. David has sent me the following recollection, which I thought I’d share with the readers out there. Remember, we’ve mentioned the...
View ArticleYou want a flake with that?
Here’s a wonderful bit of lost local history regained. I spotted this film some weeks ago in The Stonnall History Group on Facebook, posted by Desmond Burton. The clip, recorded in 1958, shows the...
View ArticleLooking sharp!
I've been sent the above image by a reader who wishes to stay anonymous, and they've told me nothing about it whatsoever. I'd love to know more about it. Continue reading →
View ArticleOn the Crestacre
Readers will no doubt recall that one of my earliest obsessions on the blog four years ago was the 'lost' isolation hospital, owned by Brownhills Urban District Council, and marked on early maps in...
View ArticleAin’t nobody here but us chickens
A great spot here yesterday from top Walsall Wood Mon, history wonk and local author Clive Roberts, who's been as intrigued over the years as I have by the history of Crestacre, the former 'lost'...
View ArticleCrushed nuts and juice, sonny?
Rightho - it's Sunday, it's summer (just about; the rain is getting warmer so it must be), so what could be more appropriate than an ice cream from the travelling ice cream man? Continue reading →
View ArticleAnd whose army?
Oh boy, is this a cracker - this wonderful enquiry came in yesterday from Derek Broadhurst, who's found a very curious postcard which may shed light on the derivation of the name 'Barracks Lane', which...
View ArticleA sale that shaped Stonnall
A delayed one here today courtesy of old friend of the blog and Stonnall historian Desmond Burton, who’s sent me scans of the sale particulars for Wordsley House Farm in 1918, and it’s attached estate...
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