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The lost and fallen, lost then found again
This post is in answer to the query of 19th Noveber 2013, when Kathy Hodson of Wolverhampton, contacted me on twitter looking for the war memorial from Browhills West Methodist Church. Continue reading →
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Court out
Here's a little bit of a curiosity we've dabbled with here on the blog for the last few weeks - Silver Court in Brownhills, and the possibility it was once extended. Continue reading →
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A foreign Exchange
The subject of the Royal Echange pub in Walsall Wood, and the families who were connected with it, continues to be the subject of much local historical study - in fact, I don't think any other pub or...
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I think that nails it…
Periodically, I've expressed my intrigue at the history of Chesterfield Lodge, at the tiny hamlet between Wall and Shenstone - Chesterfield is a small place, but has some remarkable architecture...
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A fine rate of Exchange
Last week, I posted the first part of a remarkable article by Susan M Luzy about the history of the families connected with the Royal Echange pub in Walsall Wood - this unassuming, but well-loved pub...
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Get another glimpse into Brownhills Past
Regular readers will remember that last Autumn, there was an exhibition at Walsall Local History Centre featuring a whole tranche of of historic Brownhills photos and ephemera from the civic collection...
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Pepper ground
I have been sent this remarkable and incredibly thorough piece of research into the historical and mapping record for Pepper Alley by Hilary Little, who you'll remember as the driving force behind the...
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A Shire thing
Here's a treat for Brownhills folk into local history - A new local history book, focussing on Shire Oak and it's environs has been written by Walsall Wood chap Clive Roberts. Continue reading →
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Inn for a treat
'Snippets of History in and around Shire Oak' is a very comprehensive history of the pub at the crossroads of the Lichfield Road and Chester Road, and of the brewery that few realise towered over the...
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Before Mario
Here's an odd one for a Saturday Afternoon - here's a program from the now long-defunct Chasewater Kart Club, for an event they staged on the 21st October 1979. Continue reading →
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History is a mosaic
As readers will no doubt be aware, I'm really, really fond of local history and the way it's evolving online, although I've noted concerns and issues, on the whole, the internet and cooperation it...
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Mapping for change
Here I can share with you four excellent quality 1:10,560 scale maps - we don't cover that scale issue much on the blog, as oddly, they're quite scarce online in scanned or digitised form - they are...
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Out on patrol
Here's an interesting piece from the Young David Evans about the common that used to exist on Holly Bank, in Walsall Wood. Holly Bank is the land from what is now the Castlefort Estate to the Lichfield...
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Going with the flow
In the modern world of asphalted roads, acres of hardstanding and housing estates by the square mile, we tend to forget that our landscape is riddled with lost brooks, springs, natural drains and...
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On 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...
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Ain’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'...
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Following tracks
The wonderful local rail historian and Brownhills Choral Society chronicler Ian Pell has been in touch to tell me that the book he mentioned, 'Walsall Routes' is now available to order from the...
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The word on the Streets
I pointed out ages ago that David Evans was researching the history of Streets Corner in Walsall Wood, and through months of diligent and patient research, David has written what must be the definitive...
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An unearned income
It is with great pleasure that I can now continue the story of the slum clearance of Ogley Square in 1935, thanks to the efforts of an anonymous reader and top friend of the blog Richard Burnell....
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Lose yourself in the mapping
If you're engaged in the local online community, you'll have no doubt caught up with this already, but for those who haven't, there's a new historical mapping resource available online right now, free...
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