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Matters arising…
I often get lots of short questions or observations that aren't, despite my best efforts, big enough to make one post out of; so here are a selection of recent ones which aren't connected to each...
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Mining the information
People who follow the blog close will be aware of one particular contributor who's well-loved by all, has his own distinct style, and never fails to cheer anyone reading his fascinating comments - and...
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Personal delivery
I'm always keen to promote the work of other local historians here on the Brownhills Blog; we can never have too many voices in this thing and Clive Roberts, Walsall Wood historian and author is one of...
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One other Public Carriage Road or Highway
For those who don't follow the comments here, there was an interesting discussion last week after I featured a section of the Teasdale 1842 map from Clive Roberts' new history site: The discussion that...
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That didn’t go to plan… or did it?
I realise this is a bit off piste for the Brownhills Blog, but we have interests in Lichfield, so I think it's appropriate - a few weeks ago Peter 'Pedro' Cutler spotted the following clipping in the...
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Are you Shaw?
Here's a very quick enquiry for readers about a local family now spread far and wide, but involving one of the blog regulars. Continue reading →
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Looking for traces
The wonderful Simon Swain has been in touch with an interesting article Continue reading →
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And 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...
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Something fishy afoot?
I've had an interesting question in from Taffy of Tamworth, who's an angler who enjoys fishing Marklews Pond, off Engine Lane in Brownhills - but he's recently noticed something. Continue reading →
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Caught short on the Pelsall Road
I've received via Facebook from very generous reader Patricia Cotton who's send a very interesting picture, not just because it's a wonderful period photo, but because lurking on the skyline is an...
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A found connection
Way back last year, Patricia Cotton sent in the above photo of her brother Tony, family friends Dora Rathbone and her son Bob enjoying a picnic and a paddle in 1955 by the canal in Brownhills,...
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The Metz office?
An intriguing enquiry reaches me from local historian and blog dynamo the young David Evans, who's after a rather specific bit of history relating to a lost courtyard of dwellings in Brownhills High...
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One of the final few
Local rail buff Simon Swain has been in touch with a remarkable image of Brownhills recording the very last days of the railway here - just before construction of the Miner Island in 1984. Continue...
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The death throes of the local line
Local rail buff Simon Swain last week sent in the above image of one of the last freight workings on the South Staffordshire Line through central Brownhills - and there was a large amount of interest...
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Up the Ryecroft Junction
Local rail buff Simon Swain has once again been busy with the camera and maps, tracing out the history of the South Staffordshire railway line that used to run from Wychnor near Alrewas to Dudley, but...
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A hole lot of sink
One of the curious things about writing and keeping this blog has always been the steady, curious dynamic of story arcs - where an old subject gets continually, slowly and gradually expanded as Google...
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Lamping it
For those who missed it, I had an interesting question commented to an old post in the week, and I thought I'd make a post out of it as it deserves a wider audience - this certainly sounds like a...
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A feast of wire
Local rail buff Simon Swain has been busy of late covering the momentous and important Chase Line Electrification Project, which is seeing the rail line between Walsall and Rugeley Trent Valley...
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The way of the Sons of Waetla
As I’m still catching up, I thought today might be a good time to feature the writings of an old pal of the blog, Gerald Reece, and his musings on the A5 Watling Street, Newtown, Knaves Castle and the...
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