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Highfield House demolished
Just a quick note to point out that Highfield House, the cottage that formed Highfield House Farm, just off Pool Road off the A5 in Brownhills, has finally been demolished. Continue reading
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Carte art
Here’s a quick one for the Lichfield historical buffs: John Snape’s map of the city and it’s environs, from 1781. Continue reading
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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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Do the walk…
Andy Dennis touches on a sporting phenomena which seems to largely have lapsed: pedestrianism, to which these days, power or nordic walking would be comparable. Continue reading → Continue reading
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Under the thatch
This is an article that's taken an awful lot of work to prepare - the young David Evans has been toiling on it for some time now, as well as other related matters, and it ties up a number of disparate...
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A bit of a monstink…
I present today a series of three photos, and a wonderful article with some remarkable detail - I'd like readers - not just the Walsall Wood Massive - to help here, please with names and recollections...
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An electoral deformity
It's interesting to note that Peter 'Pedro' Cutler is coming over all iconoclastic again - and I, for one, welcome it, as Peter has a fine record of kicking over the statues of the local mining history...
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Certified child labour
John and Paul Anslow have been great contributors to the Brownhills Blog over the last year or so - only recently, we had the great debate spurred by his wonderful images of the brass band and that...
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Fixed in time
I've had in a great contribution from a chap who's been a friend of the blog for as long as I've been writing it - Roger 'Ziksby' Jones - on the subject of early bicycles, which arose from the image of...
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Safe as houses?
I'm pleased to say that, somewhat like rust, Peter 'Pedro' Cutler never sleeps, and his tireless and somewhat relentless pursuit of the evidential history behind some of the commonly accepted...
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These are not well-to-do folk…
It's always a pleasure and delight to feature contributions from Walsall Wood history experts John and Paul Anslow - yesterday they sent me an absolutely remarkable group photo following the wedding of...
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Did you know the late Thomas Williams?
Here's an interesting one that reaches me via Facebook, and is quite sensitive but worthwhile, I think - reader Tracie Miller contacted me in the week appealing for information about her father and his...
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Crawling under the hedge
Oh my goodness - yet another wonderful image has been sent in to the blog by John and Paul Anslow, whose previous contributions to our record of local history have created so much interest and debate...
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Did any of you know Alan John Pickering?
Yet again, this is one of those requests that Walsall Council make periodically, and was issued by the Communication Team at Walsall Council on Friday, November 21st 2014 and I'd like all locals to...
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High Standards
Sometimes I get material in to the blog that unexpectedly surprises and delights - and after a horrid week of work stuff, technical troubles and unreliable hardware this great contribution from John...
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Christmas in many guises
When I asked at the weekend for Christmas stuff for the blog, I never expected such an embarrassment of riches; not only did a certain reader (I'll let you lot guess who) send me the above images of...
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Mystery tour?
The above wonderful outing photograph - thought to be from the mid 1920s has been sent in by reader Pat Wilcox - and I think will be of great interest to John and Paul Anslow, Anne Cross and other...
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Avoiding the Red Caps with the permission of Captain Palmer
It's always a joy to feature articles here by the wonderful Anslow brothers; over the years John and Paul have contributed so much to our local history knowledge, from everyday but special weddings, to...
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The forgotten Coventry bombing that blew a Walsall Wood bricklayer off his feet
An additional piece followed the original article I featured by John and Paul Anslow last week, on the subject of Walsall Wood and Pelsall wartime air raids - this one is about an IRA attack in...
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Funeral arrangements for John Seedhouse
Friend of the blog Mick Roseblade has kindly dropped me a line to ask if I'd publicise the funeral details for John Seedhouse, who passed away at his home recently - John was a well loved and greatly...
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