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Junction issues? Lichfield Road A461 & Coppice/Brookland Roads (via...
I just thought I’d bring to wider attention a very interesting post by Walsall Wood Councillor Mike Flower, posted to his blog today. In it, Mike addresses some perceived issues with the junction by...
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Bless this tiny house
Many of us may not have noticed the diminutive House of Prayer in Coppice Road, Walsall Wood. In my lifetime, I don't think it was ever a place of worship; I remember it being used as another add-on...
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Please help find Rodney!
We have an urgent lost dog alert here - Rodney, above, is a rather handsome, affable and approachable spaniel who went missing from the fields at Oak Park off Coppice Road, Walsall Wood, at 10:00am...
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Revised plans submitted for Oak Park replacement
I noticed last week that revised plans had been submitted for the replacement of the decaying Oak Park Leisure Centre at Walsall Wood - I thought I'd feature them here as a fair few folk are interested...
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Don’t disrupt the bingo!
Today, reader and longstanding friend of the Brownhills Blog Stuart Cowley mailed me the above wonderful image of Chasetown Working Men's Club Committee from years past, when Stuart's Dad was involved....
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Seam stress
Now, since it's been a few days of catching up with little bits and pieces, here's something massive for readers to get their teeth into - this is a historical artefact which I've been lucky enough to...
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Demolition, man?
There was an interesting report in Monday's Express & Star (18th August 2014) which points out the project to replace Oak Park leisure centre in Walsall Wood and the similar facility in Bloxwich is...
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You can’t trust all you read in the paper…
Whew - panic over Yesterday, following a report in the Express & Star, I wrote of my concern that the old leisure centre at Oak Park in Walsall Wood would be demolished before a new one was built...
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What lies beneath
Way back at the beginning of August, I shared a partial scan of a document I'd acquired - a mining plan of how workings in the Robbins coal seam under Walsall Wood, Clayhanger and Brownhills affected...
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Quality is important – What lies beneath once more
Hi folks - it's not often I do this here on the blog, but I feel that quality is important, particularly in the recording of historically important documents I present, and an article I wasn't happy...
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Stacked
A few weeks ago, I shared here a mining plan of how workings in the Robbins coal seam under Walsall Wood, Clayhanger and Brownhills affected the railway line above it, showing the coal mine excavations...
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Cyclist injured in Walsall Wood accident
Details are a bit scant at the moment, but last night a cyclist believed to be in his 40s was injured in a road traffic accident on the Coppice Road near its junction with Lindon/Brownhills Road...
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Can’t see The Wood for the trees
Earlier today I was contacted by reader Tkevcro who was worried about construction activity around the Coppice Road/Brownhills Road junction near the new leisure centre site in Walsall Wood. Continue...
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Oak Park Active Living Centre opens this week – find out more here
Just a note for anyone interested that Oak Park Active Living Centre - the new leisure centre in Walsall Wood - opens this Tuesday, 9th August 2016 as does the sister centre at Bloxwich. Continue...
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Plans submitted for extra parking at Oak Park
One of the things that’s surprised me about the new Oak Park Active Living Centre, built and opened on the field of the previous one to a positive reception in 2016, has been it’s immense popularity –...
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