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Anchor Bridge flooding: Halfway there

My recent efforts to find out who’s actually working on the flooding issue at Anchor Bridge, and what the situation is have come to nothing. Severn Trent have clearly been doing a fair bit of wo… more →

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Anchor Bridge flooding: Halfway there — 1 comment

BrownhillsBob wrote 10 months ago: My recent efforts to find out who’s actually working on the flooding issue at Anchor Bridge, a … more →

Tags: Brownhills stuff, Local Politics, Walsall Council, Environment, Events, Just Plain Daft, followups, it makes me mad, bad science

Anchor Bridge flooding - some action at last? — 2 comments

BrownhillsBob wrote 11 months ago: Someone is clearly investigating the drains. These markers indicate which culverts to undertake vide … more →

Tags: Brownhills stuff, Local Politics, Walsall Council, Environment, Events, Just Plain Daft, followups, it makes me mad, Shared Media

Street life — 5 comments

BrownhillsBob wrote 1 year ago: Sadly, the roadworks were nothing to do with fixing the drains. Shame, we got quite excited for a bi … more →

Tags: Brownhills stuff, Local Politics, Walsall Council, Environment, Fun stuff to see and do, Events, Just Plain Daft, followups, it makes me mad

Come on in, the water's lovely. Not. — 9 comments

BrownhillsBob wrote 1 year ago: Brownhills High Street, outside Knaves Court, 7:06pm, Tuesday, 24th April 2012. Picture by David Eva … more →

Tags: bad science, Brownhills stuff, Cycling, Environment, Events, followups, Interesting Photos, it makes me mad, Just Plain Daft

Don't tell me mum! — 3 comments

BrownhillsBob wrote 1 year ago: I think I see the light - local kids have probably been scaring the life out of each other in their … more →

Tags: Brownhills stuff, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Chasewater, Environment, Fun stuff to see and do, Just Plain Daft, followups, Local History, Shared Media

Splashing out — 14 comments

BrownhillsBob wrote 1 year ago: On February 5th 2012, I posted about the awful state of drainage on the High Street/Chester Road nea … more →

Tags: Brownhills stuff, Local Politics, Walsall Council, Environment, Events, Just Plain Daft, followups, it makes me mad, bad science

Anyone for a shower? — 11 comments

BrownhillsBob wrote 1 year ago: Today, whilst taking a spin around Brownhills to get some shopping in, I was reminded of a niggling, … more →

Tags: Brownhills stuff, Walsall Council, Environment, Fun stuff to see and do, Just Plain Daft, followups, it makes me mad, Shared Media, Local Media

Canal News - Wyrley & Essington and Birmingham & Fazeley

chasewater stuff wrote 1 year ago: Canal News – Waterscape   Restriction on the Wyrley & EssingtonCanal  Anchor Bridge, Brown … more →

Tags: Canal News, Brownhills, Staffordshire, Wyrley & Essington, canals, Birmingham & Fazeley

Documenting a tragedy — 6 comments

BrownhillsBob wrote 1 year ago: An early eighties image of The Anchor Inn as viewed from the canal, posted by The Navigator on Panor … more →

Tags: Brownhills stuff, Environment, Events, followups, Local History, Clayhanger stuff, Local blogs, features, New Photos

A gruesome history

BrownhillsBob wrote 1 year ago: Following an enquiry from a reader, I’m interested in a grim bit of Brownhills history. I … more →

Tags: Brownhills stuff, Events, features, Interesting Photos, Local History, Local Media, Reader enquiries, Shared Media, shared memories

Road pricing - eighteenth century style — 9 comments

BrownhillsBob wrote 1 year ago: The generosity of readers is fantastic. Bt by bit we're assembling a useful historic record amo … more →

Tags: Brownhills stuff, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Environment, Fun stuff to see and do, followups, Local History, Shared Media, Local Media, Reader enquiries

Weighing Anchor — 5 comments

BrownhillsBob wrote 2 years ago: The Anchor Bridge, taking the Chester Road-High Street over the Wyrley & Essington canal, was na … more →

Tags: Brownhills stuff, followups, Interesting Photos, Local History, Local Media, Shared Media, shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall Wood stuff

Knaves Court, Brownhills - a new heart for the community — 4 comments

BrownhillsBob wrote 2 years ago: I was contacted a few weeks ago by Chris Smith, who works at the new Housing 21 extra-care facility … more →

Tags: Brownhills stuff, Environment, followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting Photos, Local Media, Reader enquiries, Shared Media, Brownhills

Past tracking — 4 comments

BrownhillsBob wrote 2 years ago: For this weekend’s old photo feature, I’m dipping into that excellent work ‘Memori … more →

Tags: Brownhills stuff, Environment, followups, Interesting Photos, Local History, Local Media, Shared Media, shared memories, Brownhills

Knaves Court extra care development open day — 1 comment

BrownhillsBob wrote 2 years ago: Bold, colourful design. Bright and airy, even on this wet day. I’ve had a great mail from Matt … more →

Tags: Brownhills stuff, Local Politics, Walsall Council, Fun stuff to see and do, Events, followups, Planning, Shared Media, Reader enquiries


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