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The Royal Oak, Bullings Heath: Explorations in local history
This is the first of a multi-part epic. Researched painstakingly by David Evans, top bloke and stalwart of this blog, he wrote this up some weeks ago, and I’ve been working on bringing the information...
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Cutting down the Oak?
Readers anticipating the next instalment of the Royal Oak story – the lost pub in Bullings Heath – could be forgiven for thinking I’d forgotten the subject, but nothing could be further from the truth....
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The Royal Oak, Bullings Heath: The last century
This is the second of a multi-part epic. Researched painstakingly by David Evans, top bloke and stalwart of this blog, he wrote this up some months ago, and I’ve been working on bringing the...
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Walsall Wood, 1881. A melting pot…
This is an effort to chart the growth of Walsall Wood, towards the turn of the last century. At this time, the village was growing; the expansion (I hesitate to use the word ‘wealth’) that this created...
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Walsall Wood, 1891. Fit to burst…
This article is part of an effort by top reader, commentator and contributor David Evans to chart the growth of Walsall Wood, towards the turn of the last century. The first article in this series was...
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Walsall Wood, 1901: Into a new century
This article is the third part of blog reader, commentator and top contributor David Evans' ongoing project to chart the growth of Walsall Wood just over a century ago. The first and second pieces in...
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An interesting Exchange
Following her comments here, reader and local history enthusiast Ann Cross recently somewhat gamely took on a private challenge I made to her, where I suggested that she might like to write up her work...
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Walsall Wood 1911, before and beyond
This article is the fourth - and final (at least until the 1921 census comes out…) part of blog reader, commentator and top contributor David Evans’ ongoing project to chart the growth of Walsall Wood...
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Fair exchange
Following her comments here, reader and local history enthusiast Ann Cross recently accepted my invitation to write about her family history at the Royal Exchange pub in Walsall Wood. When I suggested...
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Box clever?
Here's one to get the researchers and detectives amongst the readership scratching their heads - let's see what we can turn up, as this is quite unusual and I think there's some history to be found...
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