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Stirling Moss
I’ve a puzzler for readers of The Brownhills Blog. It’s more of a clarification, really. Top local history ferret [Howmuch?] has been rootling throughout he archives again, and came up with this...
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Downstream
Thanks to reader David Oakley and the ever-diligent [Howmuch?], I’ve since found out that my speculation that Moss Pits was the location of Clayhanger Pumping Station to be utter twaddle. I’d heard the...
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Laying some pipe
Local historian and top chap David Moore has been in touch again, to alert me to the fact that he's acquired some images of the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company water main undergoing maintenance...
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Cast in the ground
Here's one that will be of interest to all. Railway historian Ian Pell has again submitted a beautifully written, intricately researched piece for readers to peruse. Here, Ian presents further great,...
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Gathering steam
The campaign to save Sandfields Pumping Station in Lichfield for the community continues apace. Dave Moore has been putting heart and soul into this for some months now, and he needs a little bit of...
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Serving all his days
FIFTY years of unremitting service in the employ of the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company is the proud record of Mr. Joseph Plant, of Christ Church Gardens, Lichfield, who has recently retired as...
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Barf night
Chris Pattison points out a lost pumping station and public baths in south west Lichfield... Continue reading →
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A sudden loss of pressure
Chris Pattison has been in touch. Chris, you'll remember, is the wonderful historian charting the history of South Staffordshire Water, who has made such great moves in helping local historians like...
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Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink…
I'm very pleased (and relieved) to welcome back Ian Pell to the Brownhills Blog, with a cracking article about the Hammerich burst I mentioned a few weeks ago. Continue reading →
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Poetry in motion
Apologies to Dave Moore, but he contacted me a couple of days ago about an event he's putting on at Cafe Fuse, as part of the Lichfield Fuse Festival in Lichfield this afternoon - Dave is, of course,...
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Saving Sandfields – Public meeting this Friday!
The campaign to save Sandfields Pumping Station in Lichfield for the community continues apace - local historian and activist Dave Moore has been putting heart and soul into this for some months now,...
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Increasing pressure
Following my plug (and lots of others in the online community) for the meeting about Sandfields Pumping Station and it's preservation, I was pleased to note that over 40 people turned up to the public...
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Next steps – Saving Sandfields meeting tonight!
Following the success of the inaugural meeting called to find a way to save Sandfields Pumping Station in Lichfield, a second meeting is scheduled for this Friday to officially set up The Friends of...
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A film on the water
Dave Moore, late of this parish and tireless campaigner for all things local and historical is doing something really interesting for his Save Sandfields Pumping Statio Camapaign, and taking a really...
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Purity was the gift
A couple of weeks ago, I alerted readers to a preview clip of a film that local historian Dave Moore was making in support of his Save Sandfields Pumping Station Campaign - well, yesterday Dave posted...
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Gathering moss
The Clayhanger subsidence and pumping station thread seems to have provoked much interest in the past week - there has been a great deal of reader comment, and I have further bits to add to the story...
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A memorial to the beam engines…
Here's something I came upon by chance I think that not just the Lichfield and South Staffordshire Water contingents will like, but all those interested in steam engines, heavy plant and Victorian...
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Friends of Sandfields – can you help?
The campaign to save Sandfields Pumping Station in Lichfield for the community continues apace - local historian and activist Dave Moore has been putting heart and soul into this for ages now, and he'd...
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A fresh supply
Things are a bit all over the place this weekend, so I thought it might be a great time to highlight the latest post on Susan Marie Ward's fantastic local and family history blog, Staffordshirebred....
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Saving Sandfields – monthly public meeting tonight
The campaign to save Sandfields Pumping Station in Lichfield for the community continues to garner support - local historian and activist Dave Moore has been putting heart and soul into this for some...
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