The prize dedication, 10 December, 1888.
The Cats Whiskers charity shop gets an old book – Read about P Roobotham and the Bloxwich Sunday Morning School…https://wyrleyblog.wordpress.com/walsall/cats-whiskers-and-the-bloxwich-boy/
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Archive for April, 2014
Ernest’s attests, 3rd May 1915 (National Archives)
The story of Ernest Thomas: singer, baker, father and son… https://wyrleyblog.wordpress.com/wyrley-landywood/the-harrisons-club-great-wyrley-war-memorial-history/harrisons-fallen-introduction-and-ernest-thomas/
The Harrison’s Club War Memorial
Posted: April 23, 2014 in Pubs and Clubs, Soldiers, War Memorials, WWI
The Harrison’s tablets, unveiled in July, 1921
Read the story of the Harrison’s Club war memorial tablets; planning, unveiling and eventual re-siting …..
Cannock War Memorial, Market Place
Ever wondered how war memorials come about? – Well, read the story of the Cannock War Memorial, from planning to unveilling – and finally to changing…
For James Garrett Watson and his mother, Charlotte.
https://wyrleyblog.wordpress.com/cannock/the-story-of-the-cannock-war-memorial/
Boundaries of Little Wyrley, 1718
A 1718 description of the meares and boundaries of the manor of Little Wyrley – it describes features, such as old oak trees, which have been cut down, so it may refer to a fossilised medieval landscape….https://wyrleyblog.wordpress.com/other-places/the-boundaries-of-the-manor-of-little-wyrley-1718/
The dedication to Guy Peirson in ‘The Drummer’s Coat’
Have you ever flicked through an old book in a second-hand bookshop or at a charity shop and found a dedication written inside, with names and a date, and wondered just who they were? If so, then this story is for you… https://wyrleyblog.wordpress.com/articles-other/a-leap-of-faith/
The first part of a three-part history of the Walsall Imperial: Built in 1868 as the Agricultural Hall, it has been a corn exchange, public venue, concert hall, theatre, cinema, bingo hall and finally a Wetherspoon’s pub…https://wyrleyblog.wordpress.com/walsall/the-walsall-imperial-1/
The Imperial, 1899
