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BrownhillsBob 16 Feb 11
I’ve long held an interest in why Clayhanger village stopped flooding. This may seem like an odd preoccupation, but please bear with me. For decades the small, low lying settlement west of Brownhills was regularly left awash to some depth after heavy storms.
Even after installation of a large pump and land drain a century ago, the area continued to be swamped. Such was the problem that Clayhanger was seen as a problematic place to live; lower than most of the area around it, and in the lee of railway and canal embankments and spoil heaps, it seemed that little could be done to stop the misery. Yet somehow, at some point around five decades ago, it all changed…
News
BBC Black Country 3 Feb 11
A village in Pakistan devastated by flooding has been renamed Midland after a Walsall charity raised money to help rebuild it.
Walsall-based Midland International Aid Trust raised £113,000 to help the 20 million people thought to be affected by the monsoon floods last year.
The village of Lal Pir, now named Midland, had been cut off by water…
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Express & Star 4 Jan 11
One of Walsall’s most popular bars will be closed until the end of the month after a burst water pipe destroyed the floor, wrecked the ceiling and caused televisions to blow.
The repair bill at Bar Sport in Bridge Street will run into tens of thousands of pounds.
The bar was forced to close over the busy Christmas and New Year holidays after a pipe burst in the Walsall County Court offices above. Bosses lost out on thousands of pounds of takings over what should have been the busiest time of the year…
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Walsall Council 4 Dec 10
Engineers have announced the re-opening of a busy junction. Traffic is set to flow from 6pm on Saturday December 5 on Broadway North at the junction of Birmingham Road.
The junction has been closed since a burst water main damaged the road surface.
Work has taken place to repair the carriageway.
The road was expected to re-open on Sunday but better weather has allowed the repairs to be carried out quicker.
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Express & Star 25 Oct 10
Wednesfield & Willenhall homes without water
Thousands of gallons of water gushed into houses today after an underground main burst along a busy Black Country route – leaving thousands of homes without supplies.
Stow Heath Lane, East Park, Wolverhampton, was today under 2ft of water after a mains pipe burst. Dirty water gushed into homes along the road – while more than 10,000 houses in Wednesfield and Willenhall were left without running water or low pressure…
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Express & Star 24 Sep 10
Flash flooding brought chaos to the Black Country as torrential rain turned the region’s roads into rivers. Wolverhampton and Walsall were among the worst affected areas for flooding.
A newly-opened block at Walsall Manor Hospital was flooded, temporarily knocking out the power supply…
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B’ham Post 14 Jan 10
Flash floods could hit the West Midlands as the big freeze turns into the big thaw, forecasters have warned. Warmer temperatures and heavy rain are forecast across England on Saturday – before temperatures are set to plunge again…
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Express & Star 30 Dec 09
A Wednesbury school that was flooded by half a million litres of water will be shut all next week, giving children an extra five days off. Pupils at Old Park Primary School will be on a forced holiday after the boiler room flooded…
Comment
Cllr Ian Shires 20 Dec 09
‘Pathetic’ is the only way to describe Severn Trent’s attitude to potentially lethal consequences of a water leak on the west-bound side of the Lichfield Road opposite the Victory Club just after the “Gate” Island…
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Cllr Ian Shires 2 Nov 09
Events over the weekend have shown that there is a desperate need for Walsall Council to get to grips with the issue of flooding in Willenhall, Darlaston, Walsall Wood and Aldridge…