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Bloxidge Tallygraph 18 Jan 11
Black Country characters, towns and trades will be the hot topics of the evening when popular historian, author and columnist Professor Carl Chinn MBE takes to the stage in Leamore.
The Mayor of Walsall, Councillor Gary Clarke, is hosting ‘An Evening with Carl Chinn’ on Monday 7 February, to raise funds for Walsall Hospice and disadvantaged borough children…
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Bloxidge Tallygraph 25 Jul 10
The run-up to this year’s Bloxwich Carnival picked up pace on Sunday when the 2009 Bloxwich Carnival Queen and Carnival committee members appeared on Carl Chinn’s BBC WM radio show.
Professor Chinn, who also lectures at Birmingham University, welcomed them to the hi-tech Birmingham Mailbox studio in his inimitable style…
Business
Express & Star 16 Jun 10
Midland historian Professor Carl Chinn has called for action to be taken to stop Walsall’s Highgate & Davenports brewery being abandoned.
The brewery has gone into compulsory liquidation shedding around 20 jobs after hitting its second financial crisis in less than a year…
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Express & Star 31 May 10
Professor Carl Chinn has presented Jabez Cliff & Company of Walsall with an E&S Excellence in Manufacturing Award.
Each year in the 1890s, a half a million pounds’ worth of saddlery and harness was exported from Britain and the great bulk of it came from Walsall…
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Jasbir Authi B'ham Mail 27 Apr 10
Football fans’ champion and lifelong Aston Villa supporter Buck Chinn has lost his battle against cancer. Buck, father of Birmingham historian Carl Chinn, died at his Moseley home on Monday morning, surrounded by his family.
Bookmaker and avid Villa fan Buck founded the Aston Villa Democracy Group in 1982, following the resignation of manager Ron Saunders in January that year…
Feature
Express & Star 10 Jan 10
Carl Chinn remembers the days when the sound of clinking bottles meant the Davenports delivery van was nearby. Now, 30 years after it was axed, the delivery service has been set up again and the loyal Brummie placed an order for 200 bottles to enjoy over Christmas and the New Year. Highgate and Davenports Brewery in Sandymount Road, Walsall, re-launched Davenports Beer at Home just before Christmas…
Business
B'ham Mail 18 Dec 09
The West Midlands’ best-loved historian Carl Chinn is backing the Birmingham Mail’s campaign to save Cadbury – and help preserve ‘the city’s most iconic brand’…
News feature
Express & Star 9 May 09
The Express & Star is celebrating the Black Country’s role as the Workshop of the World. Historian Carl Chinn explains how you can get involved…