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Blog comment: Railroad wagon by @BrownhillsBob
24 Mar 10 01:37
Railroad wagon
BrownhillsBob 24 Mar 10
The wheels are in motion, and you've not even been consulted. Democracy in action. This is a warning. What follows is a verbatim press release from the grey Lubyanka that is Walsall Civic Centre. Anyone who is currently drinking any kind of beverage may wish to take a few seconds to swallow and place their cup somewhere safe. What you’re about to read may well make you splutter…
Express & Star 12 Aug 09 Brownhills Wagon site to become new depot
BrownhillsBob 21 Jul Wagon wheeler-dealing?
Express & Star 20 Jul Wagon Automotive site swap bid
BBC News 19 Dec 08 Wagon Automotive cuts 292 jobs
B'ham Post 8 Dec 08 Wagon Automotive enters admin
Mar City Pelsall Road, Brownhills, planning pending
Blog comment: Do you want any cash back? by @ThePlasticHippo
24 Mar 10 01:25
Do you want any cash back?
The Plastic Hippo 24 Mar 10
The hippo must offer a humble apology to the unfortunate people held up in the checkout queue at Morrisons today. It is hard enough to manoeuvre a disability scooter or shopping trolley occupied by a wailing child through the groves of “value” lager and oven chips and the last thing consumers need is a two tonne semi-aquatic quadruped lumbering down the cake and pastries aisle and then holding up the checkout queue...
Adam Lumley The YamYam 22 Mar 10 ‘Major deficiencies’ in the council costs Walsall £2.5million
Express & Star 22 Mar 10 Fury at £2.5m cash blunder
Express & Star 20 Mar 10 Bumper pay boost for Walsall Council boss
Business Desk 15 Mar 10 Councils warned of new accounting practices
The YamYam 10 Mar 10 Walsall Council accounting cock-up
Walsall Council Cabinet report 18 Nov Walsall Council Governance Audit Report PDF
Express & Star 29 Oct 09 Highways manager blames departure on Walsall Council
YamYam 17 Nov Council discrimination decision due in weeks
YamYam 15 Nov Audit: Walsall Council could do better
Express & Star 7July 09 (am) Whistleblower in row over EU cash crisis
BrownhillsBob 7 Jul That's alright then, it was that other bloke's fault
BrownhillsBob 30 Jun Lost property - can you help?
Express & Star 29 Jun Council must pay back up to £4m
Advertiser 25 Jun 09 Misspending legacy lingers on
Advertiser 18 Jun 09 Council cleared over £42m spending
E&S 13 Jun Council get all clear in police & CPS probe
B'ham Post 14 May 08 Council surveyor life threatened over bungs (Kemp: on-going)
TheyWorkforYou 7 Mar 08 Walsall Council Hansard debate (Francis, Parish, Kemp, McDonald)
Blog Bob Piper 17 Sep 07 What Walsall did to him (Francis)
Audit Commission 11 Sep 07 Range of failings led to payout (Francis)
Blog Bob Piper 6 Sep 07 Walsall cover-up
Blog Bob Piper 6 Sep 07 Report to blast Tory Council
Personnel Today 26 Jan 07 Out-of-court settlement for worker sacked by fax (McDonald)
Express & Star 23 Jan 07 Fax sacking woman wins cash (McDonald)
B'ham Post 6 Dec 06 Whistleblower's £650k payout (Francis)
Walsall Council 5 Dec 06 Council agrees settlement (Francis)
B'ham Post 25 May 06 Walsall pays out after sacking (Francis)
Blog Peter Francis What Walsall did to me (Francis)
Walsall Council Audit Committee Grant Thornton Report
Grant Thornton Home
More news in brief
23 Mar 10 03:14
More news in brief
YamYam links 22 Mar 10
These headline links are just for archive reference.
Main stories are published on the YamYam's front page
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News
WM Police 22 Mar Hunt for Bentley teen’s robber
E&S 22 Mar Coseley baths campaigners say farewell
Mercury 22 Mar TV’s Harry Carpenter dies aged 84
B’Post 22 Mar MPs warn of major residential disruption by high speed rail plans
Pheasey News 22 Mar New dentists for Pheasey
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Business
B’Post 22 Mar CBI warns of sluggish recovery
E&S 22 Mar ‘Small firms worst hit by rising costs’
B’Post 22 Mar Insolvencies continue to fall
B’Post 22 Mar Kraft used Google to try and find out Cadbury's plans in Poland
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Comment
BrownhillsBob 22 Mar Respect their authority?
Derek Bennett 22 Mar UKIP prepare for election
Black Country Brummie 22 Mar Christian values
Advertiser 22 Mar Keep the Hoard local
Advertiser 22 Mar Residents should report rubbish
Advertiser 22 Mar Fly-tipping clean-up shows pride
Advertiser 22 Mar Aldridge store parking not fine
Advertiser 22 Mar Splendid Aldridge youth concert
YamYam links 22 Mar 10
These headline links are just for archive reference.
Main stories are published on the YamYam's front page
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News
WM Police 22 Mar Hunt for Bentley teen’s robber
E&S 22 Mar Coseley baths campaigners say farewell
Mercury 22 Mar TV’s Harry Carpenter dies aged 84
B’Post 22 Mar MPs warn of major residential disruption by high speed rail plans
Pheasey News 22 Mar New dentists for Pheasey
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Business
B’Post 22 Mar CBI warns of sluggish recovery
E&S 22 Mar ‘Small firms worst hit by rising costs’
B’Post 22 Mar Insolvencies continue to fall
B’Post 22 Mar Kraft used Google to try and find out Cadbury's plans in Poland
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Comment
BrownhillsBob 22 Mar Respect their authority?
Derek Bennett 22 Mar UKIP prepare for election
Black Country Brummie 22 Mar Christian values
Advertiser 22 Mar Keep the Hoard local
Advertiser 22 Mar Residents should report rubbish
Advertiser 22 Mar Fly-tipping clean-up shows pride
Advertiser 22 Mar Aldridge store parking not fine
Advertiser 22 Mar Splendid Aldridge youth concert
Comment: Pedo button by @garrynewman
20 Mar 10 22:44
Pedo button
Garry Newman 20 Mar 10
A 12 year old girl from the UK was recently raped and murdered by a guy she met on Facebook. He pretended to be a 17 year old boy, then when she went to meet him he pretended to be the boy’s dad. Then raped and murdered her. Not nice, but this shit is bound to happen...
The Register 19 Mar 10 Facebook stands up to UK.gov's cyberbullying
Teleraph 19 Mar 10 Facebook snubs government demands for panic button
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre - CEOP 9 Feb 10 Adopt the button
BBC News 8 Feb 10 Facebook murderer to serve at least 35 years
BBC News 18 Nov 10 Facebook v Ceop
Blog comment: Talking rubbish
20 Mar 10 19:13
Talking rubbish
Cllr Bob Piper 20 Mar 10
Bill Bryson writes with great passion and anger about the English countryside, (which usually only makes it on to the political radar when some red-coated, red-faced herberts are demanding their natural born civil liberty to carry out acts of barbarism on animals). He is particularly exercised about one of my pet hates, litter...
Express & Star 18 Mar 10 Crews target arson hotpots on two wheels
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10 Extra litter hit squad to help tackle environmental crime
BrownhillsBob 12 Mar 10 From the ‘Not terribly bright’ department…
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Walsall Council Bulky item collection
Walsall Council Envirocrime
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
Sandwell Council Big Spring Clean
Jury still out on New Deal?
20 Mar 10 18:35
Jury still out on New Deal?
Express & Star 20 Mar 10
Set up under Tony Blair’s government in 1999 and 2001 the New Deal schemes were given 10 years to turn around some of the country’s most deprived areas and raise thousands of people out of poverty. The Black Country has three of the schemes - All Saints and Blakenhall Community Development (ABCD) in Wolverhampton, the Greets Green Partnership in West Bromwich and Walsall’s New Deal. But did Labour’s New Deal for Communities do the job?
The YamYam 20 Feb 10 Leamore pensioners still out in the cold
BBC News 29 Sep 09 Tackling anti-social behaviour in Blakenall
Walsall New Deal Home
Walsall New Deal Blakenall Village Centre
Walsall Council Blakenall & Bloxwich LNP
Comment: Charlie Gillett 1942 – 2010
20 Mar 10 00:15
Charlie Gillett 1942 – 2010
The Plastic Hippo 19 Mar 10
Charlie Gillett died on Wednesday morning. Apart from writing the definitive history of popular music “The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll”, his radio shows gave first breaks to the likes of Graham Parker, Ian Dury, Elvis Costello and Dire Straights. But his greatest gift to us was as a champion of what became known as “world” music...
Telegraph 19 Mar 10 Obituary: Charlie Gillett
BBC News 18 Mar 10 BBC Radio 3 and World Service DJ Charlie Gillett dies
Charlie Gillett Home
Blog comment: Parachutes and pashminas - by @thePlasticHippo
19 Mar 10 01:59
Parachutes and pashminas
The Plastic Hippo 18 Mar 10
“I am not a racist/sexist/ageist/homophobic but” (delete as necessary), you can bet your life and immortal soul that they are. The societal and religious intolerant are always very keen to present a public display of equanimity and will smile benignly, secure in a twisted faith and will consider any interlocutor with an opposing opinion to be a moron because, oh dear, you just don’t understand...
The YamYam 18 Mar 10 Walsall South Labour candidate announced
Express & Star 18 Mar 10 MP’s sister to fight Walsall seat
The Stirrer 18 Mar 10 Vaz bags Walsall South
Walsall Advertiser 8 Mar 10 Comment: Women only shortlist rules out worthy contenders
Stirrer 4 Mar 10 Walsall South - Labour’s runners and riders
The YamYam 2 Mar 10 Mosquito squashed in Walsall South
The Stirrer 2 Mar 10 Harris through in Dudley but Mosquito misses out
Adam Lumley The YamYam 28 Feb 10 Walsall Labour Party about to publish short list
B’ham Mail 28 Feb 10 Harriet Harman's husband laughs off her saucy nomination for Rear of Year
B’ham Post 19 Feb 10 Labour imposes women-only shortlist for Walsall South candidates
Walsall Advertiser 8 Mar 10 MP suffers a health scare on trip to US
YamYam links 27 Feb 10 Labour veteran Bruce George taken to hospital
YamYam links 18 Feb 10 Bruce George MP to stand down
Express & Star 18 Feb 10 Bruce George MP to stand down
B’ham Post 18 Feb 10 Walsall MP Bruce George to stand down after struggling with internet
Walsall Advertiser 18 Feb 10 Walsall MP stands down after 36 years
BBC News 18 Feb 10 Walsall South MP Bruce George to stand down
Stirrer 18 Feb 10 Bruce George to step down Discussion forum
Walsall Advertiser 28 May 09 "I've got nothing to hide over expenses"
Bruce George Home
Comment: High speed link will be slow burner
18 Mar 10 14:49
High speed link will be slow burner
Birmingham Post 18 Mar 10
Everyone supports high speed rail in principle. When Lord Adonis announced plans for a new London to Birmingham route last week, opposition parties scrambled to insist that their version of a high speed line would be even better than his...
Lichfield Blog 18 Mar 10 Council Leader ‘concerned’ by plans for new rail line through Lichfield
Lichfield Blog 12 Mar 10 Lichfield MP slams plan for high speed rail
Lichfield Blog 12 Mar 10 Councillor critical of route
BBC News 11 Mar 10 High-speed rail plans announced by government video
B’ham Post 11 Mar 10 Birmingham business leaders welcome high speed rail link
B’ham Mail 11 Mar 10 Intercity high speed rail network gets go ahead
Express & Star 11 Mar 10 Rail line £34billion plan announced
The Stirrer 11 Mar 10 Could high speed line still hit the buffers?
The Stirrer 22 Feb 10 Link to the future
B’ham Mail 20 Feb Row over hi-speed rail link route
BBC News 17 Feb 10 Tories deny playing politics over high-speed rail plan
B’ham Mail 17 Feb 10 High-speed railway between Birmingham and London 'will benefit wealthy'
B'ham Post 30 Dec 09 High Speed Rail plans set to be submitted to Government
B'ham Post 30 Dec Adonis: HSR pricing must be fair
Telegraph 28 Dec HSR faces objection from countryside campaigners
B’ham Post 30 Nov High Speed rail links give UK economy £55billion boost
B’ham Post 7 Sep Centro backs high-speed link into Birmingham city centre
B'ham Post 31 Aug High-speed trains may still stop at Brum Airport & NEC
The Stirrer 28 Aug Airport boss slams rail plan
BBC News 27 Aug High-speed rail plan questioned
B'ham Mail 27 Aug Call for new B'ham rail station
BBC News 26 Aug New high-speed rail plan unveiled
Express & Star 26 Aug London by train in just 45 mins
B'ham Mail 26 Aug 200mph rail link planned to London
B'ham Mail 17 Aug B'ham Airport puts pressure for rail link
B'ham Post 17 Aug Comment: Time to debate options
The Stirrer 12 Aug Airport in hi-speed collision course
B'ham Post 10 Aug New pledge on hi-speed rail project
Guardian 5 Aug Adonis defends hi-speed rail plan (video)
B'ham Post 22 May Hi-speed rail link to be unveiled
BBC News 1 Feb Dawning of rail's new golden age?
Network Rail Home
Blog comment: There's gold in them thar hills
18 Mar 10 13:00
There's gold in them thar hills
The Mushroom 18 Mar 10
I have only two things to say to the people of Brownhills. Firstly, why is your town called Brownhills when it is not brown and lacks hills? Secondly, I’m sorry but I don’t think that the Staffordshire Hoard should stay in your town. I know that the last point will anger those in your community who are doing their best to improve an area which over the years has been ignored and let run down, but it’s not because you can’t be trusted, its because we can’t trust those who would have control over it...
B’Mail 15 Mar Brum queues see return of Hoard
BBC News 13 Mar Hoard returns to Birmingham
Walsall Advertiser 11 Mar 10 Staffordshire Hoard should return to 'real home'
Richard Worrall Walsall Advertiser 8 Mar 10 Comment: Hoard would do wonders for Walsall
Walsall Advertiser 27 Feb 10 Walsall Council defends decision over Hoard
The YamYam 23 Feb 10 Walsall not fit to house the Hoard
Beacon Radio 23 Feb 10 Dudley Museum would be ‘delighted’ to display the Hoard
The Plastic Hippo 23 Feb 10 Comment: Ethelred the Unready found safe and well in Walsall
Walsall Council 22 Feb 10 Statement on Staffordshire Hoard
Walsall Council 22 Feb 02 Agenda pdf
Walsall Advertiser 18 Feb 10 Walsall fury over Staffordshire Hoard
Richard Worrall Walsall Advertiser 11 Feb 10 Walsall’s interest in the Hoard is far too little, too late
BBC 10 Mar More Hoard items on display in Brum
B’ham Mail 27 Feb 10 Staffordshire Hoard campaign funds reach £1million
BBC News 26 Feb Hoard campaign reaches £1m mark
Express & Star 22 Feb 10 Hoard fund is now at £825k
BBC News 22 Feb 10 Staffordshire Hoard campaign reaches £800k mark
B’ham Mail 20 Feb 10 Staffordshire Hoard fund tops £825k
Express & Star 20 Feb 10 Midas touch as prince handles hoard of gold
B’Mail 19 Feb Prince Charles visits Hoard in Stoke
Lichfield Blog 19 Feb 10 Royal appointment for Anglo-Saxon gold
BBC News 13 Feb 10 Hoard fund stands at £750,000
B’ham Mail 13 Feb 10 Hoard appeal gets £200,000 public donations
The Art Fund Help save the Staffordshire Hoard for the West Midlands
Staffordshire Hoard Home
Express & Star 9 Feb 10 Deadline looms for The Hoard
B’ham Post 9 Feb 10 Time running out for campaign to keep Hoard in WM
BBC News 9 Feb 10 Part of Hoard arriving at the Potteries Museum
BBC 3 Feb 10 Boards go up to promote Staffordshire Hoard appeal
B'ham Newsroom 3 Feb Dame Judi Dench joins Hoard campaign
B'ham Mail 3 Feb 10 Birmingham company Signature Outdoor advertises Staffordshire Hoard appeal
BBC News 26 Jan All Main party leaders back Staffordshire Hoard campaign
B’ham Mail 26 Jan Political leaders back campaign to keep it here
Birmingham: It’s Not Shit 18 Jan Feature: Surge Domine Et Dissipentur Inimici Tui Et Fugiant Qui Oderunt Te A Facie Tua
Express & Star 13 Jan £500k is pledged to secure Staffs Hoard
B’ham Post 13 Jan David Starkey joins bid to keep Staffordshire hoard in West Midlands
BBC News 13 Jan Appeal to keep Anglo-Saxon gold hoard in West Midlands
Mercury 11 Jan TV historian backs campaign to keep Hoard in Mids
Express & Star 7 Jan TV historian backs region’s Hoard bid
Lichfield Blog 28 Dec Hoard newsletter set to go live
Mercury 27 Dec Councillor admits Staffs Hoard may have to be shared with Pope
Mercury 20 Dec Staffs Hoard wanted by Pope and Vatican
Stirrer 14 Oct Pope wants to see Saxon Hoard
B'ham Post 24 Sep Pope 'to visit Birmingham' in 2010
Express & Star 27 Nov Staffordshire Hoard’s worth closer to 10 million says expert
Stirrer 27 Nov Anyone got the million to spare?
BBC 27 Nov 'No tax cash' for treasure hoard
BBC 26 Nov Anglo-Saxon gold hoard is worth £3.285 million
Telegraph 26 Nov Staffordshire treasure hoard valued at £3.28m
Express & Star 23 Nov Hoard pair to get £3m
B’ham Mail 23 Nov Hoard to net £3m
Lichfield Blog 17 Nov Drinkers get early taste of Staffordshire Hoard ale
The Backyard Brewhouse Home
Express & Star 12 Nov Hoard pictures to be sold
B’ham Mail 12 Nov B’ham could hold permanent Hoard
Burton Mail 6 Nov Repton lays claim to Staffordshire Hoard
Repton Village Home
B’ham Post 11 Nov Gordon Brown: Tamworth “very stong case” for Staffs Hoard home
B'ham Post 10 Nov B’ham museum gets permission to use Hoard photos
B'ham Mail 4 Nov Staffordshire Hoard is heading back to Mildands
B’ham Mail 3 Nov Staffordshire Hoard goes on display at British Museum
British Museum The Staffordshire Hoard
Express & Star 2 Nov Hopes are raised on home for the Burntwood Hoard
B'ham Mail 2 Nov Crowds expected at London display
BBC 28 Oct Farmer's disbelief at gold find
B'ham Mail 24 Oct Midlands given four-month deadline to secure Hoard
BBC News 23 Oct Bid to keep treasure in Midlands
Express & Star 16 Oct Stafford Knot found in hoard jewels
BBC Staffs 9 Aug 05 Stafford Knot
Bagnall Village Stafford Knot
Wikipedia Stafford Knot
B'ham Post 15 Oct Missed chance fears to raise cash
B'ham Post 14 Oct Queues for last Hoard glimpse
Stirrer 14 Oct Pope wants to see Saxon Hoard
B'ham Post 24 Sep Pope 'to visit Birmingham' in 2010
B'ham Mail 9 Oct Visitors told to wrap up warm for last weekend of Hoard
Express & Star 10 Oct Final day of gold display pics
Guardian 8 Oct Unfair to label metal detectorists as mere treasure hunters
BBC News 7 Oct Minister backs region's gold call
Express & Star 7 Oct Hodge: Hoard should remain
Bloxidge Tallygraph 5 Oct Appeal launched to raise funds for the Staffordshire Hoard
BBC News 5 Oct Campaign to keep treasure hoard
B'ham Post 5 Oct Appeal to keep gold in Midlands
Mercury 3 Oct Finder wants a quite life
B'ham Mail 3 Oct But where should hoard be housed?
B'ham Post 2 Oct Staffordshire pledge to keep Hoard in county
Express & Star 2 Oct Shugborough lines up for Hoard home
Express & Star 30 Sep Lord Lieutenant claims Hoard for Staffs
The YamYam 29 Sep Comment: After the gold rush
Express & Star 29 Sep Four-way tussle over the Hoard
B'ham Mail 29 Sep Campaign to keep hoard in WM
Bloxidge Tallygraph 27 Sep Treasure was found by Bloxwich detector club member
Lichfield Blog 27 Sep Stoke-on-Trent want historic display
Lichfield Blog 25 Sep Hoard should be in Lichfield
BBC News 25 Sep What happens next to gold hoard?
B'ham Post 25 Sep Funds sought to keep hoard in B'ham
Lichfield Blog 24 Sep Lichfield vows to do find 'justice'
Telegraph 26 Sep Clean sweep for the metal detectives
Time 25 Sep Treasure seekers fell out over handling find
B'ham Post 25 Sep Finder may share £1m windfall
B'ham Post 24 Sep Finder has no legal claim to hoard
Express & Star 25 Sep Warning to treasure hunters
BBC News 30 Sep Museum Hoard ticketing apology
B'ham Post 28 Sep 10,000 visit Hoard @ B'ham Museum
B'ham Mail 26 Sep Thousands flock to B'ham Museum
BBC News 25 Sep Hordes visit Anglo-Saxon hoard
B'ham Mail 25 Sep Anglo Saxon gold goes on display
Express & Star 24 Sep Burntwood find rewrites history
BBC News 24 Sep Gold hoard found
Express & Star 24 Sep Gold treasure pictures
BBC News 24 Sep More treasure pictures
B'ham Mail 24 Sep Anglo Saxon gold find (pics)
B'ham Mail 24 Sep Find worth 7 figure sum
National Council for Metal Detecting Home
Wikipedia Sutton Hoo (largest previous find)
US National Park Service Klondike Gold Rush
BBC History The Anglo Saxons
Wikipedia Anglo Saxons
Flickr Staffordshire Gold Hoard
Shadowed Realm Medieval Timeline
Flickr The Hoard at Birmingham Museum
Museums Association Home
The Art Fund Help save the Staffordshire Hoard for the West Midlands
Staffordshire Hoard Home
Comment: Another bunch of idiots - by @BrownhillsBob
17 Mar 10 14:51
Another bunch of idiots
BrownhillsBob 17 Mar 10
More illegal motorbike use – this time, somewhat unusually, on a Sunday afternoon in one of the busiest bits of Cannock Chase. These particular muppets came off a forest track from the Birches Valley direction...
TheYamYam 16 Jan 10 Tearaway Walsall bikers offered second chance
Express & Star 27 July 09 Walsall targets quad bike riders
Birmingham Mail 21 May 09 Illegal bikes sent to the Cannock crusher
Blog Brownhills Bob 18 May Motorbikes at Chasewater
Comment: A fatwa against terrorism that might work
17 Mar 10 14:33
A fatwa against terrorism that might work
Dr Muqtedar Khan Asian News 17 Mar 10
Dr Tahir ul-Qadri, a Pakistani Islamic scholar visiting the United Kingdom, recently released a 600-page fatwa, or non-binding opinion in Islamic law, against terrorism. This fatwa might actually have an impact. It is comprehensive, direct and does not dodge any of the issues...
Asian News 12 Mar Pak Sheikh’s anti-terror fatwa
B’Mail 8 Mar WM Police’s terrorism phone hotline
Asian News 4 Mar Anti-terror fatwa to de-radicalise
Mail 3 Mar Leader condemns terrorists with fatwa
BBC 28 Jan More time for Sparkhill terror probe
B’Post 27 Jan Sparkhill man still held on terror links
BBC News 22 Jan 10 UK terror threat level 'severe'
Guardian 22 Jan 10 UK terror threat raised to 'severe'
Telegraph 22 Jan 10 UK terror threat raised to 'severe', Home Secretary announces
BBC News 22 Jan 10 Timeline: UK terrorism threat levels explained
OPSI Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000
MI5 Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre Home
Blog Comment: I don’t mean to carp, but… by @BrownhillsBob
16 Mar 10 14:10
I don’t mean to carp, but…
BrownhillsBob 16 Mar 10
With a touch of sadness, but no surprise, I noticed on Friday that Rodney, the Walsall Wood fisherman, is still without his fish, somewhat oddly christened ‘Bob’. He’s also been the victim of rather more destructive vandals, who’ve tagged him with spray paint...
BrownhillsBob 12 Feb 10 Comment: Piscine in the wind?
BrownhillsBob 9 Feb 10 Walsall Wood’s new fisherman sculpture vandalised
Advertiser 11 Feb Letters: Use taxes to clear up, not install art
TwitPic @Hapdaniel naughty miner!
Express & Star 9 Feb 10 Walsall Wood angler model refuses to take the bait (bait now taken!)
Express & Star 8 Feb 10 Pithead recreated to honour town miners
Chasewater Stuff’s Blog 6 Feb The Artworks of Walsall Wood
BBC News 6 Feb 10 Walsall Wood monument unveiled
BrownhillsBob 6 Feb Don’t forget big event...
Express & Star 18 Jan 10 Mining industry gets Walsall Wood sculpture tribute
Advertiser 22 Jan Memorial erected to honour history of pit
BrownhillsBob 17 Jan Comment: Fiddler’s Folly
Tonym666 on Flickr Walsall Wood pit head pictures
Express & Star 23 May Sculptor’s artwork is far from the pits video
B’ham Post 14 May Walsall Wood coal-mining sculpture approved
Blog Brownhills Bob 13 May Walsall Wood mining memorial
Brownhills Bob is not impressed... have your say!
Walsall Council PR 13 May Green light for colliery sculpture
Walsall Council PR 22 Apr Walsall Wood pit head rises
Blog Cllr Mike Flower 17 April Seeking permission for memorial
Comment: Just enough education to perform - by @thePlasticHippo
15 Mar 10 15:11
Just enough education to perform
The Plastic Hippo 15 Mar 10
The Hippo has never been an avid or regular reader of The Sun. However, the odd discarded copy is sometimes blown across Hatherton Lake and a headline or two will occasionally catch the eye. Setting aside the insensitive “Gotcha” splash over the sinking of the Belgrano, the poisonous “Truth” headline perpetrated by Kelvin MacKenzie following the Hillsborough disaster and a reputation for sexism, homophobia, jingoism and scant regard for facts, the sub-editors at the paper who write the headlines do a very good job...
Newspaper Marketing Agency Classic pages: The Sun
‘That’ front page Hillsborough courtesy of an unapologetic Kelvin MacKenzie
