Features-Walsall
Feature: Bingo - a massive part of Walsall life
23 Mar 10 15:32
Bingo - a massive part of Walsall life
Video Express & Star 23 Mar 10
For grandmother Janet Dangerfield, playing bingo is more than just a hobby – it is a daily ritual. The 66-year-old from Darlaston admits to going to Mecca Bingo in Wednesfield to play for four-and-a-half hours every evening without fail. On Monday Janet was one of hundreds of players who went to the club for the national finals of the Mecca Bingo Buddy of the Year competition. The judging panel included GMTV presenter Lorraine Kelly...
Video Express & Star 23 Mar 10 Lorraine Kelly talks being 50 and fabulous
Mecca Bingo Home
Features: Finally woken - spring appears by @BrownhillsBob
23 Mar 10 03:15
Finally woken
BrownhillsBob 23 Mar 10
At long last, spring appears to be here. All around, there are signs of a delayed mother nature hurriedly obeying her biological imperative. I don’t think I’ve ever seen snowdrops, crocuses and daffodils in bloom at the same time, and I don’t think that their cheery sight has ever really been so welcome to me...
Wikipedia Spring
Kids visit archaeological dig at Aldridge Croft - video
19 Mar 10 15:12
Feature video
Kids visit archaeological dig at Aldridge Croft
Express & Star 19 Mar 10
Young treasure hunters joined archaelogists on a dig in Aldridge in a bid to unearth historical gems. Pupils from Cooper and Jordan School were at The Croft in Aldridge where experts are on the lookout for artefacts from times gone by...
Kids visit archaeological dig at Aldridge Croft
Express & Star 19 Mar 10
Young treasure hunters joined archaelogists on a dig in Aldridge in a bid to unearth historical gems. Pupils from Cooper and Jordan School were at The Croft in Aldridge where experts are on the lookout for artefacts from times gone by...
One man’s mission to clear-up Willenhall alley - video
17 Mar 10 13:34
News feature
One man’s mission to clear-up Willenhall alley
Express & Star 17 Mar 10
Tony Ball is on mission to clear dirty syringes dumped by drug addicts, beer cans and litter from an alley used by children and pensioners living on a Willenhall estate. He got so fed up with the mess along the footpath between Cedar Road and Noose Lane he regularly cleans it up himself...
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10 Extra litter hit squad to help tackle environmental crime
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10 Walsall’s part-time brown bin service gets updated
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10 Walsall learns how to make silk purses from sow’s ears
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
Walsall Council Brown bin collection times (April only)
One man’s mission to clear-up Willenhall alley
Express & Star 17 Mar 10
Tony Ball is on mission to clear dirty syringes dumped by drug addicts, beer cans and litter from an alley used by children and pensioners living on a Willenhall estate. He got so fed up with the mess along the footpath between Cedar Road and Noose Lane he regularly cleans it up himself...
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10 Extra litter hit squad to help tackle environmental crime
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10 Walsall’s part-time brown bin service gets updated
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10 Walsall learns how to make silk purses from sow’s ears
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
Walsall Council Brown bin collection times (April only)
Walsall learns how to make silk purses from sow’s ears
16 Mar 10 23:43
PR
Walsall learns how to make silk purses from sow’s ears
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10
Not sure what day Walsall Council collects your green bin recycling? Can’t find the information on the council website? Don’t worry, a workshop at Walsall Leather Museum could be just the answer...
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Walsall learns how to make silk purses from sow’s ears
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10
Not sure what day Walsall Council collects your green bin recycling? Can’t find the information on the council website? Don’t worry, a workshop at Walsall Leather Museum could be just the answer...
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Walsall’s brown bin service gets updated
16 Mar 10 23:43
PR
Walsall’s brown bin service gets updated
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10
Refuse collectors in Walsall have started putting stickers on brown bins as part of a £380,000 investment in Walsall Council’s part-time garden waste scheme...
Walsall Council Brown bin collection times (April only)
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Walsall’s brown bin service gets updated
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10
Refuse collectors in Walsall have started putting stickers on brown bins as part of a £380,000 investment in Walsall Council’s part-time garden waste scheme...
Walsall Council Brown bin collection times (April only)
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Extra litter hit squad to help tackle environmental crime
16 Mar 10 23:43
PR
Extra litter hit squad to help tackle environmental crime
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10
Don’t be tempted to fly-tip just because you can’t afford the extra cost of paying Walsall Council for bulky item collection. The Council has strengthened the litter hit squad to help in the clean-up of rubbish and flytipped waste across the borough as part of an ongoing council campaign to tackle environmental crime...
Walsall Council Bulky item collection
Walsall Council Envirocrime
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
BrownhillsBob 12 Mar 10 From the ‘Not terribly bright’ department…
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Extra litter hit squad to help tackle environmental crime
Walsall Council 16 Mar 10
Don’t be tempted to fly-tip just because you can’t afford the extra cost of paying Walsall Council for bulky item collection. The Council has strengthened the litter hit squad to help in the clean-up of rubbish and flytipped waste across the borough as part of an ongoing council campaign to tackle environmental crime...
Walsall Council Bulky item collection
Walsall Council Envirocrime
Walsall Council Rubbish, waste and recycling
BrownhillsBob 12 Mar 10 From the ‘Not terribly bright’ department…
The Plastic Hippo 1 Mar 10 Comment: My old man’s a dustman
Feature: Deerly beloved at Chasewater
15 Mar 10 10:56
Deerly beloved at Chasewater
BrownhillsBob 9 Mar 10
A week ago, Brownhills Blog contributor, fellow Panoramio fan and top local history operative [Howmuch] went for a ride round Chasewater on a quiet Monday, armed as ever with his camera...
Chasewater Wildlife Group Deer at Chasewater and Cuckoo Bank
Express & Star 5 Mar 10 Canal water pledge on work at Chasewater
BBC News 23 Feb 10 Low water levels threaten Black Country canal festival
Express & Star 11 Feb 10 Festivals sunk due to work on Chasewater reservoir
Waterscape Black Country Boating Festival
Birmingham Canal Navigations Society Home
Lichfield Council Chasewater Dam
British Waterways Home
Chasewater Dam 15 Mar Results of fish health check ‘satisfactory’
Chasewater Dam 15 Mar Fish rescue team on site
Express & Star 10 Mar 10 Fish rescue at reservoir
Chasewater Dam 5 Mar 10 Stage one of the fish rescue gets underway
Lichfield Blog 1 Mar 10 No return for fish removed
Chasewater Dam 24 Feb 10 Will the fish be put back into Chasewater?
Chasewater Dam 22 Jan When will the fish rescue take place?
Mercury 22 Jan Thousands of fish dead at Chasewater Pleasure Park
BrownhillsBob 18 Jan Dead fish at Chasewater
Chasewater Wildlife Group 16 Jan Mass death of fish in Anglesey Basin
Chasewater Dam 16 Mar Shipwreck found!
Chasewater Dam 11 Mar French rocket mystery
B’ham Mail 4 Mar 10 Bomb experts called out to Chasewater for a third time
Lichfield Blog 3 Mar 10 Warning to Chasewater walkers after Second World War bombs are found
Walsall Advertiser 25 Feb 10 Rushall dad finds Chasewater bomb
Chasewater Dam 24 Feb 10 Suspected World War II bomb found
BrownhillsBob 25 Feb 10 Draining away pictures
TonyM666 Flickr 11 Feb 10 Reservoir Dregs pictures
Lichfield Blog 25 Feb 10 Lichfield District Council could borrow money to repair Chasewater Dam
Chase Post 25 Feb 10 Town taxpayers to foot bill for Dam?
Chase Post 25 Feb 10 Liaison promise for work at the dam
BrownhillsBob 5 Feb 10 Reservoir dogged
Express & Star 4 Feb 10 War of words over Chasewater dam repair bill
Lichfield Blog 4 Feb 10 Government won’t “ignore the risks” on Chasewater dam
Lichfield Blog 3 Feb 10 No-one read the small-print on Chasewater dam – Burntwood councillor
Lichfield Blog 29 Jan Gordon Brown challenged over safety of Chasewater dam
Lichfield Mercury 28 Jan Chasewater dam collapse could kill 'up to 80 people'
BrownhillsBob 22 Jan 10 Comment: Chasewater – the only victim seems to be the truth
Lichfield Blog 21 Jan Lichfield MP criticises Prime Minister’s ‘insensitive’ response
BrownhillsBob 21 Jan Michael Fabricant: away with the fairies?
Lichfield Mercury 20 Jan Leaking Chasewater dam could have 'catastrophic consequences', MP Fabricant claims
Chasewater Dam 1 Feb 10 Opening the valves to Chasewater’s dam
Lichfield Blog 1 Feb 10 Work begins to drain Chasewater ahead of dam safety work
YamYam 28 Dec Chasewater being drained as New Year work starts