Black Country news and blogs Tuesday 14 May 2013
Walsall ward - Bloxwich East
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Forthcoming Attractions – Model Railway Shows
Chasewater Stuff's Blog 10 May 13
Model Railway Shows • Sat 18th May 2013 • Bloxwich (ST Johns) Model Railway Club – Model Railway Exhibition • St John’s Methodist Church, Victoria Avenue, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands WS3 3HS OPENING TIMES: 10.00am – 4.30pm …
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Walsall Disability Activities Event – 28th May 2013
Transition Together 8 May 13
Sport and Leisure along with Children’s Services would like to invite you to a disability activities launch event at Bloxwich Leisure Centre on 28th May 2013 for more information please click on the link below: Disability Activities Event 28th May…
Council
The ‘stainless’ past of a local family firm.
Walsall Council: Press Release 8 May 13
A special talk at Walsall Museum this May captures the history of one of the borough’s most famous family firms, the Old Hall company of Bloxwich.
Council
The stainless past of a local family firm
Walsall Council: Press Release 8 May 13
A special talk at Walsall Museum this May captures the history of one of the borough’s most famous family firms, the Old Hall company of Bloxwich.
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Walsall sports participation on the up
Walsall People 7 May 13
Walsall Council has announced that over one million people took part in sport in the borough last year – the first time that number has been reached.
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Bloxwich Telegraph to enter ‘hibernation’
The Bloxwich Telegraph 3 May 13
The Bloxwich Telegraph is to suspend regular publication and go into ‘hibernation’ for an unspecified period, effective from today.
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Yobs snap 12ft trees in half during Bloxwich Park attack
Express & Star 3 May 13
Around 16 trees, which were about 12 feet tall, have been snapped in half and vandalised after being planted at a popular Bloxwich park earlier this year.
Sport
April 2013 – Black Belt Grading Results
West Midlands Tae Kwon Do 1 May 13
West Midlands Tae Kwon Do, are pleased to say the following students have pasted their Dan gradings.
Rugby
WRUFC 2nd XV Merit League Champions 2012-13
Wednesbury RFC 30 Apr 13
WRUFC 2s 82 – 0 Bloxwich 2s.
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The Canadian Rockies…
TwoYamYamsAbroad 30 Apr 13
Sorry it’s taken so long to get this blog on – we finally have WiFi!Hallelujah! Wow.
Event
Bloxwich Summer Funday
What's On Walsall 30 Apr 13
A day out for all the family at Bloxwich park…
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Burglar is jailed after raid at Bloxwich widow’s home
Express & Star 30 Apr 13
A prolific burglar has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for breaking into the home of a recently widowed woman and trying to steal property belonging to her late husband.
Business
Help to Buy a brand new home in Bloxwich
Midlands Business News 30 Apr 13
Leading housebuilder Barratt West Midlands now has the ideal first time buyer property available for sale with the new Government-backed Help to Buy scheme at The Bridles on Bell Lane in Bloxwich.
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Gas mains replacement work continues to leave a trail of complaints….
Cllr Ian Shires: LibDem - Willenhall North 29 Apr 13
Areas across New Invention and Short Heath continue to suffer disruption due to the on-going gas mains work being carried out on behalf of National Grid Gas reports Liberal Democrat Councillor Ian Shires.
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You could be Queen of Bloxwich!
The Bloxwich Telegraph 28 Apr 13
The Mayor, Bloxwich Carnival Royalty and a very special coach and horses last year.
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Bloxwich Carnival Queen Selection Opens
The Rotary Club of Bloxwich Phoenix 24 Apr 13
After some changes for the Jubilee and Olympics last year, we’re back in the traditional August slot for Bloxwich Carnival this year, and once again we’re looking for applicants for the Carnival Queen, Princess and Rosebud.
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No WiFi, No Blog
TwoYamYamsAbroad 24 Apr 13
Oh my life.
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Collecting Books for World Book Night
The Rotary Club of Bloxwich Phoenix 21 Apr 13
World Book Night takes place this week.
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Attingham Hall
The Rotary Club of Bloxwich Phoenix 20 Apr 13
We’d noticed the National Trust had a free weekend, and although some of us are members, some aren’t, so it seemed the ideal opportunity to take in a visit and picnic.
News
Blaze destroys Blakenall furniture workshop
The Bloxwich Telegraph 19 Apr 13
A Blakenall Heath furniture workshop was gutted by fire in the early hours of yesterday morning.
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Roads closed to motorists due to resurfacing
Walsall People 18 Apr 13
PART of Forest Lane in Walsall will be closed to motorists next week for road resurfacing work.
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Speeding, 17th April
FixMyStreet: Walsall 17 Apr 13
Vehicles drive at excess speed on Pooles Lane, and don’t slow down when turning into Pooles Lane from Bloxwich Road North (due to the curved nature of the corner), making it very dangerous when residents are pulling off their driveways on Pooles…
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Sexton Blake Strikes Back! – at Bookmark Bloxwich Theatre
The Birmingham Press 17 Apr 13
Edwardian London is being held to ransom – and who can rescue the capital from arch-villains ‘The British League of Underhanded Scoundrels, Traitors, Extortionists and Rapscallions…
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Close look order for Bloxwich level crossing
The Bloxwich Telegraph 16 Apr 13
Bloxwich Level Crossing, photo courtesy John M A Bloxwich level crossing could be closed as part of a plan to create almost 1,400 jobs in the West Midlands through better rail links.
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Car sale conman targeting the elderly across region
Express & Star 16 Apr 13
A conman has been tricking victims into handing over hundreds of pounds in a car sale scam in the Black Country, police said today.
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Readings and free books for World Book Night Bloxwich
The Birmingham Press 16 Apr 13
The 23rd of April is Shakespeare’s birthday and St George’s Day, so what better day to pop into Bloxwich Library for a free book (or to borrow one…
Council
Close look order for Bloxwich level crossing
Walsall Council: Press Release 16 Apr 13
A Bloxwich level crossing could be closed as part of a plan to create almost 1,400 jobs in the West Midlands through better rail links.
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Sexton Blake Strikes Back – at Bookmark Bloxwich Theatre!
The Bloxwich Telegraph 15 Apr 13
Edwardian London is being held to ransom – and who can rescue the capital from arch-villains ’The British League of Underhanded Scoundrels, Traitors, Extortionists and Rapscallions?’ Only one man – the world-famous detective Sexton Blake…
Football
Wryley LK09 Lions
Wyrley Juniors FC 14 Apr 13
LK09 v Bloxwich Rangers This was a fast pace game (probably helped by the wind !).
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Members to mark World Book Night
Walsall People 11 Apr 13
MEMBERS of Bloxwich Library Forum are getting ready to offer visitors the chance to mark World Book Night later this month.
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Walsall councillors stand up against new bedroom tax
Express & Star 9 Apr 13
The controversial bedroom tax will destroy neighbourhoods, councillors in Walsall claimed as they condemned the new legislation during an hour-long heated debate.
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Woman hurt as bus hits bridge in Bloxwich
Express & Star 9 Apr 13
A busy route was closed for two hours during rush hour traffic after a bus hit a bridge in Bloxwich.
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SEATTLE, VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER
TwoYamYamsAbroad 9 Apr 13
The next instalment of our American adventure, as we move North into Canada.
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An Oasis Fast Becoming An Eyesore
Black Country Londoner 8 Apr 13
Well it took a while for me to start blogging again.
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Bus crash blocks bridge in Sneyd Lane, Bloxwich
The Bloxwich Telegraph 8 Apr 13
Reports are coming in of what appears to be a Black Diamond bus which has crashed in Sneyd Lane, Bloxwich, near the Mossley Estate.
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Ex-Wolves and Walsall player Bill Guttridge dies at age 82
Express & Star 8 Apr 13
Former Wolves and Walsall player Bill “Chopper” Guttridge has died aged 82.
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Protestors petition in their pyjamas over bedroom tax
Walsall People 4 Apr 13
PROTESTERS lobbying the government’s new bedroom took to Bloxwich High Street in their pyjamas last weekend.
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Readings and free books for World Book Night Bloxwich
The Bloxwich Telegraph 3 Apr 13
Members of Bloxwich Library Forum are getting ready to offer visitors to the library not just a free book for World Book Night, but the chance to hear readings from selected books and more during the afternoon of Tuesday 23rd April.
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San Francisco & Californian Parks
TwoYamYamsAbroad 1 Apr 13
One of many enormous trees! Chris is having a nose inside.
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Amazing evening entertainment at Bookmark Bloxwich Theatre
The Bloxwich Telegraph 1 Apr 13
There’s an amazing range of entertainment coming up soon at Bookmark Bloxwich Theatre, part of the Bloxwich Library complex in Elmore Row, Bloxwich.
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Bloxwich Rotary crocuses highlight Polio campaign
The Bloxwich Telegraph 1 Apr 13
The host of purple crocuses recently spouting around Bloxwich, planted by the Rotary Club of Bloxwich Phoenix – most notably around the memorial oak tree in Bloxwich Promenade Gardens – are part of a national Rotary campaign to raise awareness of…
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‘Sorrow into Pride’ Elmore Green memorial book special price
The Bloxwich Telegraph 1 Apr 13
A very special book about the men on the Elmore Green School Great War Memorial is now available again at a very special price (see below), exclusively from Blakenall Village Centre – but hurry, time is short! Sorrow into Pride tells the story of …
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Bedroom tax protestors take to streets
Walsall Labour Party News 1 Apr 13
Labour party councillors and supporters dressed in pyjamas braved the freezing cold and snow to protest against the bedroom tax which comes into affect this week.
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Bloxwich Labour campaigners protest the Bedroom Tax
The Bloxwich Telegraph 1 Apr 13
Local Labour Party Councillors and supporters were busy kept in Bloxwich on Saturday collecting signatures from local residents on a petition in protest against the Tory/LibDem Coalition Government’s increasingly unpopular “Bedroom Tax” which…
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George Osborne: Bedroom tax is not end of the world
Express & Star 1 Apr 13
The controversial bedroom tax was today introduced for thousands of council tenants – as Chancellor George Osborne declared: “It’s not the end of the world”.
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Bloxwich Labour petition against the Bedroom Tax this Saturday
The Bloxwich Telegraph 29 Mar 13
Labour campaigners busy collecting signatures in Bloxwich last year Bloxwich Labour Councillors and supporters will be around and about in Bloxwich tomorrow, Saturday 30th March, to collect signatures from local residents on a petition in protest …
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Eggcellent Easter Saturday all set for Bloxwich!
The Bloxwich Telegraph 29 Mar 13
Thanks to the generous support of local businesses, clubs and organisations as well as Walsall Council, Bloxwich families can look forward to a most eggcellent public Easter event in the village again this year – all set for tomorrow, Saturday 30th…
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Bloxwich theatre to host lively night of music
The Bloxwich Telegraph 29 Mar 13
On Saturday 6 th April, Bookmark Bloxwich Live Music will once again be staging Across The Borderline as a follow up to the previous show’s sold out performance last October.
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Bloxwich Rector to walk 87 miles for family worker
The Bloxwich Telegraph 29 Mar 13
Revd.
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NEWSFLASH: Travel Advice, Tips & The Store
TwoYamYamsAbroad 29 Mar 13
Hey everybody, w e thought we’d put a quick note on here to make you all aware of our brand new features.