Black Country news and blogs Monday 29 December 2014
Christmas
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Darrell And Nigel Attempt to Construct An Asda Rocky Road House 
Mum's Monkey 29 Dec 14
The PE Lady gave us an Asda Rocky Road House kit for Christmas, and it would have looked most rude if we did not “construct” it before the festive season was nigh…… …… and the honour to perform the task fell upon the shoulders of Darrell …
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On the fourth day of Christmas …
Vic the Vicar 28 Dec 14
Since Apple have put aside their Twelve Days of Christmas giveaway this year I thought I would have to do something too redress the gap left by them: Day Four …
Sport
Top Goal-Scorers and Bad Boys
Cannock Hockey Club 28 Dec 14
Cannock HC Top Goal-Scorers at the Christmas Break for the 2014-15 Season Cannock HC Bad Boys at the Christmas Break for the 2014-15 Season…
News
City Link workers to lose their jobs on New Year’s Eve
Coventry Telegraph 28 Dec 14
Staff at the Coventry-based firm were told on Christmas Day it had gone in to administration…
Sport
200 Club Winners
Silhillians RFC 28 Dec 14
Christmas Winners…
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The King’s Touch
Lichfield Lore 28 Dec 14
This Christmas, for the first time ever, I watched the Queen’s Speech.
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Wonderful (if sentimental) tomb-sculpture
Staffordshire Daily Photo 28 Dec 14
The week between Christmas and New Year is when many of us take a ‘brisk walk’ in the countryside.
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Spider-Man surprise birthday video boy dies aged five with a malignant brain tumour
Female Imagination 28 Dec 14
I just saw this on BBC News.
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Premature triplets home for first Christmas
Express & Star 28 Dec 14
They were so fragile when they were born their parents couldn’t cuddle them.
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Gigs, bands, venues, surprises, changes and some disappointments. 2014 has been eventful.
Radio To Go 28 Dec 14
This is the last Radio To Go blogpost of 2014, tucked into that awkward half-holiday, half-not space between the Christmas blowout and New Year’s Eve.
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To all Mums at Christmas
sheesstillmymum 28 Dec 14
A good friend of mine lost his mother just before Christmas.
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12 Days of Christmas: Josh & Danny
The Rotary Club of Bloxwich Phoenix 28 Dec 14
We like a nutty challenge, and today we’ve picked on we think fits the bill! Josh Love Danny Matthews decided to travel then length and breadth of England (mostly) to visit all 92 top-tier football stadia in just 92 hours.
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The last parkrun of the year – Event #146
Walsall Arboretum parkrun 27 Dec 14
And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, was your final Walsall Arboretum parkrun of 2014.
FOI
Taking Control of Goods (fees) Regulations 2014 – two
FOI request: Coventry CC 27 Dec 14
Response by Coventry City Council to Paul Smith on 27 December 2014 .
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Origin of the famous Christmas song “Silent Night”
Lichfield Mercury 27 Dec 14
The world’s favourite carol was first sung 196 years ago JOHN HARPER recalls how it was written.
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Origin of the famous Christmas song “Silent Night”
Walsall Advertiser 27 Dec 14
The world’s favourite carol was first sung 196 years ago JOHN HARPER recalls how it was written.
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Festive Christmas tree festival at Holy Trinity Church in Sutton…
Sutton Coldfield Observer 27 Dec 14
FESTIVE FEEL: Holy Trinity Parish Church in the centre of Sutton is often referred to as a jewel in the royal town’s crown.
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Origin of the famous Christmas song “Silent Night”
Sutton Coldfield Observer 27 Dec 14
The world’s favourite carol was first sung 196 years ago JOHN HARPER recalls how it was written.
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Review: Blast from the Past – A Victorian Christmas @ Lichfield Guildhall
Lichfield Live 27 Dec 14
The three piece ensemble Blast from the Past presented a show of seasonal music, plays and drama when they closed their latest nationwide tour at Lichfield Guildhall.
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Christmas trip – Alderley Edge copper mines
Dudley Caving Club 27 Dec 14
For our Christmas adventure we had wanted a sociable trip that wouldn’t be too cold or far to travel so Brendan arranged two leaders to take us into the Alderley Edge Copper Mines.
Football
No Christmas cheer as Chasetown FC lose Boxing Day derby
Lichfield Live 27 Dec 14
Daniel Cope sees his effort hit the net.
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No Christmas cheer as Chasetown FC lose Boxing Day derby
Burntwood Live 27 Dec 14
Daniel Cope sees his effort hit the net.
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Desperate appeal after dog attacks beloved pets in Belgrave,…
Tamworth Herald 27 Dec 14
A TAMWORTH pet owner has made a desperate appeal for information after her beloved dogs were viciously attacked.
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Gift of Christmas wraps up Sutton Coldfield’s Gracechurch…
Sutton Coldfield Observer 27 Dec 14
WHEN it comes to Christmas shopping, many people will have picked up their perfect gift for loved ones at The Gracechurch Centre.
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Top 10: Animated Christmas Films
Redbrick 27 Dec 14
Critic Gurnesha Bola walks us through her Top 10 animated Christmas movies…
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The review: carousels
Mike Maynard 27 Dec 14
Christmas is over and although we didn’t have a White Christmas, Boxing Day gave us a little snow.
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On the third day of Christmas …
Vic the Vicar 27 Dec 14
Since Apple have put aside their Twelve Days of Christmas giveaway this year I thought I would have to do something too redress the gap left by them: Day Three …
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Lichfield firm to chip Christmas trees in aid of St Giles Hospice
Lichfield Mercury 27 Dec 14
A LICHFIELD tree company is providing the perfect New Year solution offering to chip unwanted Christmas trees for charity.
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Shock over City Link collapse – as 2,700 jobs put at risk
Express & Star 27 Dec 14
City Link workers and customers have told of their shock and anger after learning on Christmas Day that 2,700 jobs were at risk.
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Saddlers’ Smith seeking quick response
Express & Star 27 Dec 14
Walsall boss Dean Smith wants his men to make the most of an immediate chance to get over their Christmas defensive hangover.
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Memories of 1950s works party
Black Country Bugle 27 Dec 14
I ENCLOSE this photograph of a children’s Christmas party at Grazebrook works in Peartree Lane, Netherton, possibly 1952/53.
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West Bromwich author’s two books for Christmas
Black Country Bugle 27 Dec 14
WEST Bromwich-born author John Bainbridge, above, has published not one but two new novels in time for Christmas.
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12 Days of Christmas: Amy Carter
The Rotary Club of Bloxwich Phoenix 27 Dec 14
Amy did an abseil down Walsall Art Gallery to raise funds for Diabetes UK .
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Christmas Day deliveries at Coventry and Nuneaton hospitals
Coventry Telegraph 27 Dec 14
Thirteen babies were delivered on Christmas Day at University Hospital and George Eliot Hospital…
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Christmas Day – I realised I had no cash, and spun up the High…
365 days of biking 27 Dec 14
Christmas Day – I realised I had no cash, and spun up the High Street late in the evening to go to the cashpoint.
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Turkey Gochujang Bibimbap
The Plastic Hippo 27 Dec 14
It is a worry that sits heavy on every kitchen goddess or god at this time of year; will the massively expensive turkey turn out to be a huge Christmas flop resulting in mountains of leftover meat…
Villa
Swanning off
The Birmingham Press 27 Dec 14
Dave Woodhall on Villa’s perennial lack of Christmas cheer.
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The Best Christmas Ever …..
Mum's Monkey 27 Dec 14
What can we say, Christmas in Evesham was just too wonderful for words, and even more special than we could ever have dreamt ……..
Sport
First Team – IT’LL BE LORNEY THIS CHRISTMAS
Highgate United FC 26 Dec 14
James Homey’s 39th minute header earned an off-form Gate a slim boxing day victory at Lichfield City…
Football
Kidsgrove Athletic 1 Romulus 0
Romulus FC 26 Dec 14
LUCKLESS Romulus could not quash their Christmas curse as Kidsgrove grabbed a relegation lifeline courtesy of Steve Brannan’s second-half header.
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Poster girls, GoPro debut and a sudden Total Eclipse of the Heart
Fiona Cullinan 26 Dec 14
Snowselele is the now-traditional Christmas singalong featuring Moselele (“The second best ukulele group in Birmingham”) and a chorus of around 400 drinkers at the Prince of Wales pub in Moseley.
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Brownsover.
Narrowboat Oakfield 26 Dec 14
On Christmas eve we had a text asking if there was any space where we were, It was Maffi and It was dark when he arrived so we helped him to moor behind us.
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Christmas Day parkrun 2014 – event #145
Walsall Arboretum parkrun 26 Dec 14
It was a fantastic atmosphere at the arboretum for our Christmas Day parkrun.
News
56 of the top Christmas movies of all time
Lichfield Mercury 26 Dec 14
WE all have our own personal favourites.
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56 of the top Christmas movies of all time
Sutton Coldfield Observer 26 Dec 14
WE all have our own personal favourites.
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56 of the top Christmas movies of all time
Walsall Advertiser 26 Dec 14
WE all have our own personal favourites.
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KATE RUSBY
Folk All 26 Dec 14
Live review Symphony Hall, Birmingham Looking like a Christmas humbug in her black and white hooped dress and with obligatory tea mug in hand Kate Rusby greeted the assembled Birmingham audience with a massive Barnsley “‘ello!” Kate Rusby She then …
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Jeff’s nuts roasting on an open fire among most missung Christmas…
Sutton Coldfield Observer 26 Dec 14
FESTIVE songs are often misheard or mis-sung but the West Midlands fairs the best according to a survey by a music streaming service.
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Jeff’s nuts roasting on an open fire among most missung Christmas…
Walsall Advertiser 26 Dec 14
FESTIVE songs are often misheard or mis-sung but the West Midlands fairs the best according to a survey by a music streaming service.
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Jeff’s nuts roasting on an open fire among most missung Christmas…
Lichfield Mercury 26 Dec 14
FESTIVE songs are often misheard or mis-sung but the West Midlands fairs the best according to a survey by a music streaming service.