• Freudian slip
  The Plastic Hippo 16 Jan 12
  It is not certain if Under Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Lord Freud has ever visited Walsall to view the Garman Ryan collection at the New Art Gallery. Should he do so, then West Midlands Police need to be vigilant. The man is a…
  

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• Five at court following attempt theft of ATM in Penn
  Black Country News 16 Jan 12
  Five men are due to appear at Wolverhampton Magistrates Court today (Monday) charged in connection with an attempt theft from a cash machine at Murco service station on Warstones Road in Wolverhampton on Friday (13 January). All five, aged…
  

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• Nothing doing.
  Bilston Jay 16 Jan 12
  Ever run out of inspiration? I have. Inspiration seems to hit me in waves, sometimes I can’t write enough or blog enough and other times I’m empty of inspiration and wonder if I’ll ever be able to write anything ever again. At the moment I…
  

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• Free advice on reducing energy bills
  WV11 16 Jan 12
  Rising energy prices are something we all have to put up with, but help is at hand this week! Wolverhampton Citizens Advice Bureau will give practical advice throughout Big Energy Week (16-21 January 2012) to help people cut their fuel bills…
  

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• System Upgrade
  Action 4 Essington 13 Jan 12
  This site is now version 3.3.1
  

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• Selling social media to the internal audience
  Kate Hughes, Social Housing 12 Jan 12
  Selling social media to your internal audience is as vital as to your external audience. I delivered this prezi to Wolverhampton Homes senior managers today. It seemed to go down well Feel free to pinch/adapt any of it.
  

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• New Year New You: Zumba classes in Wednesfield
  WV11 12 Jan 12
  Zumba , the dance fitness program designed to make exercise fun is currently sweeping the nation and classes are now running four nights a week in Wednesfield. With 60,000 fitness center locations in 105 countries and seven-and-a-half million…
  

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• Wednesfield South PACT priorities (January 2012)
  WV11 12 Jan 12
  Last night our newest contributor Andy Fisher live-tweeted from the Wednesfield South PACT meeting, read on for the 3 Policing priorities that were set and for a full report from the meeting. PACT priorities set by the community: Priority…
  

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• Paul Uppal calls on Wolverhampton South West to Rock the House
  Paul Uppal MP 12 Jan 12
  Paul Uppal MP is taking part in the second annual Parliamentary live music competition, Rock the House, and invites under-18s, solo artists, bands and live music venues in the Wolverhampton South West constituency to write and nominate themselves…
  

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• Appeal for Vodafone/O2 Mast turned down by Bristol
  Tettenhall Village 11 Jan 12
  Today there was a lot shouting and back slapping in Tettenhall Wood and with it a very large sigh of relief from all those who could have been living around the proposed new telecommunications mast site. Wolverhampton City Council Planning…
  

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• Save Panda’s – start eating them!
  Bilston Jay 10 Jan 12
  Wanna save the panda from extinction? Easy. Start eating them. Start killing them so we can eat their sweet, sweet flesh. It’s a delicious alternative to extinction and do you wanna know why? I’m sure you do. Animals we eat don’t become extinct…
  

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• Crippled inside
  The Plastic Hippo 09 Jan 12
  We have come a long way since the aristocracy would pay a penny to be amused at the antics of lunatics held in inhumane conditions in Bedlam. But, goodness me, the powerful and wealthy of the 18th century are a tenacious bunch…
  

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• Local residents don’t want unsightly clutter thank you Vodafone/O2
  Tettenhall Village 09 Jan 12
  An emergency meeting was held at the Bird in Hand Public House on Wednesday 4 January in protest against the appeal by Vodafone/Telefonica/O2 to erect a phone mast on the corner of Long Lake Avenue and School Road, Tettenhall Wood. Wolverhampton…
  

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• An Alternative View
  The Birmingham Press 09 Jan 12
  Our Wolves man Brendan King offers a view from the other side of the fence.
  

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• Chill your bones with a double-bill of science fiction horror on the big screen at special Cult House event
  Light House PR 16 Jan 12
  For Immediate Use: 16 January 2012 Light House is pleased to announce, as part of the Cult House season, a double-bill screening of the recently released ‘The Thing’ (2011), followed by John Carpenter’s original chilling cult classic, ‘The…
  

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• Wedding 22nd December 2011
  Jessica Harper 16 Jan 12
  Mr and Mrs Veltman The best day of my life with the best man in my life. Many thanks to Joanne Blakemore and her photography. She really did do a wonderful job . These are just a snippet of how many super shots she took of the day.
  

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• Sub films
  Come the Revolution 15 Jan 12
  There have been a couple of Sub-smash films on the TV lately which illustrates the difference between us and the Americans. The plots are much the same between Morning Departure and Gray Lady Down, sub has accident, sinks, crew goes mad with…
  

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• Sherlock Holmes
  Come the Revolution 15 Jan 12
  Sherlock Holmes is one of my favourite sleuths and recently I have enjoyed reading the “Sign of Four” as well as seeing Sherlock Holmes:A game of shadows on Friday afternoon. One thing about the film though is that the story is…
  

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• Three steps forward, two steps back…
  Reclaiming the abandoned bicycle 15 Jan 12
  It’s been some time since I last posted and even longer since I wrote about my deeper feelings. The fact of the matter is that I thought I’d recovered but like many before me I’ve realised I’ve still a long … Continue…
  

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• Linklogification – 15/1/12
  Russ L 15 Jan 12
  The second linklog post of the year. ~ Drinkify matches the band you’re listening to with a cocktail (via Kottke ). ~ I really liked this article about Douglas Adams’ plotting (via Andrew Hickey ). ~ Annotations for the “O Brother, Where Art…
  

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• It was an interesting week though
  Mike Maynard 15 Jan 12
  It was an interesting week that started with The YamYam featuring my blog on their website. The YamYam is a local news site that aggregates other sites by linking to them. They provide a useful link to local news and sites of local interest…
  

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• Improvements along the Bradley Arm
  WM Cycling 15 Jan 12
  BACK TO WEST MIDLANDS CYCLING WEBSITE A nice local cycle this morning onto the Walsall Canal to Moorcroft Junction where I left the Walsall along the remains of the old Bradley Locks Branch, which runs alongside Moorcroft Nature Reserve, This…
  

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• Sustainable resurgence? | Artists home | Artists | a-n
  Creative Connections 15 Jan 12
  Sustainable resurgence? Artists home Artists a-n
  

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• Joanne Blakemore Photography
  Jessica Harper 15 Jan 12
  Wedding Photographs You may remember last year I did an awful lot of blogging and modelling for a Female, Midlands based photographer called ‘Joanna Blakemore.’ Both my husband and I were very fortunate to have Jo photographing out wedding…
  

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• In Search of The Bentley Canal
  WM Cycling 14 Jan 12
  BACK TO WEST MIDLANDS CYCLING WEBSITE Following on from last Sunday’s cycle along the remains of the disused Ansons Branch Canal, I had decided this week I was going to go in search of the Bentley Canal. I don’t like to research the canal as…
  

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• Victoria Street, Wolverhampton
  Then and Now 14 Jan 12
  ThenAndNow#80 Victoria Street, Wolverhampton from the collections of Wolverhampton Archives . The same view taken November 2011. Filed under: Buildings , General , Shops Tagged: James Beattie Department Store , Motorcars , Public Transport…
  

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• Newhampton Soul Club
  Jessica Harper 14 Jan 12
  February’s Soul Night I blogged about the December Soul Night and I am so going to blog about the February one. Firstly – WHAT A NIGHT! It really was a superb evening that went down an absaloute storm. Everyone that attended throughlly enjoyed…
  

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• Eurozone crisis spreads to France
  Come the Revolution 13 Jan 12
  Well it had to happen. The French have been downgraded by the ratings agencies. I’m not surprised but I am surprised at how the Euro is staggering on for especially as the Germans have been printing Deutsch Marks since November. How long…
  

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• Scottish highlander doll
  Then and Now 13 Jan 12
  ThenAndNow#76 Scottish highlander doll with black painted hair, D87, from the collections of Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service More Scottish Tat, via Flickr by the justified sinner Filed under: At Home , Costume Tagged: childhood , Customs…
  

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• Are bike panniers unattended luggage?
  Car(e) Free 12 Jan 12
  On Tuesday I found a tag attached to my bike which asked, well ordered (there was no please) me to report to staff at customer services on platform 1. I thought at first that it was because of where I parked it – the bike rack has been…
  

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• Ben Steiner Bursary application deadline extended
  Deaffest 12 Jan 12
  The application deadline for the Ben Steiner Bursary is now Tuesday 24 January 2012. The Ben Steiner Bursary is an exciting opportunity for an aspiring Deaf or hard of hearing film-maker. The winner will receive a budget of £5000 for a film…
  

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• Cheerful Chimney Sweep
  The Vicar’s Wife 11 Jan 12
  The Vicar bought some chimney brushes last year. We’ve found it a very cost-effective way of  ensuring that we don’t fill the living room with smoke too much. I think the set cost about £30, which is already less than we’d…
  

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• Newflash: Ben Steiner Bursary closing date extended
  Deaffest 11 Jan 12
  The closing date for the Ben Steiner Film Bursary has been extended to 24 January 2012 . Please see http://deaffest.co.uk/ben-steiner-bursary/ for details about how to apply. More information will be coming soon.
  

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• New courses starting in February……
  Creative Connections 11 Jan 12
  Creative Connections – Survival skills for artists moving intoself-employment Next course starts on the 21 st February 2012 (2 hours per week for 15 weeks)6-8pm at the City Learning Quarter, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Adult Education Service…
  

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• Crafty Dutchie is go!
  Car(e) Free 10 Jan 12
  This weekend I launched my Crafty Dutchie shop. I’d opened it in the week before Christmas to take advantage of an offer at Storebeez, but I only put in one item. Now, I have 5 products in stock, a mock-up logo and a new top banner. I also…
  

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• West Park, Wolverhampton.
  Then and Now 10 Jan 12
  ThenAndNow#75 West Park, Wolverhampton  from the collections of Wolverhampton Archives . The same view taken November 2011. Filed under: Animals , Buildings , Leisure Time , Out and About , Parks Tagged: Parks Lake
  

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• Christmas, Crime and CCTV
  The Vicar’s Wife 10 Jan 12
  On Saturday a dear member of our congregation, who was 91 in December, was mugged as she walked out of an alleyway close to her home. Thankfully, she wasn’t that badly hurt and some brilliant passers-by came to her aid – one chap…
  

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• New Wedding Fayre announced! – 19th February 2012
  Codsall Photographic Blog 10 Jan 12
  The Mercure Hatherton House Hotel in Penkridge are holding an exclusive wedding fayre on Sunday 19th February between the hours of 11am and 4pm. Come and meet up with a great selection of wedding suppliers – including ourselves! The Hatherton…
  

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• 2012 books: #1 Stefan Brijs: De Engelenmaker (Tr: The Angelmaker)
  Car(e) Free 09 Jan 12
  That’s right, I finished reading my first book of the year. Last year I read very little; unfortunately I still can’t knit and read simultaneously and knitting won. My uncle gave me a book for Christmas that unfortunately I…
  

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