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Bela Lugosi is Dead – a Bloxwich Telegraph Halloween tale!
MANY people think they know all about the ghostly stories which have long been told and re-told about the old King’s Arms and the Convent of St Paul at Chartres which once sat beside the Convent Pool...
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Bloxwich Remembrance parade replaced with church service
Bloxwich is to lose its popular Remembrance Sunday parade this weekend, amid a storm of media reports highlighting government police cuts as the cause of reduced road closure support for such events...
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A Sunday to Remember in Bloxwich
This year’s Remembrance Sunday in Bloxwich was indeed one to remember, mostly for all the right reasons – but was also an event dogged by confusion and controversy. Most importantly, the local...
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Christmas fun begins in Bloxwich this Saturday!
A glittering slide into Christmas for Bloxwich and district begins this Saturday 28th November with the annual ‘Sparkle into a Bloxwich Christmas’ event in the village centre. Organised by Walsall...
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Project will sew a Silver Thread of arts and history
As part of a celebration of a quarter of a century working in community arts, Walsall Council’s Creative Development Team are now set to deliver a unique year long community arts project for Walsall...
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Walsall Silver Thread project now on Facebook
Walsall’s new ‘Silver Thread’ project is a great new local community project organised by the Walsall Council Creative Development Team. It celebrates both local history and arts, and 25 years of...
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Library cuts conundrum considered by Council
Public consultation on Walsall Council’s draft budget proposals to close up to 7 libraries across the borough and cease the Mobile Library service was concluded at the beginning of January. Nearly...
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Beano Artist to produce designs for Silver Thread Tapestries project
A borough wide project set up to celebrate 25 years of delivering community arts in Walsall has drafted in renowned Beano artist Hunt Emerson to help design 11 unique tapestries. The ‘Silver Thread’...
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Bloxwich couple’s Diamond Anniversary is an ‘Affair to Remember’
Walsall Mayor, Councillor Angela Underhill welcomed another special couple to her parlour this week to share in their Diamond Wedding celebrations. Ronald and Beryl Beier from Bloxwich were invited to...
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Kid coders can join the ‘program’ at Aldridge Library!
A free Code Club designed to inspire young people interested in computer programming will be officially launched at Aldridge Library on Friday 4 March. Run by Library staff and volunteers with...
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Walsall Air Cadets receive ATC 75th anniversary torch in Bloxwich
A local branch of the Air Training Corps, the youth organisation that fits young people for life in the Royal Air Force as well as promoting and encouraging all the qualities that requires,...
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Bloxwich Carnival Royalty selection coming up soon
Next month will see a very special event in the Bloxwich calendar take place – the annual selection of the Bloxwich Carnival ‘royalty’. The 2016 Bloxwich Carnival takes place on Saturday 6th August at...
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Easter eggcitement in local libraries
For parents hatching a plan to keep their younger family members eggtertained over the Easter holidays, Walsall Libraries will be providing a host of activities throughout the borough. Parents hunting...
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Want to grandstand at the bandstand?
Musicians and performers throughout the borough are being invited to take centre stage at Walsall Arboretum’s bandstand this summer. Following the success of last year’s appeal for performers Walsall...
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It’s election time tomorrow!
Tomorrow, Thursday 5th May 2016, sees both this year’s round of Walsall Council elections and the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner election take place, and anyone who has registered to...
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Bloxwich and Walsall election results
After a busy day and night for candidates and Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council staff, the results are now in for this year’s round of local government elections. Council control With a low voter...
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Bloxwich Model Railway Club exhibition this Saturday
This Saturday 21st May sees the seventh annual exhibition of the popular Bloxwich (St. Johns) Model Railway Club, which is based at St John’s Methodist Church in Victoria Avenue, Bloxwich, WS3 3HS....
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Borough’s bins go fortnightly from October
Walsall Council has announced that collections of grey household waste bins across the borough will be cut from weekly to fortnightly from October 2016. Most households in the borough currently have a...
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Beechdale tipper caught on the fly
A man who fly-tipped household waste and who was caught on camera has been ordered to pay £1,901.71. Mr Duane Greenaway of the Beechdale Estate, Bloxwich, was filmed at Rayboulds Bridge Road fly...
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Concert for Bloxwich Royal British Legion
The newly-formed Bloxwich branch of the Royal British Legion has organised an evening of entertainment next month to raise funds. Local vocalist Keir Edwards will be singing cabaret songs from the...
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