THE BLOXIDGE TALLYGRAPH

The online news and local history magazine for Bloxwich - Edditid by a Bloxidge mon!

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NEW:  A Short History of Bloxwich Libraries

The much-loved Bloxwich Library and Bloxwich Library Theatre, at the heart of the Bloxwich community, are set for a ٟ.2 million makeover following a Big Lottery Community Libraries Award - See News page for further details! 

Did you know that there have been four Bloxwich Libraries since the mid 19th century?  Find out more in our new feature - see Features Page or click this link.


Bloxwich Library, Elmore Row, June 1962 (before the theatre was added)


HOT OFF THE PRESS:  PRINCE OF WALES CLOSES

The historic Prince of Wales public house on High Street, Bloxwich, has joined the ranks of closed pubs in the town,  Like the Bulls Head in Park Road, which closed late last year, the popular 1920s pub is now shuttered and abandoned, with an uncertain future.  See:  The Prince of Wales  for more info on the history of this pub.


LATEST FEATURES 

Our latest features are: 

A Short History of Bloxwich Libraries

The Incredible Shrinking Anvil Stones!

Of Little Bloxwich and Lower Farm

The Story of Bloxwich Station

Bloxwich Pubs

 

THE HEADLINES

Late Summer Edditorial - see Edditorial. 

What Do We Want on Lower Farm? - see Comment page. 

Crime Prevention Initiative - see News.

Bull's Head Closes - see News.

Blakenall & Bloxwich LNP - see Community.

Photo Appeals

WANTED:  PHOTOS OF THE OLD BLOXWICH LIBRARIES  Do you have any photographs of the earlier Bloxwich Libraries in Elmore Green Road, on The Pinfold or in Harrison Street, or the old British Legion Club in Harrison Street? If so please get in touch as we need more to add to our forthcoming feature on the history of Bloxwich libraries, and also, with your permission, to the archives at Walsall Local History Centre.  Please help if you can - you could be making history!

WANTED:  PHOTOS OF THE OLD BLOXWICH STATION  Do you have any photographs of the original Bloxwich Railway Station which was closed in 1965?  If so please get in touch as we need more to add to our feature on the Station, and also, with your permission, to the archives at Walsall Local History Centre.  Please help if you can - you could be making history!

All photographs will be returned after scanning if required. 

Drop me a line via the.edditer@thebloxidgetallygraph.com - I'll be pleased to hear from you  
The Edditer                                                                

The Bloxidge Tallygraph is published by The Little Bloxwich Press, Little Bloxwich, Staffordshire.

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Updated 25th April 2008

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