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Walsall is the traditional home of the English saddle manufacturing industry, hence the nickname of Walsall Football Club, "the Saddlers". Apart from leather goods, other industries in Walsall include iron and brass founding, limestone quarrying, small hardware, plastics, electronics, chemicals and aircraft parts.
William Henry Duignan (16 August 1824 – 27 March 1914) [1] was a solicitor who lived in and around the town of Walsall for his entire life. He was better known as an antiquarian, writer, historian and local politician and wrote a number of books and pamphlets about local history and especially on the etymology of place naming, many of which are still available today.
Hinsley's father worked in the coal department of the Walsall Co-Op. [1] His mother Emma Hinsley (née Adey) was a school caretaker and they lived in Birchills, in the parish of St Andrew's, Walsall. Harry was educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall and, in 1937, won a scholarship to read history at St. John's College, Cambridge. [2]
Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs; Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity; Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter; Soldiers: A History of Men in Battle; The Story of 1; The Story of India; The Story of Maths; The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion; The Story of the Jews (TV series)
The Story of... (or The [insert celebrity] Story) is a series of documentary style programmes by Channel 5, charting the rise of some of Britain's best loved celebrities and pop culture moments. The show began broadcasting in May 2016.
St Matthew's Church (formerly All Saints' Church) is a Church of England parish church in Walsall, West Midlands, England. It was rebuilt in 1820-1821 by Francis Goodwin, but includes remains of the earlier church built around 1220 and dedicated to All Saints. The church was rededicated to St Matthew when rebuilt. [1]
Walsall Castle, also known as Walsall Moat, [1] or le Mote [2] during the 1400s, [1] was a 12th or 13th-15th century moated manor house in the market town of Walsall in the West Midlands. [3] The current site of the castle is occupied by a car park for the nearby Walsall Manor Hospital and the moat ran along what is now southern Moat Street ...
BBC television documentaries covering events which partially or fully took place in the 18th and 19th centuries. Pages in category "BBC television documentaries about history during the 18th and 19th centuries"