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King George V Memorial Playing Fields, Bloxwich
The gates of King George V Memorial Playing Fields, Stafford Road, Bloxwich. The road through the gates is called William Wiggin Avenue in memory of the man who donated the land for these fields. https://thebloxwichtelegraph.com/history/bloxwich-parks-history/
Image: © Roger W Haworth
Taken: 19 Feb 2019
0.04 miles
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Walsall Academy
New school in Bloxwich sponsored by Thomas Telford School and the Mercers Company.
Image: © John M
Taken: 21 Oct 2006
0.15 miles
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Heraldic Panel - King George's Field
Marked by the heraldic panel at the entrance the fields were established by the King George’s Fields Foundation "to promote and to assist in the establishment throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of playing fields for the use and enjoyment of the people every such playing field to be styled 'King George’s Field' and to be distinguished by heraldic panels or other appropriate tablet medallion or inscription commemorative of His Late Majesty and of a design approved by the Administrative Council."
The heraldic panel on the left shows the lion and the panel on the right shows the unicorn. The panels were provided by the Foundation and their approval was required for the entrance.
Image: © John M
Taken: 22 May 2010
0.18 miles
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King George V Memorial Playing Fields
Marked by the heraldic panel at the entrance the fields were established by the King George’s Fields Foundation "to promote and to assist in the establishment throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of playing fields for the use and enjoyment of the people every such playing field to be styled 'King George’s Field' and to be distinguished by heraldic panels or other appropriate tablet medallion or inscription commemorative of His Late Majesty and of a design approved by the Administrative Council."
The heraldic panel on the left shows the lion and the panel on the right shows the unicorn. The panels were provided by the Foundation and their approval was required for the entrance.
Image: © John M
Taken: 22 May 2010
0.18 miles
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Heraldic panel - King George's Field
Marked by the heraldic panel at the entrance the fields were established by the King George’s Fields Foundation "to promote and to assist in the establishment throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of playing fields for the use and enjoyment of the people every such playing field to be styled 'King George’s Field' and to be distinguished by heraldic panels or other appropriate tablet medallion or inscription commemorative of His Late Majesty and of a design approved by the Administrative Council."
The heraldic panel on the left shows the lion and the panel on the right shows the unicorn. The panels were provided by the Foundation and their approval was required for the entrance.
Image: © John M
Taken: 22 May 2010
0.18 miles
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Walsall Academy
Lichfield Road, Bloxwich
Image: © Adrian Rothery
Taken: 20 Oct 2006
0.20 miles
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A quiet moment in the King George V Memorial Playing Fields
Marked by the heraldic panel at the entrance the fields were established by the King George’s Fields Foundation "to promote and to assist in the establishment throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of playing fields for the use and enjoyment of the people....'
The fields here have bowling greens, rugby and cricket pitches. There is another entrance near the flats at Sandhills.
Image: © John M
Taken: 22 May 2010
0.21 miles
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Cross roads near Wallington Heath Bloxwich
Junction of A4124 and A34 by the Bell Inn. Viewed from eastbound A4124
Image: © John Firth
Taken: 5 Jun 2011
0.24 miles
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Walsall trolleybus in Park Road, Bloxwich
Crossley Empire TDD43/2 trolleybus 850 (HBE 541) on a private tour turning from Park Road into the A4124 Lichfield Road. This wiring was used for trolleybuses on route 30 terminating at Bloxwich, where it would go on an anti-clockwise loop from High Street into Park Road, Lichfield Road then back to High Street for it to return to Walsall bus station.
Image: © David Hillas
Taken: 20 Sep 1969
0.24 miles