Continuing with the theme of an earlier post, here are a few more stories of woe from Hopwas Woods spanning six centuries. From Dyott’s Diary, dated january 1834: An atrocious poaching case occurred in Tom Levett’s wood at Hopwas Hays. His keepers were on the look-out, and at two o’clock in the night of Sunday [...]
Archive for August, 2010
WOODHOUSE FUTURES
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures, Hopwas, tagged funk, Hopwas, ideas, parliament, woodhouse, woods on August 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
There seems to be only two alternatives for the woodhouse(see previous post) demolish it, leaving a pile of old bricks in a clearing or letting it rot and continuing to be an atmospheric ruin for exploration forums. In a different world there would be another alternative doing something with it! So below are a few [...]
UPDATE ON WOODHOUSE
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures, Hopwas, tagged abandoned, council, Hopwas, woodhouse, woods on August 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Below are the two reasons the woodhouse has been given a demolition order and my counterarguments: 1st reason:The buildings are a focus for vandalism and ‘goings on’ and are in a state of disrepair. Speaking with former members of ‘friends of Hopwas Woods’ who know a lot more history about the site than me, they [...]
STOP DEMOLISHING OF THE WOODHOUSE
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures, Hopwas, tagged abandoned, council, events, Hopwas, woodhouse, woods on August 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m momentarily going to turn the blog into a campaign to save the 18th century historic Woodhouse, Hopwas. It’s historic significance can be seen in this earlier post. I’ve recently heard that the Woodhouse has had a demolition order go ahead, so it’s demolition could happen any day now! Here’s the post below : Hello all [...]
TRIBUTE TO LICHFIELD TRANSMITTER MAST
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures, tagged lichfield transmitter mast, major sites, souvenirs on August 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Lichfield transmitter mast at its 305.2 metres standing on one of the highest points in the West midlands is an omnipresent landmark for miles around. Apparently it can be seen from Wolverhampton and from personal experience, it’s the landmark that announces your arrival in the vicinity especially at night with its unflinching 6 red lights, [...]
Seckington castle earthwork
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures, tagged earthworks, major sites, seckington on August 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
After watching the 2nd episode of the excellent new BBC series The Normans, I´ve taken an opportunity to contribute a post about a norman monument in the area. 3 Miles east of Tamworth is the village of Seckington which has on the edges of the village a satisfingly complete early Norman motte and bailey earthwork. [...]
BROWNNESS
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures, tagged brown, camouflage, colour, Tamworth on August 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In the previous post I mentioned brownness. For me its something that I perceive in the surrounding area around Tamworth. Other brownness towns are Measham, Moira, Burton upon Trent. The greenery is often talked about and applauded when talking about the english countryside, and its true that around here especially now greenery is everywhere. Brownness [...]
Market Vaults,way back
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures on August 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Other night I was in Market Vaults in the centre of Tamworth, let me see I’ve lived in Southampton,Belgium,Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Barcelona,Santiago de Chile, Valencia, and whenever I’m back it’s there, the Vaults, unchanging and unimpressed with my travels. It first entered my life about 14 years ago, but it’s been around for [...]
hedge near parents house
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures on August 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I´ve got my suspicions that´s there is a piece of 120+ year old living history at the end of the close where I’m residing in the form of a hedge, I believe it’s a remnant of a boundary of a field. here´s my case: Although I’ve highlighted the hedge area in the 1834 map there [...]
