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Brownhills may have its miner but Leamore has a miner's lamp. The run down Blakenhall Estate has received a large injection of 'New Deal' investment to smarten up the area including this public artwork in the park. Leamore developed as a mining area in the 1850s with most shafts worked out by the turn of the century. The last colliery in the area at Walsall Wood closed in the 1960s. The Davy Lamp designed by Sir Humphry Davy in 1815 was a major improvement in mine safety. The flame from an oil lamp is encased in wire gauze inside a glass cylinder. This reduces the risk of explosion through the use of open flames where flammable gases may be present. The colour of the flame provides an indication of the presence of gas.
©John M
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Dist:0.3km<br/>The current New Inn replaced the old New Inn in 1938. It appears to have been extended at a later date to add a lounge and what is now a pool room.
©John M
Dist:0.3km<br/>Opened as a Board School in 1873.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>The building was originally built for the Walsall and District Cooperative Society in 1921 and is contemporary with the large council estates that were springing up around Blakenall Heath and Harden.
©John M
Dist:0.3km<br/>Crossley TDD43/2 trolleybus 850 (HBE 541) turning at the "Red Lion" public house on a private tour. Green Lane joins the B4210 (Vice A34) main road from the left.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Crossley Empire TDD43/2 trolleybus 850 (HBE 541) on a private tour in Bloxwich Road, Leamore approaching the "Red Lion" public house.
©David Hillas
Dist:0.3km<br/>Sunshine Infant & Nursery School in distance
©Peter Standing
Dist:0.3km<br/>Early 20th century 'Butlers' Public House on Green Lane.[[1446143]] taken in 1969 shows the same view.
©John M
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©John M
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©Geoff Pick
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©Geoff Pick
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©Geoff Pick

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