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3 unusual facts about West Bromwich


Jana Bellin

Bellin is a medical doctor specialising in anaesthesiology, and works in intensive care at Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich, England.

Potting and stamping

The process was improved by John Wright and Joseph Jesson of West Bromwich, who also obtained a patent.

The Public

The Public, West Bromwich, an English community arts project based in West Bromwich


Austin-Healey 100

Production Austin-Healey 100s were finished at Austin's Longbridge plant alongside the A90 and based on fully trimmed and painted body/chassis units produced by Jensen in West Bromwich—in an arrangement the two companies previously had explored with the Austin A40 Sports.

Billy Bisseker

He was born in West Bromwich and attended Hill Top County School, before working at the local George Salter's Spring Works.

Brandhall

Brandhall (along with the rest of the Oldbury borough, and the neighbouring boroughs of Smethwick and Rowley Regis) became part of the County Borough of Warley in 1966, but this arrangement lasted just eight years until Warley merged with West Bromwich to form Sandwell Metropolitan Borough in 1974.

East Bromwich

East Bromwich is a fictional English village in the Hellboy series of comics, named in reference to West Bromwich.

Fred Bunn

He was born in West Bromwich and attended Christ Church School, before working at the local George Salter's Spring Works.

Harjap Singh Bhangal

Bhangal is the founder of London Immigration Advice & Appeal Services Ltd, which has offices in Southall, West Bromwich, Leicester and Jalandhar.

Henry Churton

From 1872 to 1879 he was Vicar of St John Evangelist, West Bromwich then Perpetual Curate of St James’ Chapel, Avonwick.

Jack Judge

Jack Judge (christened John, born 3 December 1872 in Oldbury, died 25 July 1938 in West Bromwich) was a British song-writer and music-hall entertainer best remembered for writing the song It's a Long Way to Tipperary, although Judge wrote and sung the song in 1915, John McCormack made the song famous rather than Judge.

Jensen Motors

Jensen Motors Ltd was a British manufacturer of sports cars and commercial vehicles, based in the LyngWest Bromwich (in the West Midlands, west of Birmingham).

Sandwell and Dudley railway station

Sandwell and Dudley railway station is on the Stour Valley Section of the West Coast Main Line, on the outskirts of Oldbury town centre on Bromford Lane (the main route towards West Bromwich, West Midlands), England.

Squirrels Estate

The estate is served by the 244 bus service, which gave links to Old Hill and Dudley, and Service 417 to Halesowen town centre, Blackheath, Oldbury and West Bromwich.

Tipton Green

Most of Tipton was incorporated into an expanded West Bromwich borough but the area around the local authority offices, including most of the new Foxyards estate, was incorporated into Dudley, while most of the Tividale area of the town became part of the new Warley borough which was centred on the towns of Oldbury, Smethwick and Rowley Regis.

Tipton Municipal Borough

The dissolution of Tipton Municipal Borough saw the bulk of the authority absorbed into an expanded borough of West Bromwich, while most of the Tividale area of Tipton was absorbed into the new County Borough of Warley (centred on the towns of Oldbury, Smethwick and Rowley Regis) and a small section of the Tipton Green area (including the former council offices in Sedgley Road West) was absorbed into an expanded County Borough of Dudley.


see also

Ade Mafe

On 6 February 2011, Mafe left West Bromwich Albion when Roberto Di Matteo was relieved of his duties at the club.

Daniel Campbell

Danny Campbell (footballer born 1944), English footballer with West Bromwich Albion and Stockport County, see 1966 Football League Cup Final

Dave Heeley

Dave Heeley, from West Bromwich, has run 10 marathons in 10 days travelling from John O'Groats to Land's End, and cycled between each stage.

John Horton

Jack Horton (1866–1946), English footballer with West Bromwich Albion F.C.

Tamas

Gabriel Tamaș (born 1983), Romanian footballer, currently playing for West Bromwich Albion

The Phoenix Collegiate

It was only a grammar school at this site for five years, becoming a comprehensive school in September 1969 when West Bromwich borough council (which merged with Warley five years later to form Sandwell) abolished grammar and secondary modern schools in the area.

West Brom

West Bromwich Albion F.C. a professional association football team based in West Bromwich

West Bromwich Building Society, a building society whose headquarters are in West Bromwich

West Midlands Warwick Road bus Corridor

The service was first upgraded with Volvo double deckers (which have since been cascaded to West Bromwich Bus Garage), then in 2004 the route got single decker Volvo B10L (which in turn got cascaded to use on route 28 and 28A when Perry Barr garage withdrew the MCW vehicles in 2007).

William Bassett

Billy Bassett (1869–1937), English footballer, director and club chairman for West Bromwich Albion