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James Woodcock
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| Posted: 14 October 2026 at 3:59pm | IP Logged | 1
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Excellent detective work Brian.
I drive by there multiple times a week and do often think about it being the
birthplace of JB. Perhaps it deserves a blue plaque, which we use to
commemorate important locations in the UK.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 15 October 2026 at 4:07pm | IP Logged | 2
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What’s its present function?262 High Street, West Bromwich, where I first lived, upstairs, is no longer a chemists! I wonder if they would consider a plaque in Walsall, now I'm a best selling author! ;-) Be a bit ironic, I suppose, having spent my whole life explaining that I'm not really "from" Walsall in a conventional sense.
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Brian Hughes
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| Posted: 15 October 2026 at 8:07pm | IP Logged | 3
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It is now called CareTech, and assisted living facility.
Correction: It is an residential building next to CareTech. Not affiliated with it. Just a single private dwelling.
Edited by Brian Hughes on 15 October 2026 at 8:40pm
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 15 October 2026 at 8:51pm | IP Logged | 4
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Private dwelling. Be amusing if I bought it! :-)
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Trevor Smith
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| Posted: 15 October 2026 at 9:29pm | IP Logged | 5
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As a lord, I'm sure it's your right ;)
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James Woodcock
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| Posted: 15 October 2026 at 9:43pm | IP Logged | 6
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Private dwelling. Be amusing if I bought it! :-)
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I know you jest, but there are a few of us local to that building on the forum.
We’d come to the moving in party!
You might struggle getting your triceratops there though.
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James Woodcock
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| Posted: 15 October 2026 at 9:44pm | IP Logged | 7
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How to get a blue plaque:
• Check the scheme status: Visit the National Blue Plaque Scheme via
Historic England.
• Submit a nomination: Nominations are accepted online during designated
submission windows by signing into a Historic England account.
• Key requirements: You must explain the person's significance, provide a
surviving address with a provable link outside Greater London, and show
how they meet the national criteria.
Hmmm
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James Woodcock
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Well, it’s a no go.
Have to have been dead for at least 20 years apparently, although in my
head, I’m sure I’ve seen plaques of the living. Might be a Mandela effect
there though.
Also, the place has to have had a strong link to the individual.
Not sure this would qualify.
The Waterfront may be the closest we can get.
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Bill Collins
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Just did a quick check on a local one i know of James
because i was sure of a recent one. Kelly Groucutt former
bass player/singer with ELO died in 2009 and had a blue
plaque put in place on his former home in Coseley in 2015.
So it depends if it's outside London. But yes, you have to
be dead.
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James Woodcock
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I think the house in West Brom would also stand a better
chance than the birthplace. Come the actual time of course.
Which I hope is significantly more than 20 years away.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 16 October 2026 at 11:22am | IP Logged | 11
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Eep! Don’t curse me to live to be 100, James!
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