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  Walsall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walsall is the administrative headquarters of the Walsall Metropolitan Borough.
Walsall still manufactures the Queen's handbags, and Walsall leather products have been found as far afield as Italy, which prompted some embarrassment when a husband gave one to his wife as a present after a business trip, when she realised she immediately assumed that the handbag had been bought when the husband returned.
Walsall Leather Museum is one of its key attractions, as is the Walsall Art Gallery, rebuilt in the year 2000.
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 Metropolitan Borough of Walsall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Metropolitan borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough of the county of West Midlands, England.
The current boundaries of the borough were set in April 1, 1974, when the Local Government Act 1972 came into force.
The former county borough of Walsall took in Aldridge-Brownhills urban district from Staffordshire and became a metropolitan district of the West Midlands.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walsall_(borough)   (260 words)

  
 Walsall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Walsall is an industrial town in the West Midlands of England, it is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton.
Walsall is a medium sized, industrial town in the English Midlands, and is the administrative headquarters of the Walsall Metropolitan Borough.
Queen Mary's Grammar School opened in Walsall in 1554, the 450th anniversary was commemorated by the School achieving Language College status, and the date 2004 being added to the crest, next to 1554.
www.americancanyon.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Walsall   (679 words)

  
 The Borough of Walsall (Electoral Changes) Order 2003
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council shall make a print of the map marked "Map referred to in the Borough of Walsall (Electoral Changes) Order 2003" available for inspection at its offices by any member of the public at any reasonable time.
The Electoral Registration Officer[10] for the borough shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.
The areas of the new borough wards are demarcated on the map described in article 2.
www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si2003/20032511.htm   (1576 words)

  
 Sneyd Community School - Powered by Hays.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Walsall Metropolitan Borough is one of the seven Districts that comprise the West Midlands County, which by population is the largest metropolitan area outside Greater London.
The Borough of Walsall is located in the north of the West Midlands, immediately north of Birmingham.
Walsall's population at the 1991 census was 259,500.
www.hays.com /jobs/sneyd/walsall.html   (534 words)

  
 Walsall Council and Fujitsu to transform services for local people : FUJITSU EMEA
Walsall Council's cabinet last night approved proposals for a joint venture worth £650 million with Fujitsu Services, one of Europe's leading providers of public sector services.
The Walsall metropolitan borough area covers 40 square miles and a population of 252,000 in the West Midlands.
Walsall Council is recognised as one of the fastest improving in the UK and has a strong track record in private/public partnerships, including an award-winning street lighting replacement project with Amey and the running of its education service with SERCO, resulting in unprecedented improvements in educational standards.
www.fujitsu.com /emea/news/pr/fs_20041202-02.html   (1120 words)

  
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Seven quite distinct districts have come together to form the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, from Cannock in the north to Darlaston and Willenhall in the south on the arbitrary fringe of the Black Country.
There are numerous records in the Borough archives which indicate that towards the end of the 14th century hundreds of small workshops housed craftsmen engaged in the lorinery trade producing an enormous variety of harness equipment, bits, spurs and buckles.
Walsall was only the third town in the country to provide a free public library and in 1892 the Art Gallery and Museum were opened.
www.thisiswalsall.co.uk /walsall/page5.html   (372 words)

  
 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Walsall (borough)
Borough, administrative division in England, Wales, Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries influenced by...
Walsall is located in the metropolitan area of the West Midlands, south of Staffordshire...
Walsall (town), town, administrative centre of Walsall borough, in the metropolitan county of West Midlands, central England.
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 SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | Watchdog downgraded us, claim council leaders
Walsall metropolitan borough council and Coventry city council both claim they have been short-changed in their comprehensive performance assessment (CPA) ratings by the Audit Commission, after inspections carried out in February this year lifted them out from "poor" to "weak", instead of an anticipated "fair" rating.
In Walsall's case, the disagreement seems to have arisen from the peculiar situation that led to its 2004 inspection.
Walsall chief executive said Annie Shepperd accused the commission of being unable to cope with the level of the council's improvement.
www.guardian.co.uk /Society/bestvalue/story/0,8150,1218718,00.html   (502 words)

  
 GENUKI: Walsall
The parish of Walsall is in two townships, called the Borough and Foreign, which had a population of 26,816 in 1851, of whom 8,760 were in the Borough and 18,056 in the Foreign Township.
More than two-thirds of the latter are in the suburbs of Walsall, and the rest in the large village of Bloxwich, and the hamlets of Birch Hills, Walsall Wood, Shelford, Goscote, Caldmore, etc, extending four miles north and one and a half miles south of the town.
Bescot, the most southerly hamlet of the Foreign of Walsall, is about two miles S by W of Walsall, and is mentioned in the Domesday Book as the property of the king, and it afterwards passed to the Hillary, Montford, and other families.
www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/STS/Walsall   (2012 words)

  
 Walsall (borough) - Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Walsall Metropolitan Borough is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England.
It includes the towns of Walsall (the administrative headquarters) and the towns of Aldridge, Bloxwich, Darlaston, Streetly and Willenhall.
The 2001 census recorded a population of 262,000 in the borough.
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 Walsall - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Walsall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Walsall's art gallery contains the Garman–Ryan collection, over 350 paintings including works by Jacob Epstein.
Salton had gone to Walsall to keep an early appointment; so he was all alone.
As to Miss Violet Hunter, my friend Holmes, rather to my disappointment, manifested no further interest in her when once she had ceased to be the centre of one of his problems, and she is now the head of a private school at Walsall, where I believe that she has met with considerable success.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Walsall   (266 words)

  
 Walsall (borough) - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council: Housing Allocation (Housing Formal Investigation Reports)
The Sandwell Borough Council (Patent Shaft/Moorcroft Infrastructure) (Walsall Canal Bridge) Scheme 1993 Confirmation Instrument 1993: Highways, England and Wales (Statutory Instruments: 1993: 2302)
History of the borough and foreign of Walsall, in the county of Stafford: With an interesting tour of inspection, including a faithful report of the government...
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /walsall_(borough).htm   (189 words)

  
 Guardian | Hey, big spenders
Walsall is the latest local authority to sign a multimillion pound contract with an IT company to revitalise services.
The price tag, £2,500 for each of the borough's 252,000 residents, is the largest yet put on a "strategic partnership" between a council and a computer firm.
The Walsall deal is unusually complicated because it is part of a regeneration programme.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5080879-111452,00.html   (753 words)

  
 Walsall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Walsall is a town of population approximately 250,000 (2003) in the English West Midlands.
Walsall is famous for making leather goods, and the local football team are known as "The Saddlers".
Walsall's heart- attack rate is one of the highest in the UK.
www.theezine.net /w/walsall.html   (153 words)

  
 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
At Walsall Social Care and Supported Housing we have embraced the challenge of addressing key issues and are building on existing progress with some exciting new initiatives which was recognised in the recent Children's Inspection.
To do this, our teams are now actively recruiting social workers, senior practitioners and occupational therapists that can accept the challenge of these ventures and help us to actively promote our departments and the services we offer.
Walsall is committed to developing and equipping employees at all levels with the right tools to the do their job and to maintain the environment within which drive and innovation are encouraged and rewarded.
www.shef.ac.uk /careers/fairs/Profiles/walsallmbc.html   (308 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | West Midlands | 'Lack of lollipops' poster campaign
Walsall Council wants to increase interest in its vacancies for crossing wardens across the borough.
Theresa Cash, from Walsall Council, said: "We thought the poster was a great way of getting our recruitment message straight to the heart of communities across the borough.
This year saw Walsall's lollipop men and women celebrate 50 years of helping the borough's youngsters cross busy streets and get to school safely.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/england/west_midlands/3217257.stm   (218 words)

  
 Walsall PCT
Walsall Primary Care Trust delivers NHS Healthcare Services to the population living in the Borough of Walsall.
To offer Walsall people fast and convenient care delivered at a consistently high standard by implementing The NHS Plan through the health improvement and modernisation plan (HIMP).
Formerly Walsall Community Health Trust and Walsall Health Authority, Walsall Primary Care Trust was formally established 20 March 2002 and commenced the delivery of healthcare services as a Primary Care Trust to Walsall population on 1 April 2002.
www.nursingnetuk.com /employerdetails/422   (216 words)

  
 Walsall Metropolitan Borough : Abrexa.co.uk UK directory
Ugly Walsall - Pictures of unpleasant and ugly sights of the borough, encouraging action for improvement.
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council - Community information, local history, leisure activities and council services including education, transport and social services.
Walsall Wonderland - Satirical guide to Walsall, with features on the town's major attractions and guides to eating, drinking, nightlife, shopping, and local customs.
www.abrexa.co.uk /England/West_Midlands/Walsall_Metropolitan_Borough   (289 words)

  
 WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Labour believes that, to achieve our aims of reinvigorating and regenerating communities across the Borough, the involvement of local people and democratic accountability must be the guiding principle, away from centralised anonymous service provision and decisions being made by unaccountable officials.
We recognise the many challenges facing Walsall, and that we must ensure that Walsall faces the future with a new optimistic approach, recognising our strengths and driven by ideals of equality and fairness.
We believe that the future of Walsall is fundamentally linked with equality, and Labour will appoint a Cabinet member to ensure that we tackle unfairness and inequalities of service provision throughout the Council and our partners.
www.icrobertson.com /WALSALL.LABOUR.htm   (1499 words)

  
 Walsall Borough   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
In the 1960s Walsall was one of the first borough forces in the Midlands to introduce personal radios.
It was a small borough force surrounded by a number of other similar police forces.
In 1966 the West Midlands Constabulary was formed by merging Walsall Borough, Wolverhampton Borough and Dudley Borough Police.
www.westmidlandspolicemuseum.co.uk /pageone14.htm   (777 words)

  
 Church Links: Home page
The aim of the project is to help churches of all denominations and from across the borough to serve the communities in which they are situated more effectively.
The project was formed from a partnership between the Lichfield Diocese of the Church of England, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council and Walsall Town Centre Ministry.
The project does however work in the rest of the Borough when SRB 5 commitments permit, when work on Borough wide concerns has relevance in the SRB5 areas or when work undertaken in the SRB 5 areas is of relevance elsewhere.
www.church-links.org.uk   (241 words)

  
 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council - Endless Possibilities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
It is one of the four ‘ Black Country’ Boroughs along with Wolverhampton, Dudley and Sandwell.
Walsall has a unique Art Gallery which is internationally renowned.
Walsall is less than 30 minutes by car from Birmingham International Airport.
www.endlesspossibilities.co.uk /living.htm   (527 words)

  
 BBC - Black Country Have Your Say - Name of subject
Do you think Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council are right in banning two Islamic-themed artworks from an exhibition in the New Art Gallery Walsall.
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council ordered the art to be removed from the town's New Art Gallery, which is staging Veil exhibition exploring the history and current use of the shroud-like Burkha worn by Muslim women.
The only places i have witnessed art censorship is behind the restrictive doors of communist regimes so becareful Walsall council or you may be judged to have extreme left wing views.
www.bbc.co.uk /blackcountry/have_your_say/2003/02/walsall_art_gallery_banned.shtml   (1104 words)

  
 The Boundary Committee for England : Your area : West Midlands : West Midlands : Walsall
Map A1, illustrates, in outline form, the proposed ward boundaries and indicates the areas which are shown in more detail in the large map.
Large map 1, large map 2, large map 3, large map 4, illustrate the proposed warding arrangements for Walsall.
Large map 1, Large map 2 , Large map 3 and Large map 4 illustrates the existing and proposed warding arrangements for Walsall.
www.lgce.gov.uk /your-area/walsall.cfm   (257 words)

  
 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council  ©2001 Adult Learning Inspectorate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council’s direct service organisation provides training in construction for foundation and advanced modern apprentices at its skills centre.
The Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council’s skills centre currently trains 32 advanced modern apprentices and six foundation modern apprentices.
The leadership and management of the Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council skills centre are satisfactory.
docs.ali.gov.uk /ciar/0102/Inspreps/8/2069SUM.HTM   (288 words)

  
 Walsall (borough) Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
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 Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker - Leisure Development - Walsall Waterfront Phase 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council has shortlisted AMEC, Peel Holdings and Urban Splash in the final stretch of its selection of a preferred development partner for the 3.8-hectare Walsall Waterfront Phase 2 regeneration scheme.
The scheme will provide Walsall with an exciting new leisure-focused scheme in a unique location overlooking the Walsall Canal on Town Wharf.
The Borough Council is being advised by Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker.
www.constructionmall.com /press/article/9134   (355 words)

  
 Walsall EBP - Achieving Success Together
Walsall Education Business Partnership provides the opportunity for employers and schools to raise the quality and relevance of skills for the world of work through a range of activities for young people and teachers.
Since April 2001 Walsall EBP has been a key partner in the Black Country EBL Consortium which receives funding from the Learning and Skills Council to deliver education business link activities across the Black Country...
Walsall EBP has supported Walsall Rotary Club in this competition for a number of years and a record number of students took part in this year's event.
www.walsallebp.co.uk   (175 words)

  
 Village Walsall - New Village Hotels and Leisure Clubs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
A major UK hotel group is breaking new ground in the West Midlands and bringing £16 million of investment and around two hundred jobs to the region.
The Village Hotel and Leisure Club, which is scheduled to open at the end of 2004, marks the commencement of the first phase of the Tempus 10 development, a joint venture between Lingfield (Walsall) Ltd and Maple Oak, a subsidiary of Mowlem.
We intend to be a part of Walsall, not apart from it.
www.villagehotelsonline.co.uk /new_hotels/walsall.htm   (504 words)

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