Author (#1)August 2008 Archives

My Home Town Schools lists all the schools in Burntwood and helps to locate and re-contact old school friends.

My Home Town Schools is part of the My Home Town websites.

Johnny Wong's is a Thai and Malaysian Restaurant in the Muckley Corner shopping area of Burntwood. The restaurant has a medium sized dining area but also does take-away and deliveries. Usefully, it is also open on Tuesdays when most of the Chinese Restaurants in Burntwood are closed.

The current menu is shown below. Click each page for a bigger version.
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Why not review Johnny Wong's on bview or LouderVoice?

Remember, this is the current menu as a the date of this entry and may no longer be up to date at the time of reading.

Chasewater Railway

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chasewater_railway_logo.jpgThe Chasewater Railway operates heritage steam and diesel trains on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays throughout the year, most Saturdays and certain weekdays throughout the summer.

The stations are located at Brownhills West (Chasewater) and on the Burntwood Bypass, although the line continues on to Burntwood Rugby Club, where it is possible to get off.

This summer In addition to the normal Saturday & Sunday services, the railway is running school holiday trains every Tuesday & Thursday until 28th August, with trains leaving Brownhills West Station at 10.30, 11.45, 1.00, 2.00 and 3.00.

Tickets offer unlimited travel on day of issue, although single journey tickets are also available upon request:


  • Adults: £3.45

  • Children (under 16 years) / Senior Citizen: £2.45

  • Family (2 adults and up to 4 children): £8.45

Collis DIY on Queen Street in Chasetown is Burntwood biggest DIY Store and Builders' Merchant. Unfortunately it doesn't have its own website giving details like opening times etc...... These are:

Monday - Friday: 8:00am to 6:00pm
Saturday: 8:00pm to 5:30pm
Sunday & B-Hols: 9:00am to 1:00pm

Located at the same site are Collis Sheds and a cafe.

Self-storage in Burntwood

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ACME Self Store Ltd on the Burntwood Business Park offers self storage solutions in Burntwood for both domestic and business use. Prices start from as low as £5 per week but depend on the size of the storage unit required.

The storage is ideal for anyone moving house, de-cluttering, archiving documents, or storing stock.

More details are available on their website.

ACME Self Store Limited
Unit 28E-29A,
Ring Road, Zone 3,
Burntwood Business Park
Burntwood, Staffs.
WS7 3JG

T: 01543 677755
F: 01543 686432

Burntwood Wakes 2008

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This coming weekend, 8th, 9th & 10th August, is the Burntwood Wakes Festival. This year's festival has unsigned bands, a family funday, Proms in the Park and a cornucopia of original 60s Acts.

The festival takes over Burntwood Rugby Club [map] for the weekend.

Friday night is the Unsigned Bands night, Saturday day time is a Family Fun Day and Saturday evening is the classical Proms in the Park with the Amadeus Orchestra. Entry to both is free.

Sunday night is the big event, a 60s extravaganza featuring The Animals, Dave Dee, The Fortunes, The Foundations, The Searchers and The Tremeloes. Tickets cost £25 from TicketWeb.

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