| Season:
Spring 2000 |
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| Vol:
33 |
| No.
2 |
| Year:
2000 |
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| Editorial: |
The contents of this issue include articles on entertaining the public: straight acting and the variety theatre, presenting zoo animals and about a novelist; Black Country industry; 2 huge firms and a one-man business; and reminiscences. In a delightful, hilarious piece David Barlow gives some advice (negative) on acquiring a dog, John Sparry identifies "The Cracker Hole" and there are the regular features; something for everybody, I hope.
One of the most important events in the Black Country this year has been the opening of the �21 million Walsall Art Gallery. There have been sour comments by some writers in London newspapers: "What have Walsall residents done to deserve this?" criticism of the building, its location, the quality of some of the exhibits and even their labelling - so it must be good. Well done, Walsall!
I came across a most useful book recently, "Companion the the Industrial Revolution" by Clifford Lines with a Foreword by Asa Briggs and Barrie Trinder as Consulting Editor. It is one of a series of books on many subjects published by Facts on File Ltd. This title has over 1000 entries and provides an A to Z coverage of one of history's most dynamic and transitional periods. It was however, a disappointment to read the first 5 words of the 'Black Country' entry: "The region centred on Birmingham ...". Clearly, he Black Country Society still has work to do.
Stan Hill
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things you can read about in this month's issue: |
| BC Personalities - Margaret Walden - Stan Hill |
| Never Buy a Dog From a Gypsy - David Barlow |
| Noah Hingley Part 1 (1919-1938) - Kenneth Mallin |
| Who Was Zella Vondi (conclusion) - Ned Williams |
| Christopher Brookes Round Former Dudley Zoo Curator - Judith A Bradley |
| By Dolly Tub to Shut End - John Sparry |
| Sylvia M Everitts Staffordshire Millenium Embroderies - Dianne Mannering |
| Sappho Plaque - Christopher W Perry |
| Ellen and her Forgotten Mershire - Tony and Joyce Perry |
| John Cochranes Woodside Works - Dudley - Peter J English |
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