| Title |
Author |
Members
Price
(p+p in brackets)
|
Non
Members Price
(p+p in brackets)
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| Streetnames of Stourbridge and its
vicinity (Vol 1) CD-ROM |
H Jack Haden (digital version by
Mick Pearson) |
£5.00
(1.65) |
£5.00
(1.65) |
The
printed edition is long out of print, but is the most requested
book in Stourbridge library. Comes with viewing software
(Adobe Acrobat). All 390 pages included on one CD. Streets
are indexed for easy searching.
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| Blackcountryman CD-Rom (volumes
1-10) |
Mick Pearson on behalf of The Black
Country Society |
£6.00
(2.00) |
£6.00
(2.00) |
Now
available, covering the first 40 issues from 1968 to 1977.
These magazines are long out of print and very hard to find.
Over 2600 pages of information in pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format.
The Acrobat reader is also included on the CD, as is a full
index of the contents (including names of those mentioned
- essential for those researching family history.
To order at a special online price please email the webmaster
(link at foot of this page). Also, a special on-line offer
of both this and the Streetnames of Stourbridge (Vol 1) CD
for £10.00 including UK postage. |
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| Artists
in Cameo Glass |
H. J. Haden |
£1.50
(0.50)
|
£1.50
(0.50)
|
| Last
few at special price.This book incorporates Thomas Woodall's
Memoirs, read about the Portland Vase. |
| |
| Bostin' Fittle (recipes and hints) |
Pat Purcell |
£1.95
(0.65) |
£1.95
(0.65) |
First published in 1978,
this book has been re-printed 8 times. Learn how to freeze
pigs, make grorty pudding and homemade wines Black Country
style.
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| B. C. Humour |
Compiled by Winston Homer and Harold Parsons |
£1.95
(0.65) |
£1.95
(0.65) |
A collection of jokes,
sayings, cartoons, verse and a section from a 1930s volume
by John Freeman. Now in its 8th re-print since first published
in 1980.
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| More Black Country Humour, Tales & Verse |
Compiled by Stan Hill |
£2.70
(0.90) |
£2.70
(0.90) |
A second and larger collection,
first published in 1994, now in its 3rd impression.
|
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| B. C. Stories |
Revised & edited by the late Harold Parsons |
£2.95
(0.95) |
£2.95
(0.95) |
This book is worth purchasing
for the Shirley Bonas cartoon on the cover. Over 46000
copies of this collection have been sold, and it is now
in its 10 re-print.
|
|
|
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| Mushroom Green |
Ron Moss |
£1.00
(0.33) |
£1.00
(0.33) |
| A
glossy re-printed in 2001 concerns the restoration and history
of the Mushroom Green chainshop. Possibly dating back to the
late 18th century the chainshop was on land once owned by
the Earl of Dudley |
| |
| Old Testament in Dialect - Part One |
Kate Fletcher |
£2.50
(0.80) |
£2.50
(0.80) |
|
This volume covers the
books of Genesis through to Deuteronomy.
|
|
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| Old Testament in Dialect - Part Two |
Kate Fletcher |
£2.70
(0.90) |
£2.70
(0.90) |
The second volume comprises
the books of Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Job, Jonah, the first
and second books of Samuel.
|
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|
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| The Four Gospels (Dialect) |
Kate Fletcher |
£1.95
(0.65) |
£1.95
(0.65) |
Covers all 4 Gospels -
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
|
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|
Tea Towels in Dialect
- Man Tay Cloth
Please excuse poor
quality of image
|
|
£3.30
(1.10) |
£3.30
(1.10) |
|
Tea Towels in Dialect - Woman Tay
Cloth
|
|
£3.30
(1.10) |
£3.30
(1.10) |
|
Tea Towel - alphabet - back in
stock and selling well
|
|
£3.30
(1.10) |
£3.30
(1.10) |
| |
| The Lost Canals of The Black Country |
Eric Richardson |
£2.50
(0.80) |
£2.50
(0.80) |
| This
book records the loss of the canal system in the light of
excursions made by the author during the 1980s and early 1990s.
This had been a period of significant change and there were
irrevocable alterations within the Black Country landscape
due to the acceleration of the demise of canal cross links
and branches. |
| |
| Index to the 25 vols of The Blackcountryman |
|
£0.50
(0.33) |
£0.50
(0.33) |
| |
| Street Names of Stourbridge & Its Vicinity
Vol .2 |
H Jack Haden |
£1.50
(0.50) |
£1.50
(0.50) |
| Now
reduced in price, this books title "Volume 2" belies
it's usefullness. Volume 1 is not needed to make use of this
volume. |
| |
| William Fowler's Kingswinford, The Man, The
Map & The People & Places of Kingswinford |
William Fowler |
£2.70
(0.90) |
£2.70
(0.90) |
| The
Man, The Map & The People & Places of Kingswinford. |
| |
| Essays & Reviews by Charles JL. Elwell |
Charles J. L. Elwell |
£1.50
(0.50) |
£1.50
(0.50) |
| New
sale price. |
| |
| Blackberrying and 53 other poems |
16 Black Country Writers |
£2.95
(0.95) |
£2.95
(0.95) |
Contributors
include Jim William Jones and Kate Fletcher (author of the
two dialect Old Testament books).
Complete list of authors - Jim Wm Jones, Kate Fletcher, Peter
Hill, Phil Jones, Albert Williams, Geoff Stevens, George S
Wilkinson, Sandra Booth, Brian W Drew, Peter Wooldridge, Geoffrey
Bubb, Edna Halford, Mary Cormell, Beryl Wills, Olive Hyett
and Christopher Cartwright. |
| |
| Black Country Power |
Malcolm Richards |
£7.99
plus P+P |
Private publication, for purchase
details please email me (link below) and I will pass on your
details to the author. |
| This
book is a private publication and charts the story of Ocker
Hill power station, its men and machinery from 1902 to 1977.
Published in 1999 by Malcolm it is a comprehensive history
of this important Tipton landmark. Nothing now remains of
the power station. |
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