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Article Author
Volume
Issue
Notes Names
Eminent Black Country Folk 6 Don Kenyon Stan Hill
23
1
Wordsley, cricket, sport, biography Fred Dale
Hop-Picking JR Williams
23
1
   
Miles Jervis 1 Ned Williams
23
1
biography, West Bromwich Frederick Emery, Frank Bills, Ben Kennedy
Black Country Brews Michael Jackson
23
1
  David Thompson, Barry Mailes
A Black Country Artist  
23
1
   
Tourism - the Black Country's Fastest Growing Industry Keith Cheetham
23
1
   
Wolverhampton During the War - 2 Hilda Bodfish
23
1
nostalgia Philip Garston Jones, Wrottesley
Postscript on Sam - the Clock Man H Jack Haden
23
1
Amblecote, biography Sam Girling, Harry Guest
Wolverhampton - a Town of Architectural Surprises Ron Davies
23
1
St Peters, The Old House Thomas Parsehouse
The 311 Battery and Association Stanley V Haden
23
1
Stourbridge, Brierley Hill, Walsall John and George Sheldon Bayliss, Alec Wood, WFF Sirey, John W Green, JNF Cotterell, R George Higgs, Derrick R Leeson, Wilfred E Ruff, A Kenneth Cooper, FG Bridgman, MC Reynolds, Geoffrey JH Scriven, Thomas S Bray, Cyril N Randle, Ronald WP Bate, Kenneth W Bridgwater, Eric WP Grice, David G Cowley, Peter Darby, Matthew Southall, A Ronald Marsh
Ironworkers NH Brettell
23
1
poetry  
GWR Reminiscences Geoff Baylie
23
1
railways, Halesowen, nostalgia Ernie Hardwicke
Black Country Surnames 2 Peter Chandler
23
1
   
Appreciation: Andrew Barnett H Jack Haden
23
1
Sedgley, biography  
A Slight Case of Mis-Interpretation Beryl Wills
23
1
poetry  
My Dad Margaret Marsh
23
1
Wolverhampton, nostalgia  
St. Marks CE School, Ocker Hill FY Turley
23
1
Ocker Hill, nostalgia  
On the 257 - 2 John Sparry
23
1
nostalgia, Stourbridge Jack Billingham, Sam Girling
Down in the forest Ray Weston
23
1
   
Black Country Humour  
23
1
   
Eminent Black Country Folk - 7 - Julie Walters Stan Hill
23
2
biography, Smethwick, Holly Lodge  
Restoring Listed Buildings Pat Hurley
23
2
West Bromwich, Malthouse Stables, Sandwell Valley  
Compton Hall Hospice Stan Hill
23
2
Wolverhampton  
Portraits in Tipton Library John Brimble
23
2
biography Joseph Hall, Edward Bayley, Daniel Hipkins, William Woolley Doughty, Thomas Edgar Salter
A Walsall Life in 1853 CJL Elwell
23
2
biography Peter Potter
Black Country Museum Mine Problems Chris Swindells
23
2
   
Miles Jervis - part 2 Ned Williams
23
2
biography, cinema, West Bromwich Cyril Joseph, Walter Jelly, Arthur Griffin, Frank Crane
The Rise and Fall of an Idealist H Jack Haden
23
2
Tipton, Stourbridge, Oldbury Wilfred Wellock, Arthur Moyle, Percy H Bullas, Douglas P Pielou, Harry Evers Palfrey, Sir William Reed, Robert H Morgan
Auckland 1990 Robin Marshall
23
2
   
A Tipton Chainworks in the 1890s - part 1 JR Williams
23
2
industry, chainmaking  
Some Black Country Surnames - our Window on the Past Peter Chandler
23
2
   
Lace in Audnam Mike Carpenter
23
2
Stourbridge  
A Black Country Lad's Musical Progress Stan Hill
23
2
  Stephen Bonsor
Newbold's Farm 1933 Christine Wenlock
23
2
Wolverhampton, agriculture James Cope, John Buttle, Richard Arkinstall
Memories Hilda Francis
23
2
poetry, Coseley  
Sanjerolla John Sparry
23
2
Wall Heath, nostalgia  
A Railway Locomotive Called 'Star' Ray Shill
23
2
railways, Tipton Ralph Thompso, John Pollock
The Tower Jim Wm Jones
23
2
poetry, Merry Hill  
Walsall's Local History Plaques - Reg Wilkes 1897-1989 David PJ Fink
23
2
obituary, Bloxwich, Walsall  
The Story Behind a Book Kath West
23
2
   
Eminent Black Country Folk - 8 Lord Tombes of Brailes Stan Hill
23
3
biography, Walsall Francis Tombs
Two Black Country Schools - 1 Orchard Lane School Lye NH Brettell
23
3
nostalgia, Lye  
Unusual Street Names  
23
3
Stourbridge  
Memories of 1940 Michael Hale
23
3
Princes End, nostalgia  
JB Dainty- Master Craftsman in Metal H Jack Haden
23
3
Dudley, biography Charles Francis George Clark, James Caulfield Browne, Joseph Benjamin Dainty, Arthur Langman, James Smellie, Dorothy Round, Sarah Benson
Pottering About Wednesbury Michael Hodder
23
3
pottery, Oakeswell Hall Geoffrey Mosard, Thomas Brerely, John Fownes, Thomas Glover, John Crow
Barney Tooley - Fairground Fighter Vic Holloway
23
3
biography, boxing Richard Holloway
Gornal Tongues and Legends Jim Wm Jones
23
3
   
The Black Country Development Corporation Stan Hill
23
3
industry, Merry Hill, Wednesbury  
The Tower Jo Hunt
23
3
poetry  
The Origins of Walsall Stephen Micklewright
23
3
   
The Black Country Museum Inherits History of Braithwaite Chris Swindells
23
3
   
Black Country Society Reports - Photographic Section David Whyley
23
3
   
Industrial Archaeology Section Ron Moss
23
3
   
The Foolish People anon
23
3
poetry  
A Tipton Chainworks in the 1890s - part 2 JR Williams
23
3
industry, chainmaking  
St. Marks School, Ocker Hill, Tipton Mary Carter
23
3
   
Black Country Humour  
23
3
   
The Other Samuel Johnson John Sparry
23
3
Quarry Bank, transport, buses, biography, Stourbridge  
Wyre Forest Branch News Ray Weston
23
3
   
Jerome K Jerome Anthony Gray
23
3
Walsall, biography  
Eminent Black Country Folk - 9 Surgeon Commodore FR Wilkes Stan Hill
23
4
biography, Smethwick Frank Rogers Wilkes, Samuel Round
Two Black Country Schools - 2 King Edward VI School, Stourbridge NH Brettell
23
4
nostalgia, education CP Aggleton, Jack Price, HG Easterling
A Christmas Memory H Jack Haden
23
4
   
Restored Listed Buildings - part 2 Pat Hurley
23
4
Sandwell Hall, Haden Hall, Corngreaves Hall  
Walsall's Ground Number 4 Geoff Allman
23
4
sport, football, Bescot HL Fellows, Gilbert Alsop
Toasted Teacakes and Baked Potatoes John Sparry
23
4
Stourbridge, James Shirt  
Fire Power John D Williams
23
4
nostalgia  
The Welsh and Midland Counties Junction Railway Michael H
23
4
railways, Dudley Joseph Beddard, Thomas Crew, Elliot Hollier, Samuel Rudge, George Stephenson, William Timmins, Edward Underhill, Thomas Wood, David Evans
The Black Country Development Corporation Stan Hill
23
4
   
My Retirement Jim Wm Jones
23
4
poetry  
Elmar and Elsie - Equilibrists from Quarry Bank Susan Rachel Wallin
23
4
Quarry Bank, entertainment Percy and Elsie Beddall
Old Oldbury - The Results of Recent Excavations Michael Hodder
23
4
   
Black Country Society Summer Walks 1990 Ned Williams
23
4
   
The Black Country Society - Wyre Forest Branch Margaret Booth
23
4
   
Longlands School, Stourbridge H Jack Haden
23
4
education Edward Hickman, William, John and James Scott, Benjamin Carpenter, Francis Witton, Thomas Hornblower, Elizabeth Morris, Michael Beasley, Thomas Haslock Richards, James Foster, Beatrice Blakeley, Frank Taylor, Albert Moyle, Samuel Fiddian, Charles King, John Donaldson Harward, Felix P Fellows, Thomas Brooks, Joseph Silvers Williams-Thomas, William Waugh, John Ewart, Lloyd Francis, Joseph E Boyt
Tom Pritchard's New Empire David Clayton
23
4
Dudley, biography, entertainment Frank Dallroy, Forrie Turner, Clarkson Rose, Dan Leno, John Hughes, Violet Friend, Fred W Harris, Fred H Anderson
Another Lost Film Peter Barnsley
23
4
cinema  
Kinver Book Fair Roy Slim
23
4
   
Hell Lane Ray Shill
23
4
mining, industry, Wolverhampton William Hanbury Sparrow
Black Country Humour  
23
4
   
Not So Secret Weapon HL Kershaw
23
4
   
Homes in the Black Country 1878 - from The Builder  
23
4
mining, Netherton, Woodside, Dudley Joseph Green

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