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Article
Author
Volume
Issue
Notes
Names
Black Country Personalities 54 - Gwen Kingsley Stan Hill
35
1
biography, Brierley Hill, Colley Gate, genealogy Gwendoline Ann Smith, John Harold Levi Smith
The Blue Argus Arthur Truby
35
1
sport, football, WBA Harold Pearson, Harry Hibbs
Lawrence Hollis - an obituary Stan Hill
35
1
Sedgley Basil Poole
Black Country Water Supplies - Romsley Water Tower BJ Williams + J van Leerzem
35
1
   
Pennocruicum - Roman Penkridge Pt 1 Paul Ford
35
1
archaeology  
Black Country Fields Jean Butler
35
1
nostalgia  
The Best Loved Man In England (John Wesley and Black Country Methodism Pt1) Patricia Hill
35
1
Wednesbury, Darlaston, Walsall, 'Honest munchin', Great Barr Edward Egginton, Francis Ward, George Clifton, William Haselwood, Grace Murray, John Bennet, Francis Asbury
The End of an Era Geoffrey E Hodgetts
35
1
Colley Lane, Cradley, nostalgia Annie Watkins, Lilian Webster, Walter Hodgetts, Edith Goley, Thomas Allchurch, Francis Hickman, William Hadley, Doreen Turbin, Cedric Hickman, Molly Jones, Geoffrey Woodall, George Aston
The Effects of the Public Health Movement on Walsall and District, 1830-1960 Victoria L Brookes
35
1
Darlaston, Willenhall, Walsall John Crump, Henry Boys
damn her if she won't go chain her to the post!' - The Strange Case of Eliza Price and the Two Petty Sessions David Cox
35
1
Kingswinford, Wordsley, Brierley Hill Samuel Stone Briscoe, William and Eliza Price, Joseph Newey, William Robins, William Foster, George Bate, James Baker, William Onions, Ann and William Peasall, Benjamin Greenfield
A Touch of Paradise Samuel Bache
35
1
poetry  
Wonderful Woodland Peter R Shirley
35
1
Wolverhampton  
Philip Foley (1653-1716) Irene Oliver
35
1
biography, industry, ironmaking Richard and James Raybould, Thomas Hitchcox, Paul Foley, John Wheeler
Memories of George Yardley James Morgan
35
1
obituary  
The Bowater Memories Carol Moore
35
1
Cradley, Quarry Bank, biography James, Elizabeth and Ann Bowater, Rev HJ Quilter, John Wesley, Josiah Cox, John Attwood
Aspects of Victorian Pensnett (Pt2 Bromley Board School) Lionel Gregory
35
1
education Charles James
A Peep Into Futurity David Cox
35
2
newspapers of history  
Wednesbury Reservoir and Wood Green Pumping Station BJ Williams + J van Leerzem
35
2
Wednesbury, Dudley, water supply Thoma sWalker, John Churchill, Richard Jesson, Richard Williams
Pennocruicum - Roman Penkridge Pt 2 Paul Ford
35
2
   
The Best Loved Man In England (John Wesley and Black Country Methodism Pt2 - Methodism in Brierley Hill) Patricia Hill
35
2
Dudley Noah Pearson, Edwin Newton, Joseph Norwood, Simon and Joseph Bennett, Thomas and Frederick Price, William Wood, Vera Whyles, Joe Foorman, Hilda Thompson, May Woodhouse, Myra Wood
The Sea May Cox
35
2
poetry  
George Lawley, The Unknown Staffordshire Historian CJL Elwell
35
2
industry, japanning, Butlers' Priestfield Brewery Job Lawley, Harriet Jackson, John Pendrill, James Caddick, Samuel Cozens, Philip Pugh
A Black Country Messiah (with apologies to Handel) Frank Wyle
35
2
dialect, humour, Aynuck and Ali  
Real Black Country Folk E Halford
35
2
poetry  
Black Coun try Personalities 55 - William Haynes Stan Hill
35
2
Wednesbury, biography, silversmith, jewellery  
Horkstow Bridge David Humphries
35
2
   
Jack Humphries - an obituary  
35
2
   
Fenns Pools Peter R Shirley
35
2
Dudley, Kingswinford, wildlife  
History and Heritage of the Optical Industry in Smethwick and Walsall Victoria L Brookes
35
2
Chance Brothers, Smethwick, industry, Walsall Thomas Strutt, Robert Lucas Chance, John Hartley, Sir William Cooke, Charles Pilkington, Moses and Charles N Eyland,
On The Post David Barlow
35
2
nostalgia, dialect, Walsall  
All Saints Church Choir 1952 Bob Dale
35
2
  Ezra Bagnell
Our Local Heritage Keith Wood
35
2
   
Two Centuries of a Darlaston Family Faith M Speller
35
2
genealogy Mary Speller, Thomas and Alice Tomkiss, John Powell, Richard Tonks, Henry Hitch, Albert G Tonks, Thomas Tonkys, Phoebe Wilks
John Finch of Dudley and the First Liverpool Co-operative Society David Cox
35
3
  Robert Owen
John Robinson McClean MP BJ Williams + J van Leerzem
35
3
South Staffs waterworks, biography Frank James, Richard Chawner, James Walker, Edward Adams, Donald McClean
Woodland Grange School Helen Hoult
35
3
Wednesbury, family history Ethel Davey, Michael Lloyd, Lynne Deeley
The Dudley Bug in 1838 David Cox
35
3
fossils, Wrens Nest  
Black Country Personalities 56 - Ron Moss Stan Hill
35
3
Woodside, biography Sylvie Griffiths, Emily Willetts
The Air Raid Shelter Ray Jones
35
3
nostalgia, WWII, Silver End  
Through the Black Country to Dovedale Arthur Truby
35
3
railways, Smethwick  
Archaeology and History of Upper High Street Stourbridge John Hemingway
35
3
markets Sir Humphrey Stafford, Thomas Earl
The Other Mary Stevens Elaine Hipkiss
35
3
   
The Twenties and Thirties Dr H Max White
35
3
transport, nostalgia  
Kinver Rock Houses Bob Clarke
35
3
   
Growing Up In Heaven John Stephens
35
3
Kinver, nostalgia  
Stamford House Jean Skidmore
35
3
family history, Amblecote, methodism, Lye Waste Jeremiah Skidmore, Robert Newton, Jabez Bunting, Adam Clarke, Richard Waddy, John Skidmore
The Silent Cinema in Stourbridge in 1929 Norman Robins
35
3
AJ Crump Ltd  
Francis Brett Young - the Black Countrys' most Famous Author  
35
3
   
The Red House Glass Cone, Wordsley David Cox
35
3
Wordsley, glassmaking, industry  
Scholarships Pearl Taylor
35
4
Wordsley, Dudley, Stourbridge, education, nostalgia Fred Carder, Granville Poole, Joseph and Joshua Harris, Wilfred Lawson Mullet
A Budgies Dream May Cox
35
4
poetry  
Black Country Vehicle Rally Sunday 14th July 2002 David EA Evans
35
4
   
Dr Geoff Alman Stan Hill
35
4
biography, Essington, Walsall Johnny Smith
Silver End Ray Jones
35
4
  Becky Webb, Alex Shakespeare, Edith Larkham, Harry Jenkins, Joe Green, Harry Hill
Stan Davies Arthur Truby
35
4
sport, football, WBA, biography Dennis Vowles, Alf Dixon
Visit to Mushroom Green Chainshop & cottage by Class 5Y Colley Lane Community Primary School, May 2002  
35
4
   
A Life Given For Others Bette and George Powell
35
4
Walsall, obituary Mary Powell, Dr J Scott Wilson
Civil Unrest in the Black Country 1750-1837 Part 1 David Cox
35
4
Stourbridge, Halesowen, Dudley, Penn, Bilston Thomas Biggs (Bigges)
Water Voles in the Black Country Peter R Shirley
35
4
Blackbrook, Mousesweet  
Henry Cort and the Black Country Eric Alexander
35
4
industry, ironmaking, Dudley John Becher, Thomas Smith, Francis Homfray, Joseph Amphlett, Joseph Hall
Thoughts on Early Bedcote and Stourbridge John Hemingway
35
4
Oldswinford Ralph de Marston, Geoffrey de Kynesdale, Bernard de Bruys, John de Somery, Richard Jervoise
A Unique 3-Litre Bentley Jim Boulton
35
4
Wolverhampton, motoring RM and Ian Sievwright, Norman Bayliss
Black Country Rivals Ron Julian
35
4
sport, football, WBA, Wolves  
The Black Country Home Guard Mick Wilks
35
4
WWII  
A National Serviceman in the 1950s F Bernard Shaw
35
4
Sedgley, nostalgia  
Carnival Week in Oldbury Dr H Max White
35
4
nostalgia, Kenneth Wilson,
That Small Acreage that was Chance Brothers J Reg Flavell
35
4
nostalgia, industry, apprenticeship, Major John Hardy, Sir Hugh Chance, Reuben Camies, Jack Hill, Roland Timmins, Freddie Lloyd, Edwin Morris, Jim Burton, Dennis Parsonage, Brian Chew, Bill Tupper, John Morris,

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