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The website of the
Black Country Society
Established in 1967 to Support, Record, Preserve and Celebrate the distinct
Character and Nature of the West Midlands area known since the mid nineteenth century as 'The Black Country'
Black Country Society Commemorative Artefacts
1979 Goblet produced for the Society to mark the 150th Anniversary of the running of the Stourbridge Lion in the USA
1969 1769 to 1969 Canals and motorways (250 silver, 1750 bronze medallions)
1976 200th anniversary of Bloomfield Colliery Engine (100 gold, 400 silver, 1500 bronze medallions)
1967 Closure of Baggeridge Colliery
(2000 bronze medallions)
1972 150th anniversary of sailing of SS Aaron Manby (10 gold, 500 silver and 1490 bronze medallions)
1980 The closure of Blast Furnace "Elizabeth" at Bilston in 1976
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