
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 Images
Webmaster note
I took over the Black Country Society web site in early 2022 after the sudden death of the previous webmaster and thus there was no proper handover. The photos shown on this page were all uploaded to the website, but in most cases there was no information as to who was the photographer / contributor. If any visitor to these pages can identify who should be acknowledged, I will gladly do so - please use the general enquiries form on the Contacts page.
Black Country at work



Chain makers (Lucy Woodhall)



Baggeridge Colliery (Ernie Ellwell)
(Central and right-hand photo taken at Tettenhall station sometime in the 1920s - information from Andrew Cope)
Black Country transport

Canal basin


Spon Lane Bromford Bridge (John Allen)
Canal art

John Hall Firebrick Lorry


Morgan cars
Black Country people




Hop picking families

Thomas and Emma Houlton (c John Benfield)
Black Country places

West Bromwich High Street (Wolverhampton Civic Society)

Great West Arcade

West Bromwich war damage (South Staffs Water)

Palethorpes, Dudley Port 1904
![1937 WB gas showroom [c Terry Price]_edi](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/18c52c_c79d4643c21b4e05bebdd0cbaa8b9426~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_180,h_274,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/1937%20WB%20gas%20showroom%20%5Bc%20Terry%20Price%5D_edi.jpg)
West Bromwich Gas Showroom 1937 (c Terry Price)

Stourbridge floods
The Black Country Zoo



Dudley Zoo 1939