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Black Country Society
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Black Country Society Blog
Welcome to the Black Country Society blog. We will post here on a variety of topics of interest to Society members. A (moderated) comment facility is available so readers can share their own thoughts on the topics that are posted. We would love to hear your ideas and material for future blog posts in all these categories. Please do get in touch with us using the webmaster contact form on the contact page.
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Public art in the Black Country - the Dudleyartbc website
A guest blog by Brian Carr. Brian is a retired former warehouse distribution manager with A F Blakemore. Living in Brierley Hill with...
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Sep 18, 20234 min read
Lieutenant Colonel Keith H Jeavons - an obituary
by James Morgan ‘Where the hell have you been’? This rhetorical question was posed by Keith Jeavons to me on a cold November morning in...
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Sep 4, 20234 min read
The Crooked House remembered
The Black Country Society is shocked and saddened by the recent fire and subsequent demolition of the Crooked House. As a Society we have...
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Aug 23, 20232 min read
The destruction of the Crooked House - a statement from the Black Country Society
The Black Country Society abhors the destruction of the Crooked House public house, along with the obvious inadequacies of current...
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Aug 22, 20232 min read
The Blackcountryman poems of Jim William Jones Part 3.
Jim William Jones was a Black Country poet who contributed numerous poems to the first 25 years of the Blackcountryman from 1967 to 1992....
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Jul 21, 20233 min read
Can you help with an undergraduate research project?
Phoebe Goodwin is an undergraduate geography student from the University of Manchester who is studying Black Country place identity for...
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Jul 17, 20231 min read
The Blackcountryman poems of Jim William Jones Part 2.
Jim William Jones was a Black Country poet who contributed numerous poems to the first 25 years of the Blackcountryman from 1967 to 1992....
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Jul 14, 20232 min read
The Blackcountryman poems of Jim William Jones Part 1.
Jim William Jones was a Black Country poet who contributed numerous poems to the first 25 years of the Blackcountryman from 1967 to 1992....
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Jul 7, 20233 min read
Black Country Society Walk 21/6/2023 Stourbridge Canal
A walk up the Stourbridge 16 locks and back through the Buckpool Nature reserve was the last walk of what has been a varied and...
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Jun 27, 20231 min read
Black Country Society Walk 15/06/2023 to Willingsworth
A report by Dave Galley How many people have heard of Willingsworth, never mind visited it? Well now thanks to Keith Hodgkins some...
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Jun 18, 20232 min read
Blackcountryman Summer 2023
The Summer issue of the Blackcountryman has now been sent out to all members. Non-members can obtain copies for £5.00 from a number of...
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Jun 4, 20231 min read
Come and celebrate the new home for the Black Country Society
Press release 04/06/2023 The Black Country Society will be moving its meetings venue to Bilston Town Hall from June 28th this year when...
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Jun 4, 20231 min read
Black Country Society walk 31/5/2023 - Bradley Canal Restoration
We assembled outside the gates to the Canal and river trust’s workshop in Bradley lane. By the time we were ready to move off we were up...
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Jun 1, 20231 min read
Black Country Society visit to Sandwell Valley on 17th May 2023
A report by Dave Galley An ideal night weather-wise which makes a change. We have Mike Hodder and Sue Whitehouse to thank for this walk....
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May 18, 20232 min read
Black Country Society visit to Merridale Cemetery
A report by Dave Galley Because of the opening hours at the Cemetery this had to be an afternoon walk led by Quintin Watt. Quintin...
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May 11, 20232 min read
Black Country Society visit to Provision House
A report by Dave galley In 2006 I took over co ordaining the BCS walks from Doug Winterborn. We usually have at least five in the summer...
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May 8, 20233 min read
The Blackcountryman 56.1 Spring 2023
The Spring issue of the Blackcountryman has now been sent out to all members. Non-members can obtain copies for £4.50 from a number of...
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Mar 3, 20231 min read
Stephen Glynne and the Oak Farm Iron works
The Glynne Baronetcy dates back to 1661, with its main estate at Hawarden in Flintshire. The 8th Baronet, Sir Stephen Glynne (1780 to...
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Feb 7, 20232 min read
A Midland Arts Centre for Young People
A blog post by Eleanor Woodward, Archivist, Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham which originally appeared at The Iron Room on...
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Jan 17, 20234 min read
White Shirt Black Country. Memorabilia and Memories
From January to April 2023, there will be an exhibition of memorabilia remembering 53 England football internationals born in the Black...
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Jan 12, 20231 min read
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