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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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J. P. S. Means Beer—(Blackcountryman Volume 6,4) by Geoff Stevens
Reminiscing about beer with an old friend who used to be a drayman, we were reminded of the Simkiss Brewery in Brierley Hill. A quick...
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Jul 10, 20224 min read
Black Country Society Walk to Eastern Halesowen on Wednesday 29th June
This walk, led by Dave Galley, took a rectangular route along the Lapal canal, Manor Way, Bromsgrove Road and Mucklows Hill. Photographs...
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Jul 6, 20222 min read
The Blackcountryman - now in the Society shop
The Society magazine, the Blackcountryman, is published quarterly and sent to all Society members as part of their membership package. It...
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Jul 6, 20221 min read
Black Country Society walk to Moor Pool Estate on June 22nd
Garden cities from around the turn of the 20th century are well known but there was similar movement to plan garden villages on a small...
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Jun 27, 20221 min read
A follow-up to the blog post "The Major" by Tony Ridge
Further interesting information has been received by way of a response to the original blog about Major Frank Buckley. This concerns a...
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Jun 24, 20223 min read
"John Louis Petit and the Black Country" by Chris Baker
This article first appeared in the Summer 2022 edition of the Blackcountryman. Unfortunately a number of figures were omitted and some...
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Jun 22, 202212 min read
The President's travels - number 1
The first of a series of photo blogs where we join our President, Marlene Watson, the Black Country Wench, on her travels. This one shows...
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Jun 21, 20221 min read
Holidays at Great Bridge —Early 1920s (Volume 12,2) by C. J. B. Dodd
In these days of airport chaos what could be better than a staycation in the Black Country? This was certainly the case in the 1920s when...
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Jun 10, 20225 min read
Black Country Society Walk around Monmore Green on May 18th 2022
An Industrial Archaeology Group walk led by Keith Hodgkins and Peter Glews. The area to the immediate south-east of Wolverhampton town...
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Jun 7, 20221 min read
Black Country Society Walk to Penn Common on May 25th 2022
Once under the threat of the Victorian HS2, the green pastures which frame the Rev Stibbing Shaw’s Over Penn are currently at risk of the...
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Jun 6, 20221 min read
The Blackcountryman - 55.2 Summer 2022
The latest issue of the Blackcountryman has just been published - contents lists above. Any comments / discussion can be put into the...
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Jun 1, 20221 min read
Pubs and Breweries of the Black Country - a new book by Steve James
The Black Country has a wealth of pubs and breweries serving the local population of its towns and settlements. This book aims to cover...
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May 24, 20221 min read
The Major
A post by Tony Ridge Franklin Charles Buckley, born 3rd October 1882, was by many accounts an inspirational man and one of the...
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May 23, 20224 min read
The Earl of Dudley’s Railway – Accidents and incidents
Preamble Agenoria on the Kingswinford Railway Much has been written by others about the Pensnett or Earl of Dudley’s Railway, which...
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May 17, 202210 min read
What is the Black Country? (Volume 1.1, 1967) by Dr. John Fletcher
The very first edition of the Blackcountryman magazine proved so popular it had to be reprinted in February 1968. The subject of the...
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May 8, 20225 min read
The Black Country: Proud region has split opinion for centuries
Mark Andrews has written a very nice article for the Express and Star about Brendon Clifford’s new book “The Black Country: 500 Years in...
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Apr 16, 20221 min read
Book launch Report - University of Birmingham April 9th 2022
At an event hosted by Birmingham University on April 9th, two new books were launched that are of interest to industrial historians of...
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Apr 12, 20223 min read
The Blackcountryman - 55.1 Spring 2022
As can be seem, the latest issue of the Blackcountryman contains a wide range of articles. Please use the comment facility below to...
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Apr 6, 20221 min read
The custom of Heaving in the Black Country (Volume 12.2, Spring 1979) by D C Woods
This month we feature a fascinating article from the Spring 1979 edition of the magazine, which back then cost the princely sum of 30p!...
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Mar 31, 20224 min read
Kingswinford Junction 1949
A post describing the train services through Kingswinford Junction in 1949.
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Mar 19, 20225 min read
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