MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dear Visitor, since the Society was established late in 1967 the First issue of the Blackcountryman magazine was published in 1967. This tradition has been continued and you will therefore find all Issues numbered 1 in the year before the following issues 2,3 and 4. If you have any queries please contact the society and we will be pleased to help with your enquiry.
1988
ISSUE 1
Frederick Carder - J.H. Martin
Eminent Black Country Folk - Bert Bissell M.B.E. - S. Hill
Ten New Screens for the Black Country - N. Williams
Wordsley's Pooh Bah - H.J. Haden
Letting in the Light - J. Sparry
The Horseley Fields Railway Buildings - M. Hale
Winter (Poem) - J.W. Jones
Seventy Years On Pt 2 - R. Peacock
A Nobleman's agent & His Family - C.j.l. Elwell
Parkfield-Its Furnaces & Quarries - R. Davies
The Rector - B. Barr
Ah Bay! (Poem) - J. Hodges
A Childhood Visit to the Black Country - S. Glover
1989
ISSUE 2
Frederick carder in Later Years - R. Rockwell
Doctor Extraordinary - H.J. Haden
The Life of a Black Country Medico - C. Hatton
Eminent Black Country Folk-Wesley Perrins M.B.E. - S. Hill
Pig Town - P. Taylor
The Rhinocerous Case Pt 3 - C.J.L. Elwell
Across the Leas (Poem) - J.W. Jones
Bloxwich Buildings - D. Speakman
Unvieling the Plaque at Newbridge - N. Williams
The Horseley Fields Railway Buildings Pt 2 - M. Hale
The Yew Tree, Wallheath - J. Sparry
Seventy Years On Pt 3 - R. Peacock
Down in the Forest a Black Country Mon Stirs - S. Hill
The Bilston Epidemic - S. Wright
Tipton's Charter
ISSUE 3
Eminent Black Country Folk -
The Rt. Hon. Peter Archer Q.C., M.P. - S. Hill
The Last of the Lyttleton - N. Williams
Charles Hatton - H.J. Haden
The Northern Ballet Theatre - S. Hill
The Day War Broke Out
Steve Bloomer - P. Barnsley
'Let the People Goo' - S. Denison
Picture Postcard Memories - R. Pearson
Black Country Humour
Rain and Real Ale - A. Gray
Sam Girling - J. Sparry
Bilston Library - R. davies
Non-Conformism in Brierley Hill - P. Bloore
Old Wheels (Poem) J.W. Jones
ISSUE 4
Eminent Black Country Folk- Sir Michael Higgs - S. Hill
Thomas Bryan V.C. - H.J. Haden
An Early Enterprise Culture - J. West
Summer Walkabouts 1989 - N. Williams
Midland metro - R. Hughes
The Bonded Warehouse - G. Reading
Drawings of Dudley - G. Warburton
Were You an Evacuee? - M. Hale
Black Country Surnames - P. Chandler
An Anniversary not to be Disregarded - M. Carpenter
Wolverhampton during the War - H. Bodfish
Darlaston - a brief History - R. Davies
Tipton in World War 1 - J. Brimble
Horse Manure - P. Taylor
Memories of the Lye - N. H. Brettell
A Solstical Stroll's Delights - A. MacClean
Fingers of Time (Poem) - J.W. Jones
1989
ISSUE 1
Eminent Black Country Folk- Don Kenyon - S. Hill
Hop Picking - J. R. Williams
Miles Jervis 1 - N. Williams
Black Country Brews - M. Jackson
Tourism the Black Countries fastest growing Ind. - K. Cheetham
Wolverhampton during World Wra 2 - H. Bodfish
Postscript on Sam - The Clock Man - H.J. Haden
Wolverhampton a Town of architectural Surprises - R. Davies
The 311 Battery & Association - S. V. Haden
Ironworkers (Poem) - N.H. Brettell
G.W.R. Reminiscences - G. Baylie
Black country Surnames (II) - P. Chandler
Appreciation - Andrew barnett - H.J. Haden
My Dad - M. Marsh
St. Marks C.E. School, Ocker Hill - F.Y. Turley
Down in the Forest - R. Weston
1990
ISSUE 2
Eminent Black Country Folk- Julie Walters - S. Hill
Restoring Listed buildings - P. Hurley
Compton Hall Hospice - S. Hill
Portraits in Tipton Library - J. Brimble
A Walsall Life in 1853 - C.J.L. Elwell
Black Country Museum Mine Problems - C. Swindells
Miles Jervis Pt 2 - N. Williams
The Rise & Fall of an Idealist - H.J. Haden
A Tipton Chainworks in 1890's Pt 1 - J.R. Williams
Some Black country Surnames - P. Chandler
Lace in Audnam - M. Carpenter
A Black country Lad's Musical Progress - S. Hill
Newbold's Farm 1933 - C. Wenlock
Memories (Poem) - H. Francis
Sanjerolla - J. Sparry
A Railway Locomotive Called 'star' - R. Shill
The Story behind a Book - K. West
ISSUE 3
Eminent Black Country Folk - Lord Tombes of Brailes (Warks) - S. Hill
Two Black Country Schools - N.H. Brettell
Unusual Street Names
Memories of 1940 - M. Hale
J.B. Dainty- Master Craftsman in Metal - H.J. Haden
Barnet Tooley - Fairground Fighter - V. Holloway
Gornal Tongues & Legends - J.W. Jones
The Black country Dev. Corporation - S. Hill
The Tower (Poem) - J. Hunt
The Origins of Walsall - S. Micklewright
a Tipton Chainworks in the 1890's Pt 2 - J.R. Williams
St. Marks Church, Ocker Hill - M. carter
The Other Samuel Johnson - J. Sparry
Jerome K. Jerome - A. Gray
ISSUE 4
Eminent Black Country Folk - Surgeon Commodore F. R. Wilkes
M.B.E., OSt.J, FRCS(eng) - S. Hill
Two Black Country Schools - N.H. Brettell
A Christmas Memory - H.J Haden
Restored Listed buildings Pt 2 - P. Hurley
Walsall's Ground Number Four - G. allman
Toasted teacakes & Baked Potatoes - J. Sparry
Fire Power - J.D. Williams
The Welsh & Midlands Counties Junction Railway - M. Hale
The Black Country Dev. Corporation - S. Hill
Elmar & Elsie -Equilibrists from Quarry Bank - S.R. Wallin
Old Oldbury-the results of Archeological Excavations - M. Hodder
Tom Pritchards New Empire - D. Clayton
Another Lost Film - P. Barnsley
Hell Lane - R. Shill
Not So Secret Weapon - H.L. Kershaw
Homes in the Black country 1878 - from the Builder