MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
2007
ISSUE 1
Black Country Personalities - Michael Hall MA - S. Hill
The Life of Mary Percy Jackson, Pt2 - L.D. Wilkie
The Missing Tenant of Wollaston Hall Pt2 - J. Byard-Jones
The Hailstone - B. Dakin
The Murderer - R. Jones
The Root of the Matter - A. Truby
Robert Broad & the Horsley Co, Tipton - J.S. Allen
Price Street Mission Anniversary -
Memories from the 1950's & 60's - D. Hughes
Beasleys & Farmer - S. Robinson
An Unusual Horrible Murder - E. Jenkins
Black Country History Day - J. Watkins
Back to School - D. Barlow
Groping for a Higher Truth; The Literature
of William Henry Robinson - P. McDonald
I've Been to London to see the Queen - F. Mllward
Jew's Harp Manufacturer in the West Midlands -
1800 - 1900 Pt1 - M. Wright
Fire at the Bump - N. Williams
Dynasty - Ms W.R. Probert
The White Black Country - G. Hensman
Sir Edward William Elgar: Black Country Connection Pt1 - M. Dallow
The Railway in Wall Heath - J. Van Leerzem
ISSUE 2
Black Country Personalities - Christine Charles - S. Hill
The Missing Tenant of Wollaston Hall Pt3 - J. Byard-Jones
The Jew's Harp Manufacturer in the West Midlands Pt2 - M. Wright
The Extraordinary Man (Arthur Hooper) - B. Dakin
The White Black Country - G. Hensman
Sir Edward William Elgar: Black Country Connection Pt2 - M. Dallow
Tracking the Lion - From Bradley's to Baltimore
The Stourbridge Lion & the Foster & Rastrick Co. - N. Baker
Auction at Fieldings of the Estate: H.J. Haden - S. Hill
A Legend - Duncan Edwards - J.R. Flavell
Marjorie Crosby - The Poet of Penn Fields - P. McDonald
Walsall's Own Lady with the Lamp - Ms W.R. Probert
An Essay on Modern Day Management - R.W. Abley
A Legendary Headmistress - P. Talbot
William, First Earl of Dudley & 11th Lord Ward Pt1 - Dr T. J. Raybould
Henry Timothy Tilley - Life and Times of a Black
Country Vicar Pt1 - D.E. Yates
The Diaries of Francis Perks, Tailor of Stourbridge Pt1 - R. H. Perks
ISSUE 3
The Forgotten Wireless Pioneers - D.H. Barlow
British Association for Local History Award
The Diaries of Francis Perks, Tailor of Stourbridge Pt2 - R.H. Perks
Henry Tomothy Tilley - Life & Times of
a Black Country Vicar Pt2 - D.E. Yates
Tumble Fold Tales: Joseph Whittakers Wolverhampton - P. McDonald
Simon Evans- A Forgotten Poet - A. Truby
William: 1st Earl Dudley & 11th Lord Ward Pt2 - Dr. T.J. Raybould
The Staffordshire & Wocester Canal - G. Fisher MBE
Madeliene Carroll - an Unveiling -J. Watkin
The Lucas Sisters - J. Baynard-Jones
Money to Burn (Short Story) - C. Hathorne
Samuel Wilkes - Wood-Whittling Champion of the World - B. Dakin
I Was There - D. Newton
Buck Genner - R. Jones
Late 19th & 20th Century Family Life in Oldbury - I. Walker
The Airmen of Perton - A. Dunphy
Charlemont Farm, West Bromwich - M. Dallow
ISSUE 4
William Humble Eric Ward,3rd Earl of Dudley (1932-69) - Dr. T Raybould
Laurence James: Biker Hero & Black Country Best Seller - P. McDonald
Detonators - R. Jones
Descriptions: Birmingham & the Black Country in James Woodhouses
'The Life & Lucubrations of Crispinus Scriblerous - Pt1 - S. Van-Hagen
A Ballot Box & a Wrekin View - P. Talbot
Is Life in 'is Onds - B. Dakin
Bird Thou Never Wert - A. Truby
The Brickhouse Comes Alive
Hickman & Co. - M. Pearson
Maxwell Trimble: Racing Driver - M. Dallow
Staffordshire & Worcester Canal 'follow up' - G. Fisher
John Thomas Hyde Legge - Electrical Engineer - J. Byard-Jones
JohnThompson - L. Willis
A Country Called Black - M. Pearson
In Memorium: John Fletcher, the Bishop & Me - G. Wiley
The Forgotten Wireless Pioneers 'update - D.E. Evans
Weight Watcher - R. Jones
'Come Ye Thankful People' - Rev. C. Hathorne
As Others Saw Us 'Perceptions of the Black Country' - Dr. T.J. Raybould
2008
ISSUE 1
William Humble Ward, Earl of Dudley (1885-1932) -
Dr T. Raybould
Acid - R. Jones
Descriptions: Birmingham & the Black Country in James Woodhouse's 'Life and Lucubrations of
Crispinus Scriblerus Pt2 - S. Van-Hagen
Sour Opples an' Sweet Chocolate - Revd C. Hathorne
Kanya Wackett's Observations - B. Dakin
Unlocking the Potential of the Black Countries
Business Archives - C. Williams
Simmonds Brothers: Radio Pioneers - D. Simmonds
A Flame in My Heart
(John Petty's Forgotten Novel) - Dr P. McDonald
'My Life with Jack' - J. Morgan
Change in the Midlands - A. Lockwood
Kidderminster Rose - M. Dallow
Robert Chapman Wins Sky Lifetime Award
Chance Encounter - A. Truby
Coach Outings with the BCS - 'Inky'
Martin Lickert - Bassplayer, Bookmaker, Barrister - J. Morgan
The Course of the Smestow Brook - A. Dunphy
Maxwell Trimble - H.M. Berry
Any Glassware by Chance - D.P. Encill
The National Youth Theatre
A Titanic Journey - L. Sidaway & J. Powell
A Million People - Black Country as an Urban Park - R. Julian
A Country Called Black update - M. Pearson
The Bitter Divide-The Religious divide Then & Now -
B. Wetherall
ISSUE 2
The Lords of Dudley (1774 - 1863) - Dr T. Raybould
'God Bless yer Nurse' - M. Roberts
Black Country Living Museum - R. Julian
St. Johns Church, Kates Hill, History Treasure Trove - D. Brownlee
George Cosens: Midlands Black Baptist Pastor - D. Watts
Fighting Man: Henry Treece's lesser known Novel -
Dr.P McDonald
The Future of Our Past - B. Dakin
The Smestow from Aldersley to Compton - A. Dunphy OBE
Young Folks ...
A Vanished World - R. Jones
Langley Local History Society = Dr T. Daniels
Charles Elwell (RIP) - S. Hill
The Upper Severn Hydro & Navigation Co. - G. Fisher MBE
The Staffordshire Giant Miner - M. Dallow
An Extraordinary Story: William Nock Glassmaker - P. King
Playthings - R. Jones
Smethwick & the Truth of Chance - D.P. Encill
The Rebels - Henry Treece (1953) - D. WALKER
Lost Manufacturing - G. Darby
Tolkeins Mordor: Black Magic in the Black Country - P. Low
The Healers - B. Spakemon
ISSUE 3
The Smestow from Compton to Perton - A. Dunphy OBE
A Black Country Writer: Archie Hill - R. Jones
Heritage Open Days - C. Williams
Dudley Grammar School, 1562 - 1975 Pt1 -
Dr T. Raybould
Peter Jones: A Black Country Imagist - Dr. P,. McDonald
The Island in a City - J. Tromans
Elizabeth Ann Warren SRN (RIP) - S. Hill
Four Old Photographs - N. Taylor
So Many Southalls in Dudley - J. McNeill
The Lather Boy and the Starter Upper - B. Spakemon
Adventures in the Hop Fields - D. Lister
Black Country Heraldry - P. Tibbetts
The Dunera Boys - J. Watkin
Grange Furnace - Dr P. King
The Territorial Army - 100 years of Service - K. Jeavons
The Beech Tree Colliery Timber Delivery Mystery -
P. Barnsley
Hobbs & Sons; Fish & Chip Shop Proprietors -
N. Williams
Lost But Not Forgotten - T. Church
Magaret McDonald - W. Viner
Post War Walsall & Walsall Law Association
Diamond Jubilee - D.F. Vodden
Black Country Vicar - Revd C. Hathorne
RIP for A Non-Aviating Avian - A. Truby
Brockmoor Life - J. Perry
Growing Up in Wartime Lye - P. Dunn
Local History in Oil Paintings - J. Lester
ISSUE 4
The Smestow From Perton Mill to
Trescott & Furnace Grange - A. Dunphy OBE
Dudley Grammar School 1562 - 1975 Pt2 -
Dr T. Raybould
Black Country Vicar - Revd C. Hathorne
Derek Dougan: Charismatic Maverick - J. Beck
Hobbs Fish & Chip Shop Pt2 - N. Williams
Aunty Poll & Uncle Bill - L. Webster
National Service: Devizes - R. Jones
The 40th Anniversary of BCS - D.F. Vodden
Roosterspakes Night in the Singing Cave - M. Pearson
Victoria (Poem & Images) - A. Cadman
An Old Cjoirboys Memory - Dr N. Allen
Widening Circles: Edward Lowberys BC
Anthology - Dr. P. McDonald
The Bitter Divide: Religious Conflict Pt2 - B. Weatherall
John Cornfield: The Cosely Poet - A. Gale (nee Cornfield)
On John Cornfield - Dr P. McDonald
Industrial Biography: The Black Country Chapters - G. Stokes
A Famous West Bromwich Undertaking
- I. Walker (ed P. Shirley)
Wireless in a Coalmine - 2ZD
Accles & Pollocks (1962=69) Pt1 - T. Henwood
A Census of the Landscape - P. Quigley
'The Legend of Salt & Sauce' Book about
Wolverhamptons Famous Elephants - N. Williams