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.
2006
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
2007
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
2007
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
2008
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