2001

ISSUE 1

Black Country Personalities - Lisa Potts G.M.  - S. Hill

The Black Country Pit Clubs Pt I, Dudley - C.J.L. Elwell

A Curious Case - R. Cranston

How Cradley Chose its First 'Little Parliament' - P. Barnsley

History & Archaeology of Wollascote Hall - J. Hemingway

Wolverhampton Harry - B. Jarrett

British Engineering for Kenya - P.J. English

Ashwood Pumping Station - B.J. Williams & J. Van Leerzem

Nine Till Four - D. Barlow

The Belbroughton Plaque Trail - A. Pilkington

Rebel With A Cause - Remembering - P. McDonald

A Pilgrim to Ypres - D.J. Humphries

Technical Education for Craftsmen - W.L. Pace

My Boxing Interest - R.E. Cook

Life in the Balance - N. Williams

The Most Popular Anvil in the World - R. Moss

Wordsley School of Art - S. Hill

'The Priory' Past & present - M. Taylor

The Mystery of the Missing Pianner - J. Sparry

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ISSUE 2

Black Country Personalities - Angus Dunphy O.B.E. - S. Hill

The Black Country Pit Clubs Pt2 Wolverhampton - C.J.L. Elwell

The Fight for the Bumblebee - G. Fisher

Powell & Asprey, Pattern & Model Makers 1919-2001- A. Burgess

The Chapel - T. Church

A Trip for a Lifetime - J.M. Hill (nee Allen)

George Alfred Haden & Haden Hill House - J. Beard

More Antique Maps from the late 18th Century - E. Richardson

John Scott Hylton (1725 - 1793) of Lapal House, Halesowen

   An 18th Century Virtuoso - Dr F. Burns

A Little Black Country Education - J. Cartwright

Industrial Archaeology Tours - R. Moss

The Brettell Lane Canal Disaster 1903 Pt1 - C. Butcher

Windsor Theatre, Bearwood - R. Griffin

The Prims in the Square - J. Sparry

Red House Glass Works & the Portland Vase - J. Hemingway

Sign of the Times - R. Price

Charles Hughes and the Lions - N. Williams

Black Country Water Supplies, Rowley Res. - J. Van Leerzem

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ISSUE 3

Black Country Personalities - Jim Shelley - S. Hill

The Mystery of Edmot Bradley - P. Barnsley

Metamorphosis of the TAB Operatic Society - G.E. Hodgetts

Early Memories - T. Church

Fight - A Picture for Molly

A Little Black Country Education II - J. Cartwright

The Brettell Lane Canal Disaster 1903  II - C. Butcher

Just a Glimpse of the Circus I - N. Williams

Art & the Black Country - H. Eccleston

Sidney Smith Castings, Stourbridge - Paintings A. Lockwood

Bonbells in Britain - Ed. by J. Hunt

A Black Country View - C.J.L. Elwell

Artist on the Scrap Heap: Life & Work of J. Petty - P. McDonald

Condemned Cattle, Umckaloabo-Mass Radiography - J. Sparry

Mabel Francis Brown 1903 - 1976 (Cradle to Grave) - J. Thomas

Black Country Water Supplies,

     Scout House Res. - B.J. Williams & J. Van Leerzem

Black Country Living Museum

A Winters Tale - G. Bubb

Harry Wood and the Earl of Dudley

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ISSUE 4

Black Country Personalities - Charles Leonard York - S. Hill

aspects of Victorian Pensnett - L. Gregory

A Common Interest - D. Turner M.P.

Cradley & the Diamond Jubilee - P. Barnsley

Cookley Pumping Station - B.J. Williams & J. Van Leerzem

On the Loss of Three Good Friends - J. Sparry

How Green is my Black Country - P.R. Shirley

A Little Black Country Education Pt3 - J. Cartwright

Star Gathering: Black Country Museum - D. Evans

Bombells in Britain - Ed. J. Hunt

Just a Glimpse of the Circus Pt2 - N. Williams

The Secret Waters of Bilston Road - Dr T. Langford

David Plant-Volunteer of the Year 2001.

'Mars were Marvellous - G. Bubb

The Pitman's Descent (Poem)

An Old Railway Project at Stourbridge - C. Butcher

The Mystery of the Novelty Glassworks - P. Skidmore

The Abberley Experience - 'Old West Brom Un'

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2002

ISSUE 1

Black Country Personalities - Gwen Kingsley - S. Hill

The Blue Argus - A. Truby

Lawrence Hollis (Obituary) - S. Hill

Romsley Water Tower - B.J. Williams & J. Van Leerzem

Pennocrucium, Roman Penkridge Pt1 - P. Ford

Black Country Fields - J. Butler

'The Best Loved Man in England - John Westley & Black Country

    Methodism Pt1 - P. Hill

The End of an Era - G.E. Hodgetts

Stanley George Yardley - J. Morgan

The Police History Society

Effects of the Public Health Movement on Walsall and District -

                         - V.L. Brookes

The Black Country Living Museum - R. Julian

'Daamn Her, if Her won't go Chain Her to the Post' - D. Cox

A Touch of Paradise - S. Bache

Wonderful Wonderland - P.R. Shirley

Philip Foley 1653 - 1716 - I. Oliver

Memories of George Yardley - J. Morgan

The Bowater Memoires - C. Moore

Friends of Dudley Archives Services Launch Aspects of Victorian Pensnett Pt2 - L. Gregory

'Living History' 1 - Morwellham Quay - D. Cox

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ISSUE 2

Black Country Personalities- William Haynes - S. Hill

A Peep into Futurity - D. Cox

Wednesbury Reservoir & Wood Green

    Pumping St. - B.J. Williams & J. Van Leerzem

Pennocrucium, Roman Penkridge PtII - P. Ford

'The Best Loved Man in England - John Westley & Black Country

    Methodism Pt2 - P. Hill

George Lawley, the Unknown Staffordshire Historian - C.J.L. Elwell

A Black Country Messiah (with apologise to Handel) - F. Wyle

Real Black Country Folk (Poem) - E. Halford

Himley Memory Garden

Horkstow Bridge - D. Humphries

Fen Pools - for the times of their lives - P.R. Shirley

The History & Heritage of the Optical Industry

    in Smetwick and Walsall - V.L. Brookes

On the Post - D. Barlow

All Saints Church Choir 1950 - B. Dale

Our Local heritage - K. Wood

Two Centuries of a Darlaston Family - F.M. Speller

Guns, Salt & Glass -I.A. Group visits 2001 - R. Moss

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ISSUE 3

Black Country Personalities - R. Moss -  S. Hill

John Finch of Dudley and the First Liverpool

    Co-operative Society - D. Cox

John Robinson McClean M.P.- B.J. Williams & J. Van Leerzem

The Black Country Living Museum - R. Julian

Woodland Grange School - H. Hoult

The Dudley Bug 1838 - D. Cox

It Seems Like Only Yesterday ... Anonymous

The Air Raid Shelter - R. Jones

Retirement of C.J.L. Elwell ...

Through The Black Country to Dovedale - A. Truby

Archaeology & History of Upper High St, Stourbridge - J. Hemingway

The Other Mary Stevens - E. Hipkiss

The Twenties & Thirties - Dr. H.M. White

Kinver Rock Houses - J. Skidmore

Growing Up In Heaven - J. Stephens

Stamford House - J. Skidmore

Vehicle Attractions-Black Country Living Museum - J. Boulton

The Silent Cinema in Stourbridge - N. Robins

The Red House Glas Cone, Wordsley - D. Cox

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ISSUE 4

Black Country Personalities - Dr. Geoff Allman- S. Hill

Civil ~Unrest in the Black Country 1750 - 1837 Pt1

    The 'Bread & Butter Riots' of 1766 - D. Cox

Water Voles - P.R. Shirley

Henry Cort & the Black Country - E. Alexander

The Black Country Living Museum - R. Julian

Thoughts on early Bedcote & Stourbridge - J. Hemingway

A Unique 3 litre Bentley - J. Boulton

Black Country Rivals - R. Julian

Scholarships - P. Taylor

The Budgies Dream (Poem) - M. Cox

Bert Bissell Memorials, Coronation Gardens, Dudley

Black Country Vehicle Rally, July 2002 - D.E.A. Evans

Silver End - R. Jones

Stan Davies - A. Truby

Mushroom Green-Colley Lane Primary School visit ...

A Life Given for Others - B. & G. Powell

The Black Country Home Guard - M. Wilkes

A National Serviceman in the 1950's - F. Bernard Shaw

Carnival Week in Oldbury - Dr. H.M. White

That Small Acreage that was Chance Brothers - J.R. Flavell

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