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.
2000
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
2001
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
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
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'
2001
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
2002
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
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
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