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.
1977 continued
ISSUE 3
A Bilston Haulier - A.L. Hammonds
40yrs on Cronehills School, West Bromwich - A. Truby
Leisure & Recreation 100yrs ago (Pt 1) - H.J. Haden
Reynolds Hall, Walsall - H.E. Green
The New Era (Bean Commercial) - W.E. Evetts
Gornal V Brierley Hill (Charley Edge V John Bate) - T. Langley
From a Fortune to a Farthing -
Prince of Wales, Spring Vale - G. Stevens
The Saga of Sedgeley Junction - M. Hale
Sister Dora, George Eliot & Walsall - C.J.L. Elwell
Black Country Toys - P. Rostron
Tipton Arms - C. Lloyd
Tipton Born A.J.S. - Test & Competition Rider - J. Boulton
Hales Lane, Smethwick - L.E. Webster
ISSUE 4
Fires, Fireirons & Fireplaces - S.A. Williams
Leisure & Recreation 100yrs ago (Pt. II) - H.J. Haden
Goodyear (50yrs of progress)
The South Staffordshire Railway (Pt. 1) - C.J.L. Elwell
Alexandra High School Tipton - J. Brimble
Early 'open topped' Cylinder Newcomen Engines
The Saga of Sedgeley Junction - M. Hale
Oak House, West Bromwich - W. Richards
Himley Hall - J. Cartwright
The Black Country of David Christie Murray - L.E. Webster
The Dudley Loyal Association - J.R. Williams
1977
ISSUE 1
Thomas Monk - Boat Builder & Canal Carrier - J.I. Langford
George Tonks & Sons (Darlaston) - M. Timmins
The South Staffordshire Railway - C.J.L. Elwell
The Black Country Museum £600,000 Funding
Walsall Pewterers (17th Century) - R.F. Homer
Profile of an Ironmaster (Francis Grazebrook) - P. Rostron
Wolverhampton Volunteer Rifle Corps - J.R. Williams
The Fight Game - L. Webster
The Long Knowle Story - R. Davies
Sedgeley Signal Box - J.H. Lloyd
Windmill End Pumping Station - G.C. Hartland
A Plethoa of Pits - D.H. Richards
An Inventory of Church Goods - H.E. Green
1978
ISSUE 2
Coal Mining in the Straits - A. Williams
Netherton Breeze Burners - T. Willetts
Langley Green Railway Station - M. Hale
The Brickmaker's Battle - H.J. Haden
Boyhood at Ettingshall - J. Gower
Mushroom Green - A Feminine Tribute K. Lloyd
Methodist Chapel, Coalpool - E. Badger
Wolverhampton Broad Street Bridge - R. Moss
The South Staffordshire Railway (Pt. III) - C.J.L. Elwell
Roots and How to Find Them - T. Willetts
Local Studies at Ellowes School - A.W. Dunphey
Any Old Bottles - P. Rostron
Wolverhampton's own Infantry Regiment - J.R. Williams
Black Country Museum - Transport Group - R. Clark
ISSUE 3
The Titford Canal - K.J. Lloyd
Transportation for Life - J.R. Williams
A Little Known Sunbeam Product - J. Boulton
G.W.R. Priestfield Station - M. Hale
Effects of the 1926 General Strike (Midlands) - A. Box
Thomas Phillips R.A. 1770 - 1845 - A. Box
Halesowen's Champion Model Loco Builder - B. Holden
An Excursion through The Black Country - M. Knight
Election Recollections - T. Lamgley
The Famous Lady of Silverhampton - G. Stevens
Black Country Token Coins - H.J. Haden
Thomas Jackson of Walsall - C.J.L. Elwell
Walsall Locks - K. Lloyd
ISSUE 4
The Stourbridge Lion - B. Pardoe
Lady Clerk (1918 - 1933) - E. Badger
C.S. Kipping (Wednesbury Headmaster) - C.P. Vale
The Boat Inn - K. Lloyd
100 Boats at Stourbridge - A.E. Roden & S.B. StJohn
Sir Charles Marston (Pt. 1) - M. Marston
The Largest Anchor in the World - M. Hale
Borrow and The Black Country - C.J.L. Elwell
Railway Smiths & Bridge Builders - B. Carter
The Red Lion of Wednesbury - G. Stevens
Isabella (1859 - 1943) - P.R.R.
1978
ISSUE 1
Sir Charles Marston (Pt. II) - M. Von Harten
Memories of Wordsley Hospital - J. Godfrey
Trials ensuing from the 1831 Black Country Riots - J.R. Williams
J. Brevitt Ltd - H.P.
Agenoria and Her Railway - M. Hale
James Woodhouse - H.R. Wilson
The Sunbeam - R. Champ
King Street, Darlaston - M. Timmins
The 1922 3.5hp Union Motorcycle - M. Knight
Sister Dora (Centenary of Death) - H. Parsons
Historic Mural - H.P.
1979
ISSUE 2
Heaving in the Black Country - D.C. Woods
Trials ensuing from the 1831 Black Country Riots - J.R. Williams
Black Country Nicknames - W.G. Till
Parish Happenings (West Bromwich 1766 - 1828) - G.W. Hannah
Holidays at Great Bridge early 1920's - C.J.B. Dodd
The Lion - K.J. Lloyd
Sir Charles Marston III - M. Von Harten
M 7 W Grazebrook's Netherton Ironworks - P. Rostron
Cardinal Newman & The Black Country - C.J.L. Elwell
Memories of Wordsley Hospital II - J. Godfrey
The Pit Ponies - H.G. Hill
ISSUE 3
Okell's Farm - E. Cotterill
Sir Charles Marston IV - M. Von Harten
When the Cinema came to Stourbridge - K. Crew
A Description of Dudley & area 1837 (I) - J.S. Allen
With Full Military Honours - J.R. Williams
A Half Century of Yale in Willenhall - H. Parsons
The Glazebrook Blowing Machine - D.J Humphries
Geo. Barnsby & The Social Political History
of the Black Country - R.H. Trainor
A Baths for Tipton - J. Brimble
A Horse Load of Salt - P. Rostron
ISSUE 4
The Stourbridge Town Branch - M. Hale
The Ingenious Mr. Keir of West Bromwich - C.J.L. Elwell
Sir Charles Marston V - M. Von Harten
A Description of Dudley 1837 (II) - J.S. Allen
Quakers in Dudley - A. Truby
The Enville Hall Disaster of 1904 - R. Benbow
Hailstone Quarry - J.W. Jones
30 Years on - M. Hale
1979
ISSUE 1
Pubs for Sale - H.J. Haden
Zeppelins Over The Black Country - T.Cope
Historic Steel Billet - Bilston NB - G. Medley
A Glimpse into Life at Dudley Castle - R. Benbow
St. James's Mission, Old Hill - H.R. Wilson
Reminiscenses of Tipton - E. Cotterill
Tipton Councillor Arthur Bannister - D. Humphries
Mumpers Dingle - A.M. Fraser
D.A.S.H. 2 (bicentenary of Dudley/Stour Canal) - M. Hale
1879 Despair and Depression in the Black Country - D.C. Woods
Yew Tree Inn, Blackheath - H.R. Wilson
Pits & Furnaces or Life in The Black Country - C.J.L. Elwell
The Gornal Basket Carriage - A. Williams
Census Returns aid Family History Research - B. Carter
1980
ISSUE 2
Francis Brett Young - Doctor-Medicine & Literature - H.J. Haden
Mesty Croft, Wednesbury - E. Badger
End or an Era for County's Oldest Newspaper - R. Langdon
A Child's View of Pre- 1939-Willenhall - M Wakelam
A Dudley Castle Tragedy - R. Benbow
Wolverhampton Street, Dudley -
Sir Charles Marston VI - M. Von Harten
Recruiting for the GWR in the late 40's - C. Burton
The Pits in the corner of the Coalfield - H.G. Hill
Old Time Black Country Colliers & Colleries - D.H. Richards
1980 is continued on the next page
