MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
1986
ISSUE 1
The Grand Old Man of the Cinema
(Geo. C. Smith 1880 - 1960) - N. Williams
Bilston in the 1930's - J. Cooper
The Willenhall Furnaces - R.M. Shill
A Monument to Stafford Road Works - N. Williams
'Diggum Uppers' - T. Langley
The Lords of Dudley (II) - H.J. Haden
Some Bygone Black Country Railway Goods Service -
- C.J.L. Elwell
A Child of the Brook (1927-33) Pt I - J.M. Wood
The Crab Mill, Oldswinford - H.J. Haden
A West Bromwich poet (Fred W. Bayliss) - D. Jeffcott
James T. Chance Memorial, West Smethwick - B. Harris
ISSUE 2
Black Country Town Clocks - B. Harris
A Child of the Brook (1927-33) Pt. II - J.M. Wood
Bilston Public Houses - R. Davies
The paper Shop, Talbot St, Oldbury - H.L. Kershaw
A Move to The Black Country - M. C. Caesar
A Mystery Locomotive 'Britannia - R. Shill
'Never Could A Twicer' - T. Langley
The Lords of Dudley Pt III - H.J. Haden
Borough of Oldbury - Charter Souvenir 1933 - H.L. Kershaw
John Cornfield of Cann Lane, Sedgley - A. Chatwin
The Glow in the Sky (Round Oak Steelworks) - B. Parkes
ISSUE 3
The Autobiography of Thomas Newton - C.J.L. Elwell
The Druce Locksmith Family & 19th Century
Wolverhampton (I) - J. Druce
Memories of the Great War - A. Haeusler
The Bratch Pumping Station, Wombourne - R. Moss
Pat Collins-The King of showmen - N. Williams
The Francis Brett Young Society - H.J. Haden
The First Hospital; Carnival at Lye - B. Pardoe
The Clewes Family Pt I - W. Richards
The Mysterious Round Oak No. D - M. Hale
The Mines and various Amusements - T. Langley
A Trifle from Bilston - R. Davies
Where is The Black Country (Views
from the South) - P. Talbot
The Blackbrook Valley - A.T.C. & E.M. Lavender
ISSUE 4
The Druce Locksmith Family & 19th Century
Wolverhampton (II) - J. Druce
Frank James, D.L., J.P. (1821-1924) - B.J. Williams &
J. Van Leerzem
The Clewes Family - Final Part - W. Richards
Black Country Characters of 60yrs ago - H. Francis
Riots-Strikes and Other Matters - T. Langley
Annal of Walsall (from Newtons Works) - C.J.L. Elwell
Bumblehole and its Canal - R. Shill
Kingswinford Bus c. 1924 - H.J. Haden
Stourbridge's Latter Day Moses - E>B. Marten - H.J. Haden
1987
ISSUE 1
Extracts from the Records of the
Stourbridge Canal Navigation - H.J. Haden
Rowley Churches -
The Druce Locksmith Family, Wolverhampton - J. Druce
A Yarn of Old cycling Days - W.J. Smith
St.Michael's Mission Church, Bilston - R. Davies
Somers at Halesowen - H.J. Haden
Annals of Walsall Pt II - C.J.L. Elwell
Mount Pleasant Primary School, Coseley - K. Melbourne
West Bromwich Town Hall - B. Harris
Life with Tipton Harriers (late 20's) - A. Belcher
Return to Silverhampton (Ellen Thorneycroft -
Fowler's Wolverhampton - G. Stevens
ISSUE 2
Mond Gas - G.C. Hartland
West Bromwich (From Farm to Factory) J.C.M. Smith
Cartwrights Step Out of the Shoe Trade - J.M. Fletcher
The Battle of Tipton Green - B. Harris
Lye Forge - N. R. Perry
Oldbury in the 1800's - H.L. Kershaw
Oak Farm Ironworks - W.K.V. Gale
Annals of Walsall III - C.J.L. Elwell
Kingswinford Metamorphosed - H.J. Haden
The Chillington Iron Company Railways - R.M. Shill
Black Country George Medal Winners (World War 2) - B. Harris
1987
ISSUE 3
King Edwards School, Stourbridge 1921-31 - M. V. Wilkes
Annals of Walsall concluded - C.J.L. Elwell
The Fortunes of a Bradley Plot of Land - R. Davies
Smethwick - A New Appraisal - M. Bodfish
Wartime Fire Service Duty at Coseley - H. Francis
Grand Junction 150 - M. Hale & N. Williams
Black Country Migration - A.T.C. Lavender
The Old Toll House, Smethwick - J.C.M. Smith
Black Country Co-operative Societies - N. Williams
Walsall Local History Centre
A West Bromwich Missionary - F.G Ault
West Bromwich Theatres (I) - T. Kilburn
ISSUE 4
The Workers of Wednesbury Forge - C.J.L. Elwell
Bantock House Museum - R. Davies
Trolley Buses Return to the Black Country
An Unusual Case-Robbery on the Railway - R.M. Shill
This Forriner Served the Black Country (Marion Richardson) - H. Francis
16 Pages of Photographs & Illustrations from Volume 1 - 20
The Last Years of J.E. Boyt (Headmaster K.E.S.S.) - H.J. Haden
A Pub & 2 Engineering Works in 19 C. Pensnett - S.D. Parsons
West Bromwich Theatres (II) - T. Kilburn
Crystal Charms - P.R. Rostron
Moseley Hole-A Black Country Mining Village - R. Shill
Herbert Payton's Floral Welcome to Halesowen - H.J. Haden
1988
ISSUE 1
Cornelius Whitehouse - C.J.L. Elwell
The Job Garrett Memorial, Woodside Park - B. Harris
Himley Reminiscences - P.R. Rostron
The Big Town (Poem) - J. Wm. Jones
How Stourbridge Celebrated the 1814 Peace - J.H. Haden
The Grazebrooks - A Brief History - R. Davies
The Diet (Dialect Poem) - N. Washbrook
The Old Police Station at Halesowen - J. Marsh
Shades of Midlands Language - A.J. Shaw
A Black Country Pioneer-Dudley Brewery - D.F. Radmore
High Buttoned Shoes - R.A. Pursehouse
Mundy Mornin Craad - J. Webb
More Childhood Memories - G. Edwards
Festive Dinners at the Workhouse - S. Ward
A Fatal Tramway Accident - Dr J.C. Cutler
The Nail Maker's Lamentation - J. Knowles (1862)
The Cromwell-A Football Memory - A. Truby
ISSUE 2
The Walsall & District Co-operative Society - N. Williams
Drinking & Gambling in West Bromwich - T. Kilburn
Top of the pops - G. Stevens
Saved - Shire Horse Harness Co.
Memories at 72yrs - T. Crump
Sam & Bill Visit an Exile - H.L. Kershaw
Black Country Alms Houses - B. Harris
Kingswinford 300yrs ago - Dr P. E. Chandler
A Muffled Fear (Poem) - J.W. Jones
A Wednesbury Outing Between the Wars - J.M. Fletcher
The History of Halesowen Grange - J. Hunt
Ananias Conkling - Glassmaker - A.T.C. & E.M. Lavender
Helping-Fetching-Carrying - G. Edwards
Actress Barmaid - T.R. Bennett
The Nailers Wail - H.J. Haden
ISSUE 3
Richard Foley & the Iron Slitting Mill - K. Gale
Kingswinford-Pensnett Chase Pt. II - Dr P.E. Chandler
William's Rowley Ales - A. Williams
The Rhinocerous Case - C.J.L. Elwell
The Halesowen & Hasbury Co-operative Society - N. Williams
All Acorns dow Grow on Trees - P.J. Horton
Military Heroes-True & False - H.J. Haden
Dayspring (Poem) - J.W. Jones
John Etheridge-A Black Country Worthy - J. Smith
Munitions Works in the Black Country - R.M. Shill
Hagley in the Horse Age - P.R. Rostron
ISSUE 4
Eminent Black Country Folk (I) - S. Hill
Wherry Clenches & Tenterhooks - J. Sparry
The Rhinocerous Case (pt II) - C.J.L. Elwell
Before the Railways Came - M. Hale
A West Bromwich librarian - G. Stevens
The Kingswinford Landscape Pt 3 - P. Chandler
Seventy Years On - R. Peacock
Mon O' Many Parts (Poem) - J. Hunt
Drink & Gambling in West Bromwich - T. Kilburn
Hatherton Furnace Boatmen - R.M. Shill
Mons Hill (poem) - J.W. Jones
Willenhalls New Museum - N. Williams