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.
1985
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
1986
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
1986
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
1987
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
1987
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
1988
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
