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.

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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

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1986

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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

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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

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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

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1986

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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

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1987

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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

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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

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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

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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

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1988

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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

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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

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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

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