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.
1971 continued
ISSUE 4
Lucy Woodhall - P. Barnsley
Wednesbury Poor Law Rate Book - D.D.
A Famed Sunbeam Mechanic - H.P.
A Master Craftsman of Churchill, Worcs. - F.E. Campbell
Some Black Country Words - D. Foster
The 1921 Coal Strike - H.J. Haden
Jem Butler V Joe Burton - T. Langley
Subterranean Fires in the Black Country - J.M.F.
Pollution Survey, Walsall Canal
Prince End Railaway Station - M. Hall
The Guest Hospital Dudley
Stourton Castle - P. Rostron
Wolverhampton Low Level Railway Line -
Springfield CS School
1971
ISSUE 1
The Story of Pargeter St, Walsall (Portland Vase) - H.E. Green
New Hawne Colliery - J. Thompson & R. Moss
Herbert's Park Tavern, Darlaston - J.M.F.
The Hill & Smith Story - H. Parsons
Wedgbury Market - Mrs M. Hutchinson
Breweries & Brewers - D. Preedy
Tramways of the Black Country
E. Wood & Sons of Lye (Anvil makers) - G.Stevens & K. Fellows
The Black Country Farmer (Joe Beasley of Lutley) - P. Barnsley
A Craftsman to Remember (Les Allen-Boat Builder) - P. Freakley
1921 Coal Strike - L. Rowbottom
Two Recent Canal Reports
1972
ISSUE 2
Bradley & Foster - L. Holden
Emanuel Tinsley V Harry Catron - T. Langley
Disaster at Coombes Wood - P. Barnsley
Charles II at Bentley - D. Foster
Bradley & Moxley Railway Stations - M. Hall
Great Tinplate Workers Strike - W. Highfield
Book Review - Glass of Frederick Carder - H.J. Haden
ISSUE 3
The Aaron Man - J.S. Allen
Baker - A Lye Firm - G. Stevens
King of the Black Country - G. Stevens
Witley Colliery - P. Barnsley
Baggeridge Poker 19341-2 - S.A. Williams
The Christian Church & The Black Country - Rev. E.J. Alldrit
Fighting Holdens of Walsall - T. Langley
Women in the Nail - J.M.F
Name This Child - H.J.Haden
History under the Foundation Stone - J.B.
ISSUE 4
By Rail to Halesowen - M. Hale & N. Williams
Darby Hand Cricket Club - P. Barnsley
The Brewers Swan sung - G. Stevens
Church Hill, Wednesbury - R.Taylor
West Bromwich in the 30's - A.E. Truby
Toll End, Tipton - D.D.
Bird Watching - P.B.
Full Circle-Richard Smith - Rev E.T.B. Farncombe
The Black Country - Rev J.B. Owen M.A.
Tipton 1912-Health Hygiene & Sanitation - J. Brimble
Top Church, Dudley - Rev R. Efemey
1972
ISSUE 1
The Mander Story - H. Parsons
A Black Country Childhood - S.H. Edge
Company Cameo: Samuel Lewis & Co.
The Black Country from an early Railway Guide - P. Bryars
G.P. Grazebrook by Rail to Halesowen (Pt.II) - M. Hale & N. Williams
50yrs of Wireless in Wolverhampton - H. Parsons
Josiah Parkes & Sons - H. Parsons
Public Houses in Wednesbury - G. Norton
Landscape with - Label - L. Jay
Staffordshire Blues, Quarries & Half Enders - G. Stevens
1973
ISSUE 2
Thoughts on Trams - C. Spencer
A Darlaston Gun Catalogue
Historic Churches of The Black Country - J. Roper
The Stour Vale Lire & The Dudley Moon - A.E. Truby
All Saints Church, Darlaston - J.M.F.
An Old 'Old Hill' Smithy - R. Moss
Black Country Friendly Societies - H.J. Haden
The Black Country's earliest recorded Wireless Transmission -
W.C.L. Moorwood
Life in Halesowen & Old Hill - S.H. Edge
Railway Stations at Darlaston - M. Hale
ISSUE 3
An Airship over Amblecote - J.R. Williams
Cannon Industries - H. Parsons
The Birth of a Small Car - S.H. Edge
Thomas Pearce, Walsall - H.E. Green
Smethwick's early School Board Education - L.E. Webster
Early Days beneath Dudley - J.M.F.
Black Country Place Nmaes - L.O. Clarke
A Survey of the Stourbridge Canal - P. Purcell
Weldless Steel Tube Co. Ltd - H. Parsons
Book Review: William Caslon (johnson Ball) - H.J. Haden
ISSUE 4
The Halesowen Cavalry - J.R. Williams
She Lived in Six Reigns (Sedgley)
Drama at the Hawthorns - P. Barnsley
Sky High MP's in 19th Century Dudley - H.J. Haden
Umfshire (Willenhall) - Mrs H.M. Durman
Downings Hand Pumps - R. Moss
The Gas Industry, Tube Trade & The Fosters - D. Foster
Sandwell Park Colliery Co. - D. Dilworth
Black Country Structure Plans
J.P.S. means Beer - G. Stevens
Technical Education in Smethwick - L.E. Webster
1973
ISSUE 1
The Beginnings of Methodism in Wednesbury - J.M.F.
A Large Tipton Family - J. Parsons
Paperweights
West Bromwich Volunteer Corps. - J.R. Williams
West Bromwich Gun Trade (19th cent) - G. Stevens
A Little Black Country Colliery - A.E. Price
Post Boxes Made in the Midlands - H. Parsons
Reminiscences - Walsall History - H.E. Green
Wolverhampton Trolley Bus - R. Clark
Tipton Free Library - J. Brimble
William Glazebrook (1791 - 1878) - P. Rostron
Dudley's Historic Buildings
They serve the Black Country Society - D. Simkins & A Moseley
1974
ISSUE 2
Black Country Childhood - E. Rubery
Early School Days - E. Massey
Can we save Haden Hall - P. Barnsley
The Making of a Museum - J. Brimble
Square Dealing (Tokens) - P. Rostron
The Elwell's Wednesbury Church - J>M>F>
The Wesley Handstamp
Henry William Treece - G. Stevens
A Methodist Worthy
A Boozers Guide to the Font of Knowledge - H.J. Haden
Ciseley Railway Station - M. Hale
John Petty (Walsall Author) - A. Price
From Brierley Hill to British Columbia - S. Hill
1974 is continued on the next page