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John Baskerville – from local village to worldwide fame
ON Thursday 22nd January, Malcolm Dick will give a talk at Kidderminster Historical Society, entitled 'John Baskerville from Wolverley: Printer, Businessman and Enlightenment Figure'
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January 14, 2026
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It's a Knockout! When Sandwell beat all-comers
'70s TV show helped put new borough on map
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January 14, 2026
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Alan brings warm words for midwinter
BLACKHEATH and Rowley Local Interest Group would like to invite you to their January 2026 talk - “A Day at the Seaside” to be given by Alan Hill.
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January 14, 2026
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Scouts and Guides, Cubs and Brownies
ATTENTION former Scouts and Guides of Smethwick!
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January 07, 2026
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The 'Owd Untouchables' of Lees Ltd's Albion Mills
Steel strip workers snapped in the nineteen-sixties
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January 07, 2026
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Schoolboys all smiles in the nineteen-thirties
TAKEN in the mid-nineteen thirties, the photograph above shows a large group of fresh-faced lads at Bristnall Hall School, Warley, now part of Oldbury.
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January 07, 2026
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There were so many kids they needed three works parties
HOW many of us remember the days when the Black Country's countless large works and factories would put on a Christmas party for their workers' children?
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December 17, 2025
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Blow away the cobwebs with a ride on Winter Diesel Day
AFTER taking a well-deserved day off on Christmas Day so its volunteers can enjoy the festivities, the Severn Valley Railway will once again spring into life with a packed programme of post-Christmas events.
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December 17, 2025
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A little girl's last day in Dudley workhouse
A heartwarming tale of Christmas
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December 10, 2025
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Revisiting old Wordsley in pen and ink
IT'S been a while since we've heard from retired fireman turned-illustrator Wayne Law, but as you can see, he's back and better than ever.
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December 10, 2025
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Don't delay - the Santa Steam Special is leaving now
Last few tickets left for the Severn Valley's Christmas spectacular
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December 10, 2025
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Free parking in the run-up to Christmas
THERE will be free parking all day, every day at the council's Wednesfield car parks in the run up to Christmas to encourage more shoppers and support local businesses.
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December 10, 2025
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Steve brings us another round of Tales from the Taverns
Black Country pub expert is back with another alehouse compendium
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December 03, 2025
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Black Country kids star in London's West End
ON Sunday 16th November, 22 Stourbridge students aged between 11 and 16 went down to London's West End to perform at the prestigious Shaftesbury Theatre.
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December 03, 2025
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Embrace the unknown and find new friends in the New Year
LOCAL not-for-profit friendly society Oddfellows says when it comes to meeting new people it’s important to embrace the unknown.
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December 03, 2025
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Talk on the life and achievements of Admiral Nelson
BLACKHEATH and Rowley Local Interest Group would like to invite you all to their December 2025 talk, on the subject of Lord Horatio Nelson.
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November 26, 2025
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The dawning of a brave new era for town centre shopping
Almost sixty years later, the tram will pass under that bridge
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November 26, 2025
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Stars line up for city's literature festival, 2026
WOLVERHAMPTON Literature Festival is back for 2026 with a full line up of inspiring speakers, performers and events taking take place across the city’s arts and culture venues from the 6 February to 8 February, with pre-festival events starting on 31 January.
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November 26, 2025
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Hundreds gather in town centre to remember the fallen
HUNDREDS joined the Mayor of Dudley on November 11 to remember the people of the town and the borough who gave their lives in armed conflict.
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November 19, 2025
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Talk upcoming on the history of Worcestershire coaching inns
KIDDERMINSTER Historical Society will present, on Thursday 27th November, a talk by Julian Hunt on the subject of Worcestershire Coaching Inns.
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November 19, 2025
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Afternoon talk on the golden days of the catalogue
ON Wednesday November 19th the Wednesday Seniors Group (50+) at Wordsley Community Centre, are holding a talk on the subject of Kay's Catalogue.
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November 19, 2025
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Santa Claus is coming to town
Free visits to Father Christmas in Walsall's main shopping centre
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November 19, 2025
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Gentlemen's High Class Hairdressing Rooms
THIS week's front page photograph offers a wonderful portrayal of an old style barber's shop.
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November 12, 2025
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First Years face the camera in the '50s
Warm memories of Senior School in the middle of the twentieth century
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November 12, 2025
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Town's interchange taking shape
AERIAL footage has been released showing significant progress on the new Dudley Interchange, which is set to transform public transport services in the town centre.
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November 12, 2025
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Bonfire party in the park
THIS week's front page picture takes us back a mere 45 years to November 5th, 1980.
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November 05, 2025
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Black Country steel going up at a south Staffordshire coal pit
THIS photograph, put our way several decades ago by reader Ron Bradbury of Burntwood in Staffordshire, shows workers posing on the steelwork of the new washing plant at the New Plant Colliery (No.3), Chase Terrace in the 1920s.
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November 05, 2025
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Courtroom comedy capers in the nineteen-thirties
A few more smippets from T.H. Gough’s Black Country Stories, of 1939...
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November 05, 2025
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Pictures from the foundry floor in the '50s
WHO remembers the Dudley firm of Gibbons Brothers?
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November 05, 2025
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Half-term fun for all the family as Glass Museum gets crafty
THERE’S something for everyone to enjoy over the coming days and weeks at Stourbridge Glass Museum.
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