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Watch the birdies
MARION MCMULLEN looks back on 20 years of Springwatch
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June 11, 2025
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Die-casting works cricketers of the early sixties
THIS picture of well-turned-out cricketers may rekindle some fond memories for readers who once played for their works' side.
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June 11, 2025
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The stars are out for charity game
We’re in a bit of a barren period football-wise, unless your club is involved in the FIFA Club World Cup.
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June 11, 2025
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Dominant Dudley lift the JW Hunt Cup in all-Black Country battle at Molineux
FIRED by the left-wing trickery of Harry Crook, Dudley Town won a one-sided JW Hunt Cup final at Molineux.
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June 11, 2025
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The goal was under siege in the Cup final, but that just brought out the best in Gary
A tribute to Gary Pierce, who died at the end of May
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June 11, 2025
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Try as they might, even the FA couldn't stop 'em
WOMEN'S football has faced an uphill struggle - with the FA literally banning their games from taking place on any pitch used by one of its member clubs for five decades, you could be forgiven for thinking that the powers-that-be wanted it stamped out altogether.
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June 11, 2025
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Cooking on gas with Cannon
CANNON Iron Foundries of Bilston were not just well-known in the Black Country, they were famous right across the country, certainly in the middle years of the twentieth century, thanks to their gas fires.
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June 11, 2025
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'I must have attended the interview with tears in my eyes' – more memories of a Sunbeam apprentice
Part Two of the recollections of John Howard Edge, an employee of the legendary Black Country car firm
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June 11, 2025
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GIVE IT A GOOD SHRUB
NOW'S THE TIME TO INTRODUCE STRUCTURE, SHAPE AND COLOUR TO YOUR PATCH
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June 11, 2025
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Big birthday bash as Lye Library turns ninety
LYE Library's ninetieth birthday has been marked with a special birthday party that included stalls, displays, a cake, refreshments and balloons.
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June 04, 2025
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GRILL POWER
GET YOUR GARDEN LOOKING TRULY DELICIOUS NOW THAT BARBECUE SEASON IS HERE
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June 04, 2025
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Steelmen on the ball in the '50s
THIS team photo from the Bugle archives takes us back roughly seventy years - we believe it was taken in the early 1950s.
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June 04, 2025
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Halesowen heroes welcomed back, forty years after their finest hour
FA Vase winners in a pitchside parade on anniversary of game
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June 04, 2025
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Town Hall restoration project receives prestigious award
Work was carried out by local firms and craftspeople
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June 04, 2025
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A house for £800 when the Black Country was still green
How things have changed in 70 years
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June 04, 2025
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Silversmithing expert to give Local Interest Group's next talk
BLACKHEATH and Rowley Local Interest Group would like to welcome everyone to their June 2025 talk entitled:\"Miss Ellen Nee\", which will be delivered by Penny Wheat.
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June 04, 2025
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Blue plaque and book to celebrate an unsung football hero
Player turned scout who found dozens of talented youngsters
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June 04, 2025
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Stuck over tree climbs
PAMPERED PETS
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June 04, 2025
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Top flight battles between Baggies, Blues and Villa
ANOTHER season is over, and despite new ownership and some promising early signs, West Bromwich Albion finished outside the play-off positions. The Premier League will have to wait at least another year.
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June 04, 2025
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Life inside a legendary car works, a hundred years ago
An engineer's memories, Part One
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June 04, 2025
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Flags aloft in the Great War
THIS photo has been plucked from deep within the Bugle collection.
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June 04, 2025
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Inspired by a 40-year-old gold theft
Love is like a high prison wall, sang Spandau Ballet in their hit song Gold.
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June 04, 2025
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More details for Amblecote scene
IT was interesting to see the photo of Amblecote High Street in the May 7 edition, on page 6.
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May 28, 2025
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Modern-day scenes that take us back in time
Watercolours from local painter
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May 28, 2025
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Churchill panel is set to return, but will get a new home
Artwork will be displayed in Glass Museum
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May 28, 2025
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Drowning tragedy that took the lives of two young boys a century ago
How reader Andrew uncovered the sad details of an old family story
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May 28, 2025
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Stork of the town
HIGH above the pageantry of military bands playing wartime favourites and jubilant cheers ringing over the Mall, a lone bird performed a dignified flypast to mark the recent 80th anniversary of VE Day.
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May 28, 2025
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Amblecote Methodists – when football and church went hand in hand
A youth club team who had one of the shortest careers in the game
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May 28, 2025
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Firemen who served in the brigade and in the forces
THIS cracking shot from the Bugle archives shows a Black Country fire brigade as they used to look - peaked caps, broad belts, and glistening medals from the two world wars.
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May 28, 2025
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My cat might have hay fever
Our three-year-old cat has lost hair on her belly and inside her legs due to licking.
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