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Langley's kings of the green
Black Country Bugle
|June 18, 2025
PICTURED above, flushed with success, are the members of a bowling team from Langley, Oldbury, very nearly a hundred years ago.
They were based at the British Oak pub, and were champions of the Langley and District League in 1928. It clearly meant a lot to them, for they dressed in their Sunday best and brought young children and even
This story is from the June 18, 2025 edition of Black Country Bugle.
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