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Black Country Bugle
A fight for a better life ... new novel is set among the women chainmakers
Sunday Times Bestseller award winner Annie Murray's latest work takes us back to early 1900s Cradley Heath
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July 16, 2025
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A flying visit to Tipton from the Prince of Wales
HAVING been Prince of Wales for so many decades, it's still taking some getting used to for most of us, referring to the monarch as King Charles III.
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July 16, 2025
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Those 'stupid o'clock' starts were all worth it when the medals came
Terry Church takes a look at the career of Black Country Olympic swimmer, Cradley's Adam Ruckwood
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July 16, 2025
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Reopening a kidnapping case
After the first series aired on ITV1 in September 2022, Karen Pirie (Sunday, ITV1, 8pm) was described as a “surprise hit’ But was it really much of a shock that the drama adapted from author Val McDermid’s Tartan Noir’ series of books was a success?
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July 16, 2025
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See the Black Country in picture postcards at Ian's Wordsley talk
WORDSLEY'S Wednesday Seniors Group for the over 50s have booked historian and author Ian Bott to give an illustrated talk entitled 'Picture Postcards from the Black Country'.
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July 16, 2025
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The curious tales behind a town's old street names
HERE are some notes on streets of Walsall, with reference to 'A Walk around Walsall's Church Hill', from May 1982 (Walsall Library, Museum Services) and Street Names of Walsall (Walsall Local History Centre, 1992).
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July 16, 2025
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Victorian view of Brierley Hill – some changes seen in the good queen's reign
An account written at the time of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee looks back over fifty years at the changing town
6 min |
July 16, 2025
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New homes for Heath Town on sight of former Duke of York pub
Plans have been approved for next phase of regeneration of the area
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July 16, 2025
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Feline friend's fungal worry
We acquired a four-month-old female kitten. Soon after, my young daughter developed red circular patches on her arms. The GP has diagnosed ringworm. Is this a common problem? Both the GP and our vet have started treatment and samples from the kitten have been sent off for confirmation.
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July 16, 2025
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New chairman for Hunt Cup
PETE Darby is the new chairman of the JW Hunt Cup committee.
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July 16, 2025
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Barking up the right tree
ADD STRUCTURE AND COLOUR THAT'S PERFECT FOR YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE
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July 16, 2025
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Years later, I always had an awful nostalgia for the Sunbeam
The fifth and final part of the memories of Sunbeam apprentice John Howard Edge, as curated by David Cooper
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July 16, 2025
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THE SEARING SPEED OF SPRINTER McCRUM
The photograph of Great Bridge Juniors 1910-11, reproduced last month, prompted quite a postbag and much information about the stalwart lads of 65 winters ago, who posa proudly in the picture.
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July 09, 2025
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Brush up on cat dental hygiene
PRETTY KITTY: Keep your moggie’s teeth in tip top health
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July 09, 2025
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A dog in the fight
As Watchdog enters a new era MARION MCMULLEN looks back at its 40 years of protecting consumers
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July 09, 2025
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1957 was a year of triumph for the Darlo girls
A humble Black Country football club they may be, but Darlaston Town FC can boast that they have been around for longer than most Premier League Clubs.
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July 09, 2025
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Big show of appreciation for archives volunteers
Invaluable team who are doing it for the love of the area's history
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July 09, 2025
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The Sunbeam apprentice – the beginning of the end of a legend in transport
David Cooper brings us Part Four of our series of memories from the late John Howard Edge
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July 09, 2025
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Golden Years – the illustrated story of Wolves ... updated
Our football writer and lifelong Wolves fan, Clive Corbett, has been busy on a project which he can now share with Bugle readers
3 min |
July 09, 2025
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FRONT OF HOUSE
GIVE YOUR VISITORS A WARM WELCOME WITH A GORGEOUS GARDEN
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July 09, 2025
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Watch the birdies
SPRINGWATCH began 20 years ago with Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King among the team broadcasting live from an organic farm in Devon.
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July 09, 2025
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Doherty comes to the rescue
Jimmy Doherty's Farm & Wildlife Park in rural Suffolk has grown from a working farm raising rare pig breeds into an award-winning wildlife reserve
2 min |
July 09, 2025
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A land down under
A LOOK BACK AT BRITISH & IRISH LIONS TOUR OF AUSTRALIA, 1930, 1950, 1966, 1989 AND 2013
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July 09, 2025
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When Rowley had its very own Wild Ones
THEY may have only been schoolboys, but this bunch of Black Country lads have the air of a gang of bikers from a Hollywood film from the 1950s.
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July 09, 2025
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Diamond Fred - new book tells the story of a man who played top class football and cricket
FRED Wheldon was an outstanding inside forward of the 1890s. He was an English international who scored a hat-trick on his international debut and was in the Aston Villa team that achieved the League/FA Cup “double” in the 1896-97 season.
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July 09, 2025
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THE HUMPSHIRE KAY-BODGERS
Willenhall (Umpshire — to Black Country Folks) is a town famed the world over for the design and manufacture of locks. From the era when the lock was first invented, Willenhall men have rightly earned the reputation for making locks — of all types — from the early days of convicts’ leg irons and locks which secured miscreants in the village stocks.
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July 02, 2025
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The gardening Guests of Himley - scrapbooks, buses and local history
A look at the lives of village twins Ann and Gilbert
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July 02, 2025
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Slake yer thirst in the Three Crowns
HERE'S a proper old Black Country street scene - does anyone from the West Bromwich area recognise it?
1 min |
July 02, 2025
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'This is the emporium of the world for buckles, spurs and stirrups'
A visitor's impressions from a trip to Walsall in the early 1800s
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July 02, 2025
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Cat's thyroid is overactive
My 12-year-old cat suddenly seemed hungry, but lost weight. My vet found a lump in his neck and high blood pressure. Bloods are being checked for a suspected overactive thyroid, for which there are treatment options. Is this common?
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