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Black Country Society
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Black Country Society Blog
Welcome to the Black Country Society blog. We will post here on a variety of topics of interest to Society members. A (moderated) comment facility is available so readers can share their own thoughts on the topics that are posted. We would love to hear your ideas and material for future blog posts in all these categories. Please do get in touch with us using the webmaster contact form on the contact page.
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societyblackcountr
Feb 171 min read
BCS bookshop back open for business!
Celebrating the re-opening of the Black Country Society online shop
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societyblackcountr
Jul 26, 20242 min read
Audio tours in the Black Country – an appeal for help
The Black Country Society has recently been approached by a company whose product is the mobile phone app Guidl. Guidl is specifically...
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societyblackcountr
Jun 19, 20242 min read
Black Country Society Walk around the canal network from Dudley Port. 12th June 2024
Report by Dave Galley, Photographs by Graham Beckley It's too good to be true that so far this year we have enjoyed good weather on our...
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societyblackcountr
Jun 14, 20246 min read
The Quarry Bank walk - June 5th 2024
Following the route of the walk surveyed by Ned Williams and John James. 2001 – see here. Dave Galley wrote the following report of the...
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societyblackcountr
May 28, 20247 min read
The Quarry Bank Walk - 4th July 2001
The notes below describe a walk around Quarry Bank in 2001. This will be revisited on Wednesday 5th June 2024. in a walk led by Dave...
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societyblackcountr
May 26, 20244 min read
Black Country Society Walk around Willenhall - Wednesday 15th May 2024.
Walk around Willenhall
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societyblackcountr
May 21, 20243 min read
Black Country Society Walk around Wolverhampton's War memorials May 8th 2024
Report by Dave Galley Suddenly it's that time of year when the members of the society look out their walking gear for the BCS summer...
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societyblackcountr
Apr 12, 20240 min read
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societyblackcountr
Mar 21, 20241 min read
Babolutely Fabulous!
Babsolutely Fabulous is written by former Birmingham Poet Laureate and Guardian journalist Adrian Johnson for Grusha’s Theatre Company of...
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societyblackcountr
Mar 12, 20242 min read
Brierley Hill Cultural Consortium - free events on March 22nd
As part of the Historic England funded phase of the Brierley Hill Cultural Consortium coming to a conclusion this month, there will be a...
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societyblackcountr
Mar 10, 20242 min read
The Christian Heritage Centre - an introduction
By Roland Burrows, a trustee of the Christian Heritage Centre. The Christian Heritage Centre was opened in 2011 with the purpose of...
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societyblackcountr
Dec 29, 20236 min read
A Christmas message from Graham Worton - the President of the Black Country Society
Graham is Keeper of Geology and the Black Country UNESCO Global Geopark coordinator at Dudley Museum & Art Gallery. He writes below of...
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societyblackcountr
Dec 28, 20232 min read
Appointment of a Membership Secretary
The Black Country Society wishes to appoint a new Membership Secretary. The Job Description is set out below. If you are interested...
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societyblackcountr
Dec 13, 20235 min read
The Carnegie Library Legacy in the Black Country by Steve James
An updated version of an article that first appeared in the Blackcountryman, 56.4, Winter 2023 Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American...
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societyblackcountr
Nov 30, 20232 min read
Press release - Local author reveals fascinating story behind new landmark building in Wordsley
Stourbridge Glass Museum; how it came into being Sparrow Publishing : ISBN 978-1-7399212-2-4 : 56pp softback, lavishly illustrated in...
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societyblackcountr
Nov 20, 20231 min read
Black Country Ramblings
The Society has recently been sent a pdf of "Black Country Ramblings" by Dorothy Cooper, which sets out her childhood reminiscences in...
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societyblackcountr
Nov 17, 20234 min read
The Society Archives
The Black Country Society is now 56 years old, and over that period there have been many hundreds of meetings; almost a hundred books...
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societyblackcountr
Nov 9, 20232 min read
Brierley Hill Choral Society
A blog by Val Parker From the Society website About the Choir Our varied repertoire is based around the principal classical choral works,...
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societyblackcountr
Oct 13, 20233 min read
The gravity defying mystery of the Crooked House
Another blog by Steve Roughton, author of "What really caused the Crooked House to tilt" Entering the front door of The Crooked House,...
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societyblackcountr
Oct 3, 20234 min read
What really caused the Crooked House to tilt?
A guest blog by Steve Roughton As a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer, Steve has over 30 years’ experience defying gravity,...
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