A REGULAR dose of the Bugle seems to reinvigorate Black Country folk wherever they live. One of our most avid readers is Jan Perryman (our ‘Black Country wench on the Isle of Wight’), who
IS cleanliness really next to godliness, and should we wash our dirty linen in public? Well no, however, let’s take a look at washday, from Victorian times to today’s pursuit of dazzling
THE Black Country is noted for its characters, and they don’t come much larger than life than Brian Fanthom from Langley - who pub customers of a few years ago will remember for his amazing
GAS cookers were introduced in the late 19th century, offering women a cleaner and more efficient means of cooking in the home. But, despite the new technology being available, cooking by gas
WHEN John Selway began reading a copy of the Black Country Bugle back in September, he was flabbergasted when he came across a photo in Dianne Pye’s article ‘A Celebration of the
THE ‘Round Oak relic Down Under’ article in Bugle 911 has drawn this response from former Round Oak Steel Works employee Colin Woodward of Cradley Heath. Colin told us: “I was
OVER the best part of forty years Bugle readers have been sending us their coins, medallions and tokens for closer scrutiny, either to admire the craftsmanship that went into making them in the first
THESE two photographs show long lost hostelries in Stourbridge and they have been kindly loaned to the Bugle by Raymond Franks of Stourport-on-Severn. One shows a pub in the Stambermill district,
MANY Bugle readers have commented on the demolition of Cronehills School to make way for a new supermarket in West Bromwich. Mrs K.M. Wheatley of Hednesford, Cannock, is another former pupil with many
THIS pair of family photographs, more than 90 years old, have been sent to the Bugle by Miss Rosemary Walker. They show three brothers from Tipton who, like so many young men across the nation,
THERE’S a certain type of photograph which captures the Black Country of the late nineteenth/ early twentieth centuries to a tee, and this is very much one of them. Working men in the clothes of
THIS sturdy little vessel is a bit of a variation on the usual theme; straighter and narrower than the usual ‘torpedo’ bottles, but a close relative nevertheless. It was dug up by Andrew
HERE’S the sharpshooting young footballers of Guns Village Primary School, West Bromwich, around sixty years ago. The sender is Brian Kelford of Edinburgh Drive, Rushall, who is standing just in
WE ARE indebted to Alan Watkins of Wolverley Avenue, Wollaston, for supplying this pictorial reminder of his rugby-playing days at Stourbridge Grammar School. This photograph shows the lads who played
GRAHAM Corns, of 20 Deborah Close, Goldthorn Hill, Wolverhampton, has been in contact with us about a football team which he served as chairman. Its name was Claremore United (a derivation of
Plans for a high-speed rail (HSR) network featuring 250mph trains will be announced by the Government.
Urgent action must be taken by senior officers to improve understanding of the toll anti-social behaviour is taking on their communities, the head of the police inspectorate said.
The police watchdog has delivered a damning report after finding "individual and systemic" failures in one force following the murder of a woman by her stalker, dubbed the Facebook Fugitive.
David Beckham wrapped a green and gold scarf around his neck in support of Manchester United's fans after an emotional reunion at Old Trafford.
David Nugent regained his scoring touch for the second match in a row but Burnley had to settle for a point in a 1-1 draw with Stoke.