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Fever Hospital Angels of Mercy THE photograph above shows staff at the Hospital for Infectious Diseases (known locally as the Fever Hospital) in Heath Lane, West Bromwich ... (28/08/2008) 
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Harry captures the last tram to Cradley NETHERTONIAN Harry Cashmore now lives at St Ives in Cornwall, but even from a distance of some 250 miles, he is still able to use his ... (28/08/2008)
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'I stood and watched the bombs falling - the third one penetrated the ship' IN BUGLE 825 we recounted the terrible tragedy of the sinking of the Lancastria on 17th June, 1940. The ship was crowded with British ...
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Dudley souvenir of Peace Day, 19th July 1919 WE HAVE Mrs Jean Brown of Kinver to thank for supplying this rare memento of the end of the First World War. It is a small mug that was ...
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Home Baking the Be-Ro WayTIME was when every housewife had a well thumbed (and often grease stained) copy of a well loved recipe book. But, these days, we so ... (28/08/2008)
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Thrifty Holidaymakers' 'Save to Travel' SchemeHARKING back to holidays from days gone by seems to be on many readers' minds at present. Perhaps it's something to do with us being ... (28/08/2008)
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Looking back in hunger at those meatless daysBy Dianne PyeIN THESE affluent times we don't have to be resourceful in getting nutrients on our plates, and in one sense we have never eaten better ... (28/08/2008)
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Tunnel vision of a Victorian engineering miracle Underneath the Rowley Hills, betwixt Tividale and Netherton, there lies hidden one of the engineering wonders of the Black Country ...
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More memories of Hallam and the District AFTER seeing some of our recent articles on West Bromwich District Hospital, Mrs Mary Davies of Oldbury has sent us the accompanying ...
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Youths in costume and at camp OUR thanks to Mrs Joan Hill of Netherton for lending to us a small collection of photographs from the mid nineteen-forties ...
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The Gardners and other brass band memoriesOUR May 22nd front cover stars, the Gardner family from Blackheath with their glittering brass instruments, grabbed the attention ... (28/08/2008)
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Saltbrook End survives today without its namesake brook HISTORY books can tell us such a lot about a specific area, person, or event. They provide us with information that feeds our knowledge of ...
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A West Bromwich lad's National Service in the RAF HERE WE PRESENT the final extract from the memoirs of West Bromwich lad Les Harris. Over recent months we have printed parts of ...
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Dudley school sides in the Swinging Sixties READERS have recently been unearthing a treasure trove of sporting photographs showing teams from Park School, Dudley, and here we have ...
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Joesy The Jumper's feats stood him in good steadTHE fantastic jumping feats of Netherton's Joe Darby (aka Joesy The Jumper) have been mentioned recently, and in response Bill Moorwood ... (28/08/2008) [Read More]
Ashley follows in father's footsteps ASHLEY Hickman is a young player who comes from a family well known in West Bromwich on the local bowls scene ...
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Horseley Bridge cricketers of the post-war years IN RECENT weeks we have featured a number of photographs taken inside the works of Horseley Bridge and Thomas Piggott, showing the men ...
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Philip looking to go to the topPHILIP Clinton has been displaying his skills on the Black Country Crown Green Bowls circuit for some time, but he is now looking to further his bowls career with one ... (28/08/2008) [Read More]
Darlaston man's sports medals rescued from garden shedGillian Ray has recently contacted us from West Wales, to tell us about four old sporting medals from the 1930s and 40s (many with Birmingham hallmarks), that her husband Arthur ... (28/08/2008) [Read More]
Dudley school sides four years apart WE are again indebted to John Wythes of Russell Street, Dudley, for supplying these photographs of two of his school football teams from around sixty years ago.Last week, ... (04/08/2008) [Read More]
Graeme making his mark on and off the green GRAEME Underhill is the hard working secretary and treasurer of the Kingswinford and Brierley Hill Monday Night Bowling League. There is, however, more to this affable character that is generally ...
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Retired pugilist brings his ring lore to the Black Country NORTHERN Ireland born Paddy Monaghan retired from bare-knuckle boxing over twenty five years ago, as an undefeated world champion, and he is still regarded as a legend by those who ...
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'The moment that still ranks as one of the best of my life'OVER past issues Bugle readers have completed several laps of the track with Roy Langford as he has continued to recall his days ... (28/08/2008) [Read More]
A look back at the biggest event in Midlands bowlsTHE Olympia, as it was known, developed into an institution amongst the followers of Crown Green Bowls. ... (28/08/2008) [Read More]
Down a Speedway Memory Lane THE FOLLOWING sporting reminiscence comes to us from reader Jack Pritchard, who grew up in Cradley Heath, but now lives in Telford: ...
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