Black Country Nostalgia
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Colman Hill, The Black Country, Cradley Heath B63 2AL
Most Recent Comments
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June 2012
This news paper is always in my grand parents house and it confuses the hell out of me. My old man used to go into to this store and request the articles and pictures printed in higher quality for him to keep. Starting in the 1970's and even it 2012 it has been a weekly newspaper. The archives and information held and collected...
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June 2012
If ever you need a dose of nostalgia and local flavour then the Black Country Bugle will tell it like it is. I always love the look and feel of this paper as it always feels like a piece of historical treasure due to the unwavering reluctance to change and unwavering loyalty to their original brand when the paper was created...
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June 2012
This is a newspaper where nothing is new. But that isn't a bad thing. It is full of nostalgic and historical news items, looking back over the Black Country's history. The Bugle has been going since 1972 and is still published weekly in 2012. The paper operates from small offices on Cradley Heath High Street, though it...
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From Black Country Nostalgia
Enchanting views of life featured on BBC News, documenting the industrial decline of Birmingham and the Black Country, England 1962 - 1966"
Heartfelt mood entrenched imagery and poignant moments captured on film represent the deterioration of the flag-posts of an era much forgotten, the canals and railways so integral to powering Birmingham's industrial revolution and the development of the UK.
These photographs form part of a project Peter Donnelly started in 1962, when he won The Daily Telegraph photographic competition with a unique set of images taken in and around Birmingham & The Black Country, England.
This remarkable essay of photographs are available to purchase or exhibit and included in the book "As if it were yesterday"
