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Canal charity launches project to preserve stories of canal restoration and invites public to share memories

How Black Country women smashed the glass ceiling

15 evocative pictures of Bilston from the past - see what Black Country landmarks you still recognise

A rare beauty, isn't she? Muscular, too, with enough horsepower to knock your socks off.

The Dudley Castle spaceships from 1975 that landed amid a poignant Cold War link between America and Russia

Historic Wolverhampton lock and safe factory to become 14 flats

What can you spot? 17 nostalgic pictures from the past of Penn in Wolverhampton

Memories of big bands and big nights come flooding back for legendary Wolverhampton club founders as blue plaque tribute is unveiled

Wolverhampton-born author explains what should happen to 'forgotten Scots' artefact 'Book of Deer'

Life was a Laff for Suzi Perry's dad during the heady days of Wolverhampton's famous nightspot

Couple who spent 67 years bringing music to the people of Walsall

'George Edalji - guilty or innocent?' - New research uncovers clues to unsolved mystery hanging over Cannock since 1888

200-year-old Black Country town centre pub to be converted into flats

Here's what happened when Malcolm X visited Smethwick in 1965

Dudley;'s father of the Industrial revolution the subject of history talk

Bold plans for museum to remember Wolverhampton's 910 Battle of Tettenhall, when Vikings were driven out of Britain

21 nostalgic pictures of iconic Ironbridge Power Station - and its explosive end

13 nostalgic pictures that show why Wolverhampton misses its beloved speedway at Monmore Green

A look back at The New Art Gallery Walsall as it gears up for its 25th anniversary

How RAF Cosford nursed sick and battle-scarred prisoners back to health as they returned home

New local history book by Walsall Council honours late Queen Elizabeth II

11 retro toys commonly banned from schools in the 2000s

Boogie Lights Express aims to banish winter blues at Severn Valley Railway

Warning that land slippage on the Severn Valley Railway will affect some services

Celebrations for Wolverhampton banqueting suite as building taken off national at-risk register

Piece of Second World War history uncovered in middle of Brierley Hill park

Dudley's father of the Industrial Revolution could have become a brewer

A £70 plane to beat the traffic? What could go wrong? - Toby Neal looks back on the fatally flawed 'people's plane'

Holocaust survivor brings her experiences to life at Dudley commemorative event

Going underground - the wonders that lie beneath the West Midlands

Wolverhampton's "white elephant" civic hall can trumpet decades of success

History society hosts night of films and quizzes

Amazing life of aircraft engineer who worked on Concorde

Remembering Bridgnorth veteran of Britain's 'forgotten invasion' who died last year

Eighty years ago, on December 24, 1944, Hitler sent a Christmas message to a Shropshire town.

'Stan's the man' - Toby Neal looks back on Wolves glory days with a new manager in place

Christmas is a time when families get together - but years of war made things tough with enforced separation.

New collaboration brings touch of Black Country history to IKEA superstore

Alarm amongst supporters of Walsall Leather Museum as proposal for relocation heard by council cabinet

In the weeks before Christmas, refugees arrived ­- and Midlanders welcomed them

Cracked brake drum and sourcing new tyres and chains are the latest challenges for Sunbeam 1,000hp restorers

Watch: Historic Halesowen clothing shop closes its doors after 144 years - but new business will take its place

‘Barn find’ E-Type Jaguar tops £20,000 at Staffordshire auction

90 years of clean living and loving life for Tipton twins

D-Day veteran continues to support National Memorial Arboretum as he celebrates 100

Final promise of 'miracle sister' set to come true after first edition Harry Potter book goes under the hammer

The Queen is dead, long live the King - a look at the 2020s so far

Excitement among volunteers and visitors as popular Black Country Glass Cone reopens following extensive restoration

Who was Lady Jane Grey? How a Black Country tyrant installed his daughter-in-law as Queen for nine days

Not another one! Four elections, four PMs and three referenda - a look back at the 2010s

In the weeks before Christmas, refugees arrived - and Midlanders welcomed them