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January 26, 2025

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

Dudley nostalgia|Just now

January 23, 2025

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

Features|Jan 23

January 20, 2025

Holocaust survivor brings her experiences to life at Dudley commemorative event

January 11, 2025

Going underground - the wonders that lie beneath the West Midlands

Features|Jan 11

January 10, 2025

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

Features|Jan 10

January 3, 2025

History society hosts night of films and quizzes

January 2, 2025

Amazing life of aircraft engineer who worked on Concorde

Wolverhampton nostalgia|Jan 2

December 25, 2024

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

News|Dec 25, 2024

December 24, 2024

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

Nostalgia|Dec 24, 2024

December 22, 2024

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

Nostalgia|Dec 22, 2024

December 20, 2024

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

Features|Dec 20, 2024

December 18, 2024

New collaboration brings touch of Black Country history to IKEA superstore

News|Dec 18, 2024

December 16, 2024

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

News|Dec 16, 2024

December 15, 2024

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

News|Dec 15, 2024

December 14, 2024

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

Your World|Dec 14, 2024

December 11, 2024

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

Halesowen|Dec 11, 2024

December 10, 2024

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

Your World|Dec 10, 2024

December 5, 2024

90 years of clean living and loving life for Tipton twins

News|Dec 5, 2024

November 28, 2024

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

News|Nov 28, 2024

November 27, 2024

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

News|Nov 27, 2024

November 25, 2024

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

Nostalgia|Nov 25, 2024

November 24, 2024

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

News|Nov 24, 2024

November 23, 2024

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

Dudley nostalgia|Nov 23, 2024

November 21, 2024

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

Long Reads|Nov 21, 2024

November 20, 2024

Cannock hero's role after terror attack that rocked the nation - a look back at the West Midlands in the 2000s

Long Reads|Nov 20, 2024

November 18, 2024

Wolves on the brink of extinction, but European glory for Villa - a look back at the West Midlands in the 1980s

Wolves nostalgia|Nov 18, 2024

November 16, 2024

Slade, strikes, and a bomb blast that rocked the region - a look back at the West Midlands in the 1970s

Nostalgia|Nov 16, 2024

When Beatlemania came to town - a look back at the West Midlands in the 1960s

Nostalgia|Nov 16, 2024

November 14, 2024

The West Midlands mourns the King's passing, and celebrates the new Queen - a look back at the 1950s

Long Reads|Nov 14, 2024

November 13, 2024

Big anniversary celebrations for Rugeley pub with cinematic history

News|Nov 13, 2024

Toby Neal talks the 1960s and the birth of budget air travel in the West Midlands

Nostalgia|Nov 13, 2024

The Black Country Blitz - how the Luftwaffe devastated the West Midlands in the 1940s

Nostalgia|Nov 13, 2024

Air we go for Birmingham airport's 1930s take-off

Nostalgia|Nov 13, 2024

November 12, 2024

Flashback to 2002: Support for football club and firefighters go on strike

Nostalgia|Nov 12, 2024

November 11, 2024

A new theatre rises from the ashes - a look back at the West Midlands in the 1930s

Long Reads|Nov 11, 2024

A dreadful explosion claimed the lives of 19 young girls - a look back at the West Midlands in the 1920s

Long Reads|Nov 11, 2024

Wolverhampton-born Dexys Midnight Runner Andy Leek dies aged 66

Breaking News|Nov 11, 2024

Flashback to 2003: A presidential visit and victory for England at the Rugby World Cup Final

Nostalgia|Nov 11, 2024

November 8, 2024

Titanic disaster - a look back at the West Midlands in the 1910s

Nostalgia|Nov 8, 2024

November 7, 2024

Grief for the Queen, suffragettes storm Parliament, and Buffalo Bill loses his jewellery

Features|Nov 7, 2024

November 6, 2024

Express & Star at 150: A look back at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre opening in Victorian times

News|Nov 6, 2024

Clay subsoil spelt doom for Percy Thrower's magnificent Magnolias

Features|Nov 6, 2024

November 5, 2024

How gunpowder plotters came a cropper on the outskirts of Dudley

Kingswinford|Nov 5, 2024

How a butcher's gripe led to the birth of the Football League

Football|Nov 5, 2024

November 4, 2024

Black Country town wept for a much-loved Victorian nurse

Long Reads|Nov 4, 2024

November 2, 2024

Meet the people working together to clean and preserve Wolverhampton war memorial

News|Nov 2, 2024

October 31, 2024

Armistice & Remembrance Day events: Communities to come together across the West Midlands to remember those who fought and fell in conflict

Dudley|Oct 31, 2024

October 29, 2024

Royal Air Force Museum Midlands invites residents to Service of Remembrance

What's On|Oct 29, 2024

October 28, 2024

I followed in the mesmerising footsteps of a 1907 Express & Star newspaper reporter to discover an iconic Wolverhampton art exhibition

What's On|Oct 28, 2024

October 27, 2024

Live shows in Wolverhampton: 30 photos showing superstars who have graced stages in our great city

Wolverhampton entertainment|Oct 27, 2024