Author: Michael Pearson
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750951788
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Did You Know? Butcher Keith Boxley of Wombourne made the longest continuous sausage in 1988. It was 21.12km in length! The first general strike in the Black Country took place in 1842. The widespread public unrest was regarded nationally as the first ever general strike. Hell Lane in Sedgley was described as the 'most unruly place' in the Black Country. A woman who lived in the lane was said to have been a witch and could turn herself into a white rabbit to spy on her neighbours. The Little Book of the Black Country is a funny, fact-packed compendium of frivolous, fantastic, and simply strange information. Here we find out about the region's most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, quirky history, famous figures and literally hundreds of wacky facts. From royal visits and local celebrities, to the riotous Wednesbury protests and a particularly notorious reverend, this is a myriad of data on the Black Country, gathered together by author and local historian Michael Pearson. A handy reference and quirky guide, this engaging little book can be dipped into time and again to reveal something you never knew, making it essential reading for visitors and locals alike.
The Little Book of the Black Country
Author: Michael Pearson
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750951788
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Did You Know? Butcher Keith Boxley of Wombourne made the longest continuous sausage in 1988. It was 21.12km in length! The first general strike in the Black Country took place in 1842. The widespread public unrest was regarded nationally as the first ever general strike. Hell Lane in Sedgley was described as the 'most unruly place' in the Black Country. A woman who lived in the lane was said to have been a witch and could turn herself into a white rabbit to spy on her neighbours. The Little Book of the Black Country is a funny, fact-packed compendium of frivolous, fantastic, and simply strange information. Here we find out about the region's most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, quirky history, famous figures and literally hundreds of wacky facts. From royal visits and local celebrities, to the riotous Wednesbury protests and a particularly notorious reverend, this is a myriad of data on the Black Country, gathered together by author and local historian Michael Pearson. A handy reference and quirky guide, this engaging little book can be dipped into time and again to reveal something you never knew, making it essential reading for visitors and locals alike.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750951788
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Did You Know? Butcher Keith Boxley of Wombourne made the longest continuous sausage in 1988. It was 21.12km in length! The first general strike in the Black Country took place in 1842. The widespread public unrest was regarded nationally as the first ever general strike. Hell Lane in Sedgley was described as the 'most unruly place' in the Black Country. A woman who lived in the lane was said to have been a witch and could turn herself into a white rabbit to spy on her neighbours. The Little Book of the Black Country is a funny, fact-packed compendium of frivolous, fantastic, and simply strange information. Here we find out about the region's most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, quirky history, famous figures and literally hundreds of wacky facts. From royal visits and local celebrities, to the riotous Wednesbury protests and a particularly notorious reverend, this is a myriad of data on the Black Country, gathered together by author and local historian Michael Pearson. A handy reference and quirky guide, this engaging little book can be dipped into time and again to reveal something you never knew, making it essential reading for visitors and locals alike.
Modern Machinery
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Category : Machinery
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Category : Machinery
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Journal of Gas Lighting and Water Supply
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Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Category : Gas manufacture and works
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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From Gas Street to the Ganges
Author: Simon Wilcox
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750997737
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
If ever there was a regional UK city with the credentials to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham was always it. One in ten people in the city was born in an overseas Commonwealth country, and many more have family in member nations such as India, Jamaica and Pakistan. Many of these are descendants of the generation who arrived after the Second World War to find work in the city’s manufacturing boom years. But, as Simon Wilcox discovers, the links go much further back than that. In fact, the connections started with the canal building zeal of Birmingham’s industrial pioneers in the eighteenth century who built a canal network that spanned out from the Gas Street Basin. It was this network that opened up a new world of trade for the city – a world which revolved around metal, chocolate and weekly shipments of Ceylon tea.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750997737
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
If ever there was a regional UK city with the credentials to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham was always it. One in ten people in the city was born in an overseas Commonwealth country, and many more have family in member nations such as India, Jamaica and Pakistan. Many of these are descendants of the generation who arrived after the Second World War to find work in the city’s manufacturing boom years. But, as Simon Wilcox discovers, the links go much further back than that. In fact, the connections started with the canal building zeal of Birmingham’s industrial pioneers in the eighteenth century who built a canal network that spanned out from the Gas Street Basin. It was this network that opened up a new world of trade for the city – a world which revolved around metal, chocolate and weekly shipments of Ceylon tea.
Iron Age
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Category : Hardware
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Category : Hardware
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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A Compendious Dictionary of the French Language (French, English:- English-French).
Author: Gustave Masson
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Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Languages : en
Pages : 506
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The Engineer
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Indian Engineering
Author: Patrick Doyle
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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House Documents
Author: United States House of Representatives
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Languages : en
Pages : 920
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Languages : en
Pages : 920
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Kelly's Directory of Merchants, Manufacturers and Shippers
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 3738
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 3738
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