NEW BOOK

"Just a card to say..." Postcards of Oldbury District 1900 - 1925

48 pages 250 x 177 mm, monochrome, color cover, Langley Local History Society, ISBN 978-0-9538310-9-8

Fifty photographs taken from postcards sent between 1900 and 1925 are shown, one per page, with a descriptive caption. These give an impression of what Oldbury, Langley and Warley looked like in Edwardian times, WWI and the immediate post-war period.

£8.00 (p+p £2.00)

Map of Oldbury and Langley Township, 1857, John Bates

1 page, A3, heavy-weight coated paper

This map was drawn at a time when the industrialisation of Oldbury was just beginning. It shows manu collieries, Oldbury blast furnaces, the final canal system, and the first chemical works. The original, on display at Sainsbury's, Oldbury, is approximately 2 metres by 1.5 metres and has been discoloured by age. The company allowed the map to be scanned, and the scan had been 'cleaned up', restoring the white background and the original colours.

The map covers only the township of Oldbury and Langley, and shows no information for the land in Warley Township.

Please note: details are small, but legible, at this scale - a magnifying glass may be helpful! The degree of detail is evident from the extract of Oldbury centre. It is ideal for framing and studying the general layout of Oldbury and Langley. For more detailed research, it is also available as a CD-ROM in pdf format at the same price.

£4.00 (p+p £2.50) - posted rolled in cardboard tube

Available from Dr T Daniels, drterrydaniels@yahoo.co.uk ..... 77 West Park Road, Smethwick, B67 7JH

"The Fallen of Oldbury, Langley & Warley 1914 - 1918"

136pp, A4, hardback, Langley Local History Society, 2007, ISBN 953831 06 X

This book is a tribute to the men of Oldbury UDC who died in the First World War. A 40-page colour section covers the battlegrounds where the men died, the mobilisation of forces, the men, their families and memorabilia, and war memorials at home and abroad. This is followed by a roll of honour listing over 550 men with Oldbury connections who gave their lives in the conflict, with personal details of them, biographies and photographs where available.

Reduced to £10.00 (p+p £3.00)

"Langley & Round About"

242pp, A5, Langley Local History Society, 1997, ISBN 1 900689 06 5

A chronological survey of twentieth century Langley, Langley Green, Causeway Green and Rood End, with a chapter on earlier times.

Reduced to £2.00 (p+p £2.00)

"Playing and Performing in Langley"

160pp, A4, Langley Local History Society, 2004, ISBN 0 953831 05 1

Two centuries of pastimes and leisure in Causeway Green, Langley, Langley Green and Rood End covering children's games, family amusements, music making and dancing, cinemas and theatres, clubs, pubs and organisations, sports, parks and holidays, and celebrations.

Reduced to £2.00 (p+p £2.50)

"More Memories of Old Warley"

28pp, A4, Old Warley Local History Society, 2004, ISBN 0 953831 04 3

Photographs and reminiscences collected by members of Old Warley Local History Society covering: Warley at worship, schools and childhood in Warley, people & places, Warley in wartime, living in Warley.

Reduced to £2.00 (p+p 1.50)

"Oldbury, Langley and Warley" by Terry Daniels

Published by Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2002, ISBN 0 750925 62 2 .................Currently out of stock

The history of Oldbury, Langley and Warley in 230 photographs with full captions covering: the scene in 1900, the start of the century, the First World War, progress and recognition, one town among many.

£9.99 (P+P £2.00)

Also available through this site, booksellers or from Dr T Daniels drterrydaniels@yahoo.co.uk - 77 West Park Road, Smethwick, B67 7JH