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following books have been published by local history societies
or Sandwell libraries since 1996, and are now out of print.
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"Making
and Moving in Langley"
160pp, A4, Langley
Local History Society, 1999, ISBN 1 900689 10 3
Two centuries
of industry and transport in Causeway Green, Langley, Langley Green
and Rood End covering the development of road, canal and railway
transport in the area, mining, brickmaking, metal industries, the
chemical industry, and industries such as bottle blowing, pens,
food and brewing.
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"Old-time
Oldbury: Photographs and memories"
28pp, A4, Oldbury
Local History Group, 2000, ISBN 0 953831 00 0
Photographs
and reminiscences collected by members of Oldbury Local History
Group covering: old-time Oldbury, rural remnants, pleasant pastimes,
shops and shopping, church-going, schooling, fighting fires, firms
and factories, war and peace, round and about in Oldbury, Oldbury
re-developed.
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"St
Michael and all Angels Church and Langley Parish"
by Terry Daniels
24pp, A4, 2006, fully illustrated in colour
A record of
the parish, its churches, its ministers, the fabric of the church
and its stained glass, prior to its closure in July 2007.
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"Langley
and Langley Green Recalled"
22pp, A4, Langley
Local History Society, 1996, ISBN 1 900689 03 0
Photographs
and reminiscences collected by members of Old Warley Local History
Society covering: changing times, shops, transport, work, schools,
religion, entertainment
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"Whiteheath
and Lion Farm: A Century of Memories"
32pp, A4, Whiteheath
and Lion Farm Local History Society, 2000, ISBN 0 953831 01 9
Photographs
and reminiscences collected by members of the Whiteheath and Lion
Farm Local History Society, which no longer operates. It covers:
Whiteheath at the boundary, the lost landscape, house and home,
church and chapel, learning, working, shopping, playing.
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"Old
Memories of Old Warley"
36pp, A4, Old
Warley Local History Society, 2002, ISBN 0 93831 02 7
Photographs
and reminiscences collected by members of Old Warley Local History
Society covering: farms in old Warley, old Warley miscellany including
schools, churches, shops, clubs, individual reminiscences, and an
account of a local murder trial from the 1820s.
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