Oldbury, Langley & Warley Through Time
Dr. Terry Daniels
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Description for Oldbury, Langley & Warley Through Time
Paperback. 96 pages, 217 Illustrations incl 112 colour. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Oldbury, Langley & Warley have changed and developed over the last century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; WQH; WQP. Dimension: 164 x 233 x 10. Weight: 306.
This book tells the story of Oldbury's rise from overcrowded Victorian town to progressive municiple borough, and its absorption into larger local authorities from 1966. Its success was built on coalmining, metal working and chemicals. Further south, off the coalfield, lay the rural area of 'old' Warley, whose fields were lost to housing between the wars. Langley, at the boundary of the coalfield, was part industrial and part rural. Oldbury, Langley & Warley Through Time describes the area in 1900 and traces its changes during the twentieth century. It shows some of the people, organisations and events that made up ... Read more
This book tells the story of Oldbury's rise from overcrowded Victorian town to progressive municiple borough, and its absorption into larger local authorities from 1966. Its success was built on coalmining, metal working and chemicals. Further south, off the coalfield, lay the rural area of 'old' Warley, whose fields were lost to housing between the wars. Langley, at the boundary of the coalfield, was part industrial and part rural. Oldbury, Langley & Warley Through Time describes the area in 1900 and traces its changes during the twentieth century. It shows some of the people, organisations and events that made up ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445605432
SKU
V9781445605432
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-44
About Dr. Terry Daniels
Dr Terry Daniels comes from a local family, and lived and worked in Oldbury. He is chair of Langley Local History Society, Oldbury Local History Group and the Friends of Sandwell Archives. He writes and lectures on the history of the area, and runs the website www.historyofoldbury.co.uk for the local history societies.
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