West Midlands nostalgia and history articles from the Express & Star

Nostalgia Archive

April 15, 2024

Flashback to 2003: Unique asparagus, a buzz at the castle and a police award

Nostalgia|Apr 15

April 14, 2024

8 totally unique things you can only do in Tipton

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Tipton|Apr 14

April 12, 2024

The rocketmen who defended wartime Wolverhampton

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Nostalgia|Apr 12

April 9, 2024

The Dudley Devil: Everything we know about a man shrouded in mystery and intrigue

Netherton|Apr 9

April 8, 2024

Flashback to 2006: A new surgery, a school set to close and ramblers step out

Nostalgia|Apr 8

April 7, 2024

66 photos of Old Skool ravers descending on Wolverhampton for Back To The Roots festival

Music|Apr 7

April 5, 2024

How Wolverhampton had a 'Rocket Gun' anti-aircraft weapon during WWII to counter Luftwaffe raids

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Features|Apr 5

April 4, 2024

New programme aims to take people back to D-Day era and close of war

Staffordshire|Apr 4

April 1, 2024

Flashback to 2003: Royal visit, sadness over post office axe and civic honours

Nostalgia|Apr 1

March 30, 2024

This Town: How young Black Country music fans forged groups in early 1980s - as shown in BBC drama

Dudley|Mar 30

March 29, 2024

Wolverhampton's lone Wulf couldn't turn the tide

Features|Mar 29

Final farewell to last mine

Features|Mar 29

March 26, 2024

Book looks at town's ghostly history

Staffordshire nostalgia|Mar 26

43 photographs of Wolves players and matches from the past - capturing the nostalgic charm of 20th century football

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In photos|Mar 26

March 25, 2024

51 photos of villages near the Black Country from the past that'll make you long for a simpler time

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Nostalgia|Mar 25

Remembering the women of the West Midlands who helped defeat Hitler

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Features|Mar 25

It's news, but not as we know it says Dead Donkey creator Andy Hamilton amid stage adaptation

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Birmingham entertainment|Mar 25

Flashback to 1981: They’re off! Starting gun fired on inaugural London Marathon

Nostalgia|Mar 25

March 23, 2024

Video of Crooked House from 1985 shows true charm of historic pub

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Staffordshire|Mar 23

March 20, 2024

History of the Wrekin's mast: A special television transmitter that caused a furore

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Nostalgia|Mar 20

March 18, 2024

Flashback to 1999: End of an era as Noel shut the doors on his big house party

Nostalgia|Mar 18

How Badger's secret beauty was blown open to visitors from the city

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Nostalgia|Mar 18

March 15, 2024

Who Put Bella In The Wych-Elm? Unravelling the mystery of murdered woman's skeleton found in tree trunk

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Stourbridge|Mar 15

March 14, 2024

Gorgeous Victorian ceramic bought for £25 in the Black Country decades ago could sell for thousands

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Walsall|Mar 14

March 13, 2024

Take a sneak peek at Black Country Living Museum's new industrial quarter set to open this week

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Attractions|Mar 13

Looking back at a fearsome weapon once used to thwackdown on naughty Walsall schoolchildren

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Nostalgia|Mar 13

Learn about the oldest building in Stafford on guided heritage walk

Nostalgia|Mar 13

March 11, 2024

26 pictures provide fascinating insight into a long-gone Wolverhampton community

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Nostalgia|Mar 11

The dubious links between Dickens, Shakespeare and landmark West Midlands church

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Nostalgia|Mar 11

March 9, 2024

From cobbler to 'mystery' surrounding Hollywood pool death: The life and times of Dudley's legendary film director

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Dudley|Mar 9

March 6, 2024

Artist who's been sketching Aldridge on a scroll for 50 years finally calls it a day

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Aldridge|Mar 6

March 5, 2024

The iconic design that changed the face of Wolverhampton

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Wolverhampton|Mar 5

March 4, 2024

Leeches and goose fat – a delve into the weird and wonderful history of medicine

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Long Reads|Mar 4

Flashback to 2004: Pedigree pooches aim to land top dog titles at Crufts

Nostalgia|Mar 4

March 2, 2024

Britain's heaviest man from Brierley Hill: The life and times of a local legend and 'giant'

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Brierley Hill|Mar 2

February 29, 2024

The miners' strike 40 years on: The day relations between the police and miners changed forever

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Nostalgia|Feb 29

February 28, 2024

Miners' strike 40 years on: A tale of two coalminers

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Nostalgia|Feb 28

February 27, 2024

Tales from an FA Cup thrashing which left Wolves fans dreaming of a double

Features|Feb 27

Miners' strike 40 years on: Battle lines drawn as dispute spreads to the Midlands

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Long Reads|Feb 27

February 26, 2024

Miners' strike 40 years on: Battle in Brum sowed the seeds of what was to come

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Features|Feb 26

February 24, 2024

Six archive photos showing how people coped when a winter freeze crashed the power supply

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Nostalgia|Feb 24

February 23, 2024

'Unfailing effort and devotion': Tributes to founder of transport museum, who has died at 76

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Wolverhampton nostalgia|Feb 23

February 19, 2024

Fading Trails: The Unsolved Murders of Alice & Edna

Birmingham|Feb 19

February 12, 2024

Riddle of mystery pair in family photos - can you help solve it?

Features|Feb 12

16 pictures from the past of Scotlands estate and Wolverhampton's wholesale market

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Nostalgia|Feb 12

February 17, 2024

Romantic getaway to Dudley: When Royals spent their honeymoon at Himley Hall

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Entertainment|Feb 17

February 11, 2024

'He was always smiling': Tributes paid to well-loved Cradley Heath postmaster who has died aged 64

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Cradley Heath|Feb 11

February 7, 2024

Hawthorns football trouble the latest example of a sad trend that goes back centuries

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Long Reads|Feb 7

February 6, 2024

Celebration of legendary Wolves player Billy Wright's milestone at city pub which bears his name

Wolverhampton|Feb 6

Incredible story of Black Country WW2 veteran and last known survivor of 'death railway' who has died aged 104

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News|Feb 6