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Black Country Observatory seeks secondee to manage the team

stephenhowarth wrote 1 day ago: Our colleagues at the Black Country Observatory are currently advertising for a secondee to cover th … more →

Tags: Regional Data and Intelligence Network, Black Country Consortium, black country observatory, Jobs, Vacancies'

How is the Black Country performing?

Katy Bregazzi wrote 1 month ago: Map showing levels of worklessness in the Black Country May 2008 (click map to view at full size) Ho … more →

Tags: Sandwell, Walsall, dudley, Wolverhampton, Data, Economy & Labour Force, Geographical Information, Maps & Data, barometer reports

The Wanton Redhead - Meg Hutchinson

Steph wrote 1 month ago: The Wanton Redhead Meg Hutchinson Hodder and Stoughton Ltd (2006) 363 pp Blurb: When her selfish, fl … more →

Tags: 3 Stars, Jamaica, Meg Hutchinson, Mining

Accents

thevicarswife wrote 2 months ago: I have a terrible confession to make (shhhhh): I prayed that God would not send me and the Vicar to … more →

Tags: kids, Family, Fun, vicar, confession, Birmingham, Accent, Christians in Sport

Sabbatical, Day 77: Of Sausages And Crosses2 comments

Dave Faulkner wrote 3 months ago: Today, I’d like to apologise to the entire German nation. Every single one of you. By common c … more →

Tags: Children, Culture, Food and Drink, Ministry, Missional, Photography, bratwurst, Christendom, Cressing Temple

Snack Food Review: MS Authentic Black Country Traditional Pork Scratchings2 comments

hywel wrote 3 months ago: BOTH bags of pork scratchings that I’ve tried so far have been from Mr. Porky. And both have been ex … more →

Tags: Food, Bag, midland snacks, MS, Pork, Review, Scratchings, snack!, Snacks

Sedgley Beacon. The view from Sedgley Beacon Hill

extrageographic wrote 3 months ago: Here’s a place to visit in the West Midlands, UK. You can see for miles and miles. And it was … more →

Tags: days out, History, Photography, photos, Sedgley, Story, Travel, West Midlands, Beacon

Latest gross disposable household income estimates indicate metropolitan West Midlands is UK's poorest sub-region

Stuart Onyeche wrote 3 months ago: The 2007 Regional Gross Disposable Household Income (GDHI) (Word, 411KB) estimates are released toda … more →

Tags: Research, West Midlands, Birmingham, Solihull, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, herefordshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire

Of prams and fags and pussy cats..

planetyoxford wrote 4 months ago: Hey, I have a whizzbang spiffy idea – let’s talk about me! I have a cat called Mingus, … more →

Tags: Nutter of this Parish, Yoxford, Tipton, Bipolar, smoking

Moving5 comments

thevicarswife wrote 5 months ago: The Curate is going to become a vicar very soon (10th March is his official start date, since you as … more →

Tags: church, Vicarage, Moving House, vicar, Curate, vicar's wife

Black Country recession updates1 comment

Steven Dovey wrote 5 months ago: Our colleagues at the Black Country Observatory have produced the first Black Country Recession Inte … more →

Tags: Black Country Consortium, black country observatory, economic downturn, job losses, JobCentre Plus, recession

Windows - Black Country Version

bostinbloke wrote 5 months ago: This has arrived in my inbox so many times, i thought i would share with the world! … more →

The Journey

nathan the alien wrote 5 months ago: Run out of the house sometimes as far as Richmond Road but that depends how late I am.  Then it … more →

Tags: My Life, Spiritual, Solihull, YMCA, West Bromwich, Community, Communication, People, personal space

She'm one-a we2 comments

ohsimone wrote 6 months ago:   Photo by Brian Deegan I had a genuine old-fashioned weekend away these last few days, visiting fam … more →

Tags: Travel, Birmingham, museum, West Midlands, dudley, Smethwick, indian food

2008 Black Country education barometer published

Steven Dovey wrote 7 months ago: The Black Country Observatory has published the Black Country Education Barometer 2008 today. The re … more →

Tags: Skills, Sandwell, Walsall, dudley, Wolverhampton, Sandwell, Education, Qualifications, black country observatory

Heart of enterprise: West Midlands feature in the Guardian

Steven Dovey wrote 7 months ago: Wednesday’s Guardian newspaper included a special supplement to the Society Guardian all about … more →

Tags: Birmingham, enterprise, Staffordshire, West Midlands, Advantage West Midlands, Economy, Ian Austin, Regeneration, regional policy

Heritage not hate4 comments

Russ L wrote 7 months ago: (Or “A post linking different things in a very tenuous way”.) We went to the Black Country Museum on … more →

Tags: Music, Food, Modern Living, Capsule, dudley, gigs, Einstellung, Home Of Metal, Black Country Museum

Questionnaire on benefits of local information systems

Gavin Wray wrote 8 months ago: This questionnaire is part of a research project, commissioned by the Department for Communities and … more →

Tags: Coventry, herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Data, intelligence, Local Information, sub-regional observatories

black country faycebook4 comments

tracya wrote 9 months ago: rose thinks i made this up but i read it in the newspaper last night. this guy wants to make black c … more →

Tags: accents, facebook


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