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THE YELTZ SERIES

 

The following books in Norman Jones’ acclaimed “Yeltz Series” may be obtained by post (price £2.50 each) from Mrs B Clayton, 59 Kenswick Drive, HalesOwen, West Midlands, B63 4QZ.  Please make cheques payable to the HalesOwen History Society.

 

LITTLE NELL

…..A glimpse of life in and around HalesOwen at the turn of the century. The story is one of a series compiled from the reminiscences of the people who lived in the town at the time.

 

THE ISLINGTON RAGGED SCHOOL AND ITS FOUNDER CALEB BLOOMER

 

AMONG THE NAILERS

…..Life in the nail-making community in HalesOwen during the trades decline.

 

HOP PICKING – THE NAILMAKERS HOLIDAY

…..Life in the hop yards of Worcestershire and Herefordshire at harvest time, in the days when thousands of casual workers gathered to pick the hops by hand, before the hop-picking machines took over.

 

PARISH PUMP TO PARLIAMENT

…..The political scene in HalesOwen in the early days. Half a century of incidents from 1885.

 

BILLY PECKER (In the Beginning)

…..An introduction to the “Yeltz Series” of books about happenings in and around HalesOwen in days gone by.

 

THE BEST DAYS

…..School days in the latter years of Queen Victoria’s reign.

 

WALTER HALL, THE HYGIENIC BARBER (and others)

…..A collection of short stories about certain enterprising men who lived in HalesOwen at the end of the 19th century.

 

THE HARD TIMES

…..The years of Queen Victoria’s reign were far from “glorious” for the many HalesOwen folk who were struggling to survive.  These are the stories of some of them.

 

SPOKES AND SPADES

…..Two more stories based on Billy Hackett’s reminiscences – of his lifelong love of cycling and his job at John Brown’s Shovel Works.

 

MISCELLANY

…..More glimpses of life in HalesOwen at the end of the 19th century.

 

THE FOOTBALLERS

…..HalesOwen was proud to be called Yeltz at one time. You often heard supporters at football matches shout “Play up Yeltz”. A fascinating insight into the town’s footballing past.

 

MEMORIES

…..Life in and around HalesOwen at the dawn of the 20th century.

 

THE CHILD LABOURERS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

…..The employment of vast numbers of children became a mainstay of the industrial revolution.

 

UP OFFMOOR LANE TO CLENT

…..Memories of life in the western outskirts of HalesOwen in the 1930s.

 

ITS ALL IN THE PAPER

…..Life in HalesOwen a hundred years ago, based on reports in the County Express with comments by a resident who lived there at the time.