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  The Stourbridge Glass International Collection - Handmade glass and jewellery, infused with history.
The Stourbridge Glass International Collection - Handmade glass and jewellery, infused with history.
Stylish, Modern, Handmade Glass and Jewellery infused with History
As in the human form, research into finding cures for cancer is continuing and a donation from all sales from this site will be made to the Flatcoated Retriever Tumour Survey in her memory.
www.stourbridge-glass.com   (272 words)

  
  BBC - Black Country - Entertainment - Charity gig at Chicago Rock Cafe, Stourbridge
He said: "I contacted Chicago Rock Cafe in Stourbridge to ask whether they would let us use their venue to play our new material, and they agreed.
Someone Else's Problem are a young band from Stourbridge - all aged between 11 and 16 years.
Their live performances include fundraising gigs for Children in Need and BBC Music Live in Stourbridge Town Centre.
www.bbc.co.uk /blackcountry/content/articles/2006/05/10/mono_charity_gig_06_feature.shtml   (317 words)

  
  Stourbridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stourbridge is a part of the West Midlands metropolitan county and conurbation, in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley.
The famous Stourbridge Lion locomotive, was built in Stourbridge at the foundry of Foster, Rastrick and Co in 1828.
Stourbridge FM was established in early 2001 to campaign for a commercial radio station broadcasting to and from the Stourbridge area.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stourbridge   (1251 words)

  
 Stourbridge
The Stourbridge Poor Law Union was declared 19th September 1836 and the Parish Workhouse was enlarged to accommodate the increased numbers, from designs by Mr.
By 1861 the Stourbridge Union comprised an area of 16,200 acres and a population of 68,726.
During 1921 the Chairman of the Guardians was H.J. Cox (Justice of the Peace) from Cradley and the Clerk to the Guardians was George Francis James.
www.institutions.org.uk /workhouses/england/worcs/stourbridge_uwh.htm   (796 words)

  
 Express & Star: The Chronicle, news for Stourbridge   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Two Stourbridge students are celebrating after picking up Blue Peter badges for their entries into the TV programme's most popular competition.
A blind woman living in warden-aided housing in Stourbridge claims she has considered suicide after delays for rewiring work have left her home in chaos.
Stourbridge Post Office is being forced to move out of its historic home of more than 120 years or risk losing the town's service altogether.
www.expressandstar.com /chronicle/stourbridge   (301 words)

  
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The Stourbridge Elementary School, enrolls approximately 450 children that are bused from Honesdale and surrounding communities.
Stourbridge Students receive a standards-based curriculum approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Wayne Highlands District Board of Education.
Stourbridge offers a variety of services and activities for children and their families.
ns.neiu.k12.pa.us /WWW/WH/Stourbridge/STROpen.htm   (239 words)

  
 This is The Black Country | CommuniGate | Stourbridge Film Society
Stourbridge Film Society was formed in 1985, and between then and 1998 it organised thirteen seasons’ containing between 16 and 20 films each, which were screened in the Wollaston Room at Stourbridge Town Hall on alternate Tuesday evenings between September and May each year.
By the mid-1990s Stourbridge was one of the only film societies in the UK to be showing its films on 35mm - just like cinemas.
Thanks to the Stourbridge Film Festival in May 2003, the film society was revived.
www.communigate.co.uk /bc/stourbridgefilmsociety/index.phtml   (229 words)

  
 Stourbridge Lion - Wayne County Historical Society
Among them was the Stourbridge Lion, so named because a Lion’s head had been painted on the front of the boiler.
When the Stourbridge Lion arrived in Honesdale in July 1829, about three miles of wooden track had been laid which crossed the Lackawaxen River on a trestle bridge some thirty feet in height.
The rails were of wooden construction, the running surface of which was faced with wrought iron strips secured to the rails with stout wood screws.
www.waynehistorypa.org /stourbridge.asp   (625 words)

  
 THE BRIDGE LINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Stourbridge Lion
"Stourbridge Lion" Painting by A. Sheldon Pennoyer originally hanging in the Delaware and Hudson office at 230 Park Avenue, NY, NY (Image reprinted with permission from Jim Shaughnessy's "The Delaware and Hudson")
The "STOURBRIDGE LION" was the first locomotive to run on a railway in America, and was operated between Honesdale and Seely's Mills in Pennsylvania on the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company's railroad, August 8, 1829.
On March 13, 1823, The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company obtained rights from the Legislature of Pennsylvania, authorizing them to construct a canal from the mouth of the Lackawaxen to the present site of Honesdale and also to construct a railroad from their coal beds at Cardondale to the head of this canal.
www.bridge-line.org /blhs/stourbridge_lion.html   (695 words)

  
 Stourbridge Photographic Society
Stourbridge also donated a picture to Pedmore Cricket Club by member Ian Walker to help with fundraising at their end of summer fete, to see the image click here.
Stourbridge Photographic Society would like to welcome you to our new web site and hope that you enjoy what you find.
Stourbridge Photographic Society is a long established society based in the heart of the West Midlands.
www.stourbridgeps.co.uk /index.htm   (244 words)

  
 Stourbridge Genealogy
I have a Frederick William Fleming born in Stourbridge Worcester in 1859.
His birth was registered in the Stourbridge district in the April to June register for that year.
He moved here to Stourbridge in 1911/12 with my great grandmother Evelyn and their eldest son my grandfather Alexander Mackay Hyslop, their daughter Isobel Mary Hyslop was born in 1912 in Brierly Hill.
www.stourbridge.co.uk /htm/geneol.htm   (4625 words)

  
 Welcome to Stourbridge, your guide to this historic town in the English West Midlands
Stourbridge is a historic town on the edge of the region known as the Black Country, a region of great industrial heritage.
Stourbridge is to the west of this region, bordering on glorious countryside to the south and west.
Stourbridge is world renowned for its glass industry,
www.stourbridge.com /htm/welcome.htm   (85 words)

  
 Stourbridge, England Photographers - Wedding, Portrait, Commercial, Event and Other Photography Services
This Stourbridge, England photographer featured listing has received 336 unique visitors in the past three months.
Click here to learn more about why a Marketingtool.com Stourbridge photography service featured listing is one of the best methods of advertising your business.
This photographer services: Stourbridge, England from a local, regional or national office.
www.marketingtool.com /channel/photo/b.465.g.26701.html   (348 words)

  
 Stourbridge Workhouse and Poor Law Union
Initially, the former Kingswinford parish workhouse was used by the new Stourbridge Union.
In 1907, inmate James Clarke died in the Stourbridge workhouse.
In the summer of 1915, the workhouse infirmary was taken over to provide the 510-bed Stourbridge annexe of the 1st Southern Military Hospital which had its base at Birmingham University.
users.ox.ac.uk /~peter/workhouse/Stourbridge/Stourbridge.shtml   (901 words)

  
 Stourbridge Cricket Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stourbridge Cricket Club play cricket in the England's Worcestershire League.
Home matches are played at the War Memorial Athletic Ground on Amblecote High Street, Stourbridge.
This page was last modified 22:42, 3 June 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stourbridge_Cricket_Club   (65 words)

  
 Jobcentre Plus - News 30 New Jobs Created in Stourbridge
A completely refurbished contemporary pub and restaurant is opening in Stourbridge later this year, creating over 30 full and part time jobs in the town.
Interested applicants are invited to call into the Jobcentre to meet with representatives from the company, as well as fill in an application form and have and informal interview.
We are working closely with Alison and her team at Stourbridge Jobcentre to ensure that we employ local people who will help us make our business prosper and will have the same vision of excellence as we do."
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk /jcptext/News/SSC110505095236.xml.html   (455 words)

  
 U10 Alcester 4-12-05 - Stourbridge Rugby
The backs by now were passing the ball well and it was only a matter of time before a try was scored, this time by Josh Trinham.
Alcester gave us a closer match than the score suggests but I do feel that with the amount of ball we get from the set piece and the quick and unselfish running of the backs we will be a hard team to beat.
Stourbridge RFC, Stourton Park, Bridgnorth Road, Stourton, Stourbridge.
www.stourbridge-rugby.com /article.home/661   (571 words)

  
 Stourbridge-FM  Frequently Asked Questions
Stourbridge-FM is the first FM radio station broadcasting from Stourbridge - for Stourbridge.
A radio stations needs licences to broadcast and there is a complicated system in place in actually gaining one of these licences.
Quite simply - there isn’t a full-time radio licence for the Stourbridge area yet, Stourbridge-FM has campaigned to the regulators for such a licence for three years and we are exploring possibilities in gaining community radio status.
stourbridge.port5.com /faq.htm   (649 words)

  
 Knowhere: Stourbridge, West Midlands, Inside Information, Hookup Spots and Stuff Only Locals Know
For a convienient hook-up spot, to meet your mates i suggest Mary Stevens park (in norton) which is roughly about a 10min walk from stourbridge town.
It is a very friendly, family park with many facilities and is a great place to go if you have no money or are just simply bord.
The crown centre is an old favourite with the youth of Stourbridge - or as it is affectionately known, shitville - but beware, it is also popular with manic christians seeking new recruits (don't drink too much or u might end up converted!).
www.knowhere.co.uk /3354.html   (1063 words)

  
 Stourbridge Music   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Stourbridge has always been a great place for music, back in the sixties some of the biggest bands performed at the Town Hall, click here for details.
Robert Plant performed in the town many times before becoming the front man of Led Zeppelin, one of the most influential bands of all time.
nineties, three Stourbridge bands, The Wonder Stuff; Pop Will Eat Itself and Ned's Atomic Dustbin, all enjoyed chart success.
www.stourbridge.com /htm/music.htm   (111 words)

  
 Stourbridge and District Cats Protection: About us
Stourbridge and District Cats Protection first came into being in September 1981 and was known as the Stourbridge Branch of the Cats Protection League.
In 1998 the charity changed its name nationally and became known simply as Cats Protection.
In 2003, to reflect the wider area that it now covers, the Stourbridge Branch changed its name to Stourbridge and District Cats Protection and is still working hard to help cats in our area of DY1 - DY13.
www.stourbridgecats.org.uk /about.htm   (342 words)

  
 Stourbridge Canal: Waterscape.com
Although short, the five-mile Stourbridge Canal from Stourton Junction to the Dudley No. 1 Canal provides an essential line of access to the Birmingham Canal Navigations and offers a fascinating journey through the area's glassmaking heritage.
Scenery varies from rural to industrial, though much of the latter is now gone.
A glass-making cone, one of only a handful left in the world, lies alongside the flight of 16 locks leading to Brierley Hill.
www.waterscape.com /Stourbridge_Canal   (168 words)

  
 Stourbridge College
We offer an extensive range of Full and Part time courses.
This video shows the multi-faceted nature of Stourbridge College and the wide range of learning activities available.
Students work on practical tasks in the workshops at Stourbridge College's ATC campus.
www.stourbridge.ac.uk   (134 words)

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