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SIMON BRIERCLIFFE

Historian and geographer, writer and researcher

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Black Country…

The Black Country flag and the uses of history (again)

16 Jul 201717 Jul 2017
In 1897, Robert Sherard published a collection of his Pearson's Magazine articles documenting the exploitation and suffering of the working men and women of Britain in some of the 'sweated' trades -…
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Walkies

21 Mar 201628 May 2018
Just a quick one to say a massive thank you to everyone that came out on a bright - but chilly - Saturday to have a walk around one of the…
History…

“Broke… alone… in love with a pigeon”

29 Feb 2016
No Black Country history this week I'm afraid, more like a sideline that I've been exploring... #storypast I'm currently making notes for my first ever paper at an academic conference, in…
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On unexpected events

24 Aug 201524 Aug 2015
Over the summer, my time has mostly been taken up preparing for a talk I was asked to give at Wolverhampton Art Gallery on my research. (I say most of…

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  • A bibliography of the Irish in Britain: first thoughts
  • Ag labhairt Gaeilge sa Tír Dhubh – speaking Irish in the Black Country
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