Smethwick (English Wikipedia)

"Colour and the British electorate 1964: six case studies". www.abebooks.co.uk. p. 80. Retrieved 22 February 2025. Smethwick, then, is a mainly working-class industrial town, with a proportion of coloured immigrants in the population of the order of 6 per cent.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; English: 10^th place)

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"Midland Metropolitan Hospital: £107m funding withdrawn by banks". BBC News. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
"Malcolm X's visit to Smethwick remembered in pictures". BBC News. 12 February 2015. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
"The Documentary - Malcolm in the Midlands - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
"England's pioneering black head teachers". BBC News. 11 May 2018. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

news.bbc.co.uk

Edwards, Kathryn (18 April 2008). "UK | England | West Midlands | Powell's 'rivers of blood' legacy". BBC News. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

bclm.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Rolfe Street Baths - Black Country Living Museum". Bclm.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

bham.ac.uk (Global: 6,455^th place; English: 3,713^th place)

etheses.bham.ac.uk

Adam, Carey (December 2016). "Politics, governance and the shaping of Smethwick since 1945". etheses.bham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2025.

birminghamroundabout.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"M&B Cape Hill Brewery – Smethwick". Birmingham Roundabout. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

blackcountrybugle.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

Country, Black (17 July 2008). "When a single vote saved Smethwick from Brummagem". Black Country Bugle. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Sean McLoughlin; William Gould; Ananya Jahanara Kabir; Emma Tomalin (11 July 2014). Writing the City in British Asian Diasporas. Routledge. p. 45. ISBN 9781317679677. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
Foot, Paul (1965). Immigration and Race in British Politics. Penguin Books. p. 12. By the middle of 1955 there were at least 2,000 coloured immigrants in Smethwick.

brewinbooks.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Hallam, David J.A. Taking on the Men: the first women parliamentary candidates 1918 Archived 29 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Studley, 2018 Chap 2 "Christabel Pankhurst in Smethwick"

british-history.ac.uk (Global: 544^th place; English: 267^th place)

"Smethwick: Other estates | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"Smethwick: Public services | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
Greenslade, Baggs, Baugh & Johnston, A History of the County of Stafford, Volume 17 (Offlow Hundred) Archived 10 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 1976

britishlistedbuildings.co.uk (Global: 2,675^th place; English: 1,371^st place)

British Listed Buildings. "Warley Branch Library, Smethwick". British Listed Buildings. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2015.

cccbr.org.uk (Global: low place; English: 6,471^st place)

dove.cccbr.org.uk

"Dove Details. [online]". Dove.cccbr.org.uk. 2018. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

centro.org.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Construction phases - Construction phases". Centro.org.uk. 17 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

citypopulation.de (Global: 99^th place; English: 341^st place)

"Smethwick in West Midlands (West Midlands) Built-up Area Subdivision". City Population. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
"Smethwick Ward in West Midlands". City Population. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

cwgc.org (Global: 2,913^th place; English: 1,588^th place)

"Cemetery Details". Cwgc.org. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

demon.co.uk (Global: 3,126^th place; English: 1,846^th place)

ringing.demon.co.uk

"Church Bells in Worcestershire". www.ringing.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Yemm, Rachel (2019). "Immigration, Race and Local Media: Smethwick and the 1964 General Election". Contemporary British History. 33: 106–109. doi:10.1080/13619462.2018.1535973. S2CID 150219506.

expressandstar.com (Global: 3,659^th place; English: 1,959^th place)

"Campaign launched to chart life of 'first black headmaster'". www.expressandstar.com. 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
"Bosses speak out over "tragic accident" as Chinese lantern sparks region's biggest fire". Express & Star. July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"Not everything is black and white - Marshall Street: Then and now". 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.

gracesguide.co.uk (Global: 4,652^nd place; English: 2,638^th place)

"Fox, Henderson and Co - Graces Guide". www.gracesguide.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

historicengland.org.uk (Global: 275^th place; English: 123^rd place)

Historic England. "Council House (1342665)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

jubileeartsarchive.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Windmill Lane Estate, Murdoch and Boulton Place". Jubilee Arts Archive. Retrieved 7 October 2025.

midlandred.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

"MidlandRed.net - Depots - Bearwood depot". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

nationalexpress.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

coach.nationalexpress.com

"UK Stop finder // National Express Coach". Coach.nationalexpress.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

nomisweb.co.uk (Global: 1,324^th place; English: 989^th place)

UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Smethwick Built-up area (E35000380)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

nxbus.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Buses | National Express West Midlands". Nxbus.co.uk. GB-BIR. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

sandwell.gov.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Smethwick Library | Sandwell Council". Sandwell.gov.uk. 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"Thimblemill Library | Sandwell Council". Sandwell.gov.uk. 30 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

sandwellvcs.info (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Friends of West Smethwick Park - SCVO". sandwellvcs.info. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

semanticscholar.org (Global: 15^th place; English: 8^th place)

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Yemm, Rachel (2019). "Immigration, Race and Local Media: Smethwick and the 1964 General Election". Contemporary British History. 33: 106–109. doi:10.1080/13619462.2018.1535973. S2CID 150219506.

slt-leisure.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Smethwick Swimming Centre". Slt-leisure.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"History of Smethwick Swimming Centre" (PDF). Slt-leisure.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

smethwick.org.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Smethwick Heritage Centre". Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.

smethwickoldchurch.org.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"History". Smethwick Old Church. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40^th place; English: 27^th place)

"Peter Griffiths - obituary". Telegraph. Retrieved 29 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

tribunemag.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"When Malcolm X Came to the West Midlands". tribunemag.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2024.

ukbmd.org.uk (Global: low place; English: 6,227^th place)

"Smethwick Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 4 October 2024.

uptheossroad.wordpress.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Concrete Jungle | Up The Oss Road". Uptheossroad.wordpress.com. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

visionofbritain.org.uk (Global: 1,454^th place; English: 758^th place)

"Relationships and changes Smethwick CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
"Population statistics Smethwick CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
"Smethwick CB/MB/UD through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Smethwick in West Midlands (West Midlands) Built-up Area Subdivision". City Population. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
"Smethwick Ward in West Midlands". City Population. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
"Midland Metropolitan Hospital: £107m funding withdrawn by banks". BBC News. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
"Smethwick: Other estates | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"Cemetery Details". Cwgc.org. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
Edwards, Kathryn (18 April 2008). "UK | England | West Midlands | Powell's 'rivers of blood' legacy". BBC News. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
Sean McLoughlin; William Gould; Ananya Jahanara Kabir; Emma Tomalin (11 July 2014). Writing the City in British Asian Diasporas. Routledge. p. 45. ISBN 9781317679677. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"Campaign launched to chart life of 'first black headmaster'". www.expressandstar.com. 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
"Concrete Jungle | Up The Oss Road". Uptheossroad.wordpress.com. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"Bosses speak out over "tragic accident" as Chinese lantern sparks region's biggest fire". Express & Star. July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"History". Smethwick Old Church. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"Rolfe Street Baths - Black Country Living Museum". Bclm.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
British Listed Buildings. "Warley Branch Library, Smethwick". British Listed Buildings. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
Hallam, David J.A. Taking on the Men: the first women parliamentary candidates 1918 Archived 29 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Studley, 2018 Chap 2 "Christabel Pankhurst in Smethwick"
"Not everything is black and white - Marshall Street: Then and now". 2013. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
"Malcolm X's visit to Smethwick remembered in pictures". BBC News. 12 February 2015. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
"MidlandRed.net - Depots - Bearwood depot". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
"Smethwick: Public services | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"Construction phases - Construction phases". Centro.org.uk. 17 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
Adam, Carey (December 2016). "Politics, governance and the shaping of Smethwick since 1945". etheses.bham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
Greenslade, Baggs, Baugh & Johnston, A History of the County of Stafford, Volume 17 (Offlow Hundred) Archived 10 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 1976
"Fox, Henderson and Co - Graces Guide". www.gracesguide.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
"M&B Cape Hill Brewery – Smethwick". Birmingham Roundabout. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"Dove Details. [online]". Dove.cccbr.org.uk. 2018. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
"Church Bells in Worcestershire". www.ringing.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
"Smethwick Heritage Centre". Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
"England's pioneering black head teachers". BBC News. 11 May 2018. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
"Buses | National Express West Midlands". Nxbus.co.uk. GB-BIR. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"UK Stop finder // National Express Coach". Coach.nationalexpress.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"Smethwick Library | Sandwell Council". Sandwell.gov.uk. 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"Thimblemill Library | Sandwell Council". Sandwell.gov.uk. 30 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"Smethwick Swimming Centre". Slt-leisure.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"History of Smethwick Swimming Centre" (PDF). Slt-leisure.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"Friends of West Smethwick Park - SCVO". sandwellvcs.info. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

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