Henry Mill Phillips

Although now living in Wales, I spent my entire life until retirement living in the Black Country and working in Birmingham. Having married a "black country wench" (and no, she wasn't a chain-maker!), and having lived for many years in the Black Country I do consider myself a child of the Black Country, even though some might argue that Smethwick, where I was born and spent the years till my teens, is not what you might call the Black Country proper. Can we agree to differ please? Any road up, as they say, I think I know enough about the Black Country, and have done enough research into the times (the 1880s) as well as the characters myths and tall stories of my target area to to weave them into an informative tale, not to say an entertaining one. I really do hope you enjoy reading it. Oh, and if you do, enjoy it that is, please don't be shy of reviewing me!