Talk - "Women in the Glass Industry" Stourbridge Glass Museum is custodian of many thousands of pieces of glassware reflecting the skills and artistry of glassblowers, designers, and decorators from the Stourbridge area for over 400years. It reflects the industrial efforts from such world-renowned makers as Richardson’s, Stuart Crystal, Royal Brierley Crystal and Webb Corbett’s. Yet […]

CANCELLED Cancelled due to Ill-Health "The Black Country Miners. A Struggle for Justice 1850-1926" The talk examines why Black Country miners suffered the highest death rate in the British coal industry. It also follows the attempts by the region's miners to secure better pay and conditions as well as examining the experiences of many individual […]

"Titanic - The Midlands Connections" The Speaker - Andrew Lound Andrew has been presenting public lectures and staging exhibitions for nearly 50 years and has participated in thousands of events. He regularly tours the UK with his Odyssey Dramatic Presentations® and Lectures® being invited back time and again due to popular demand, and now presents […]

Talk - The Rise and Fall of Worcestershire's Witley Court A Royal Palace created by the Earls of Dudley before its untimely demise. Witley Court was once one of the great country houses of England. An impressive early 17th-century mansion here was transformed in three remodellings: twice by the Foley family in the 18th century […]

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)   The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars.     The Talk […]

Afternoon Visit to Kates Hill Church (St John's)   If you would like join us please email p.burkitt@mid-anc.uk. Please respond by the end of June     St. John's Church was built at the same time (1838-1840) as its sister church, St. James’s at Eve Hill. The two churches were constructed to a similar design […]

Stourbridge Group - Research Day   Open to Members and Non Members of Midland Ancestors.    We have access to the following sites Ancestry - excellent for building a family tree FindMyPast - super search engine for UK records Fold3 - military records, especially American and British Britishnewspapersarchive.co.uk - now have over 94million pages of […]

"Over by Christmas?" Black Country Civilians and the outbreak of the Great War.   This illustrated presentation examines the civilian reaction to the outbreak of the Great War in the Black Country.  Was it ‘business as usual’ on the Home Front, or did war hysteria sweep across the region?  Did the war bring out the […]

Stourbridge and the Black Country Group - Early 20th. Century Family and Social History Research Presenter – Stephen Dyer The 1920s & 1930s was an era of defining events that would change the course of many families for decades to come, leading up to the 1921 Census which was released in January 2022. Stephen's talk […]

Weighing the World - The Story of W&T Avery Ltd Speaker: Andrew Lound   The name Avery is synonymous with weighing, and quality. The firm’s roots date back to 1728 although the name ’Avery’ doesn’t go over the shop until 1817. A family business that grew from strength to strength guided by some of the […]