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  • Stourbridge Group – Research Day

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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    Open to Members and Non Members of Midland Ancestors.    We have access to the following sites Ancestry - excellent site 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 105 million pages of British newspapers. Newspapers.com - […]

  • Stourbridge Group – Curiosities of Dudley

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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    Curiosities of Dudley Speaker: Craig Denston   A talk about the curiosities & oddities wrapped up in Dudley's history, using dozens of images from a huge collection of engraved prints, postcards, photographs, maps and memorabilia from the town. Including the Castle and Castle Hill, the old town hall & market place, the fountain & many […]

  • Stourbridge Group – Winston Churchill – Escape from a Boer Prison Camp

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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    Winston Churchill - Escape from a Boer Prison Camp In November 1899 during the Second Boer War, a 25-year old Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was working as a war correspondent for the Morning Post. He was captured after Boers ambushed a British armoured train in South Africa and sent to a prisoner of war camp in […]

  • Stourbridge Group – Clive of India

    Wollaston Room Stourbridge Library, Stourbridge
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    Clive of India Speaker: Max Keen Robert Clive(29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774) At Madras, Clive was moody and quarrelsome; he attempted suicide and once fought a duel. He found solace in the governor’s library, where he virtually educated himself. Find out how he grew from tearaway youth to empire builder: the facts, figures, battles, […]

  • Stourbridge & Black Country Group – Wilful Murder? The Story of the Lusitania

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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    Wilful Murder? The Story of the Lusitania Speaker: Andrew Lound Warfare has always produced a number of horrendous incidents, but one remains as controversial today as it did in 1915 – the sinking of the crack Cunard liner ‘Lusitania’. In a dramatic presentation featuring music and visual effects Andrew traces the history of the ship, […]

  • Stourbridge & Black Country Group – The Legendary Lawrence of Arabia – Later Years and Enduring Legacy

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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    The Legendary Lawrence of Arabia - Later Years and Enduring Legacy   Thomas Edward (T.E) Lawrence Starting with a traumatic event in 1917 that profoundly altered his approach to war, this lecture traces Lawrence's path from his battlefield victories to his life post-World War I. Delving into the period from 1917 to 1935, it reveals […]

  • Stourbridge & Black Country Group

    Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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    Research Day