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Stourbridge Meetings
Stourbridge: Four Yorkshire Lassies and a Lad
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomAnne Clarks experiences on BBC’s Flog It. Stories of Anne's great-grandmother and her siblings from Hull in the Victorian era to 1960 and a quick guide to interesting places in Hull […]
Stourbridge: Something Old Something New – by Ourselves
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomA Social Evening by the Members A social evening where members can bring in family wedding photos and memorabilia for perusal and discussion. Members are asked to bring photographs memorabilia, artefacts and […]
Stourbridge: AGM Followed by ‘All Gas and Gaiters’
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomAll Gas and Gaiters Caroline Haycock, parishioner at St. Thomas’, will tell us about the priests who made the church what it is today. This is the church in Market […]
Stourbridge: The Early History of the Black Country
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomThe Early History of the Black Country This talk by local historian Pat Green, covers the whole of England and its effect on the Black Country by national events, starting […]
Stourbridge: ‘King’ of the Desert
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom'King' of the Desert The adventurous exploits of William Joseph Harding King (1869-1933) of Pedmore and Wollescote Hall. Our own Jean Weston will tell us all. Do please note […]
Stourbridge: King John – The Worst King but the Greatest Legacy
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomMax Keen is our speaker for this evening. Max says “ a snarling, scheming, spineless, cruel, ruthless taxman, womaniser and tyrannical King. Is there anything good to say about the […]
Stourbridge: Group Visit – Coffin Works and Pen Museum
Coffin Works 13-15 Fleet Street, Birmingham, United KingdomGroup visit to the Coffin Works and Pen Museum in Birmingham. Refreshments upon arrival at the Coffin Works, followed by an introductory talk and tour. For lunch we will adjourn […]
Stourbridge: Group Visit – Church of St. Edmund, Dudley
A Tour conducted by Jon Harcourt, church historian. Known locally as Bottom Church with dedication to St Edmund, King and Martyr, the church is in Castle Street Dudley. St. Edmund […]
Stourbridge: Identifying Old Photographs
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United KingdomOld Photographs and their identification and dating A presentation by Tom Doig. Tom will not consider the technical processes used in production of photographs but rather use the clues offered […]
Stourbridge: Group Visit – Wolverhampton Archives
Wolverhampton Archives Molineux House, Whitmore Hill, WolverhamptonA Guided Tour of Wolverhampton Archives with a talk by Penny Smith - ‘The Thorneycroft Family Scrapbook’ Wolverhampton Archives is the former home of Benjamin Molineux, a wealthy local banker and […]
Stourbridge: Getting Rid of the Stink
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom‘Getting Rid of the Stink’ A presentation by Dr. Mike Haynes. Emeritus professor Mike, discusses with some humour, how the introduction of clean water helped rid us of some unpleasant diseases so […]
Stourbridge: How I record My Family Tree
Stourbridge St. Peter's Church Hall, Pedmore, West Midlands, United Kingdom‘How I record My Family Tree’ by Ourselves A social evening where Members are asked to bring in their family trees and charts, family albums etc. to showcase their work. […]