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  • Wolverhampton: Members Evening

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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    A surprise as details are yet to be decided - it may be a continuation of our February meeting or something else - maybe a talk, so please check back nearer the time for further details.  Rest assured, there will be something of interest for family historians!   Doors open at 7.15 p.m. for a […]

  • Wolverhampton: “Let may fate a warning be”

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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    Fatal Transport Accidents in the West Midlands, 1820s - 1920s. A illustrated presentation which deals with curious accidents that involved the region's stage coaches, canals, railways and trams.  How and why these shocking events happened and who was to blame. Join us for a fascinating presentation by Quintin Watt.   Doors open at 7.15 p.m. […]

  • Wolverhampton: Sir William Marshall – England’s Greatest Knight

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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    Sir William was an Anglo-Norman soldier and stateman during the Middle Ages who served five English Plantagenet kings - Henry II, his son and co-ruler Young Henry, Richard I, John and Henry III.  This will be Max, in costume, entertaining us with his lively and amusing presentation style. Our presenter, Max Keen, will be in […]

  • Wolverhampton: A Christmas Themed Meeting

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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    Join the Wolverhampton group for their last meeting of 2025.  For the last three years we have enjoyed looking at "12 Days of Christmas" or a presentation about 12 different FREE websites that may aid new discoveries in our research over the holiday season. Will it be "Yet Another 12 Days" or something else!   Please […]

  • Wolverhampton: Longest Way Up and Shortest Way Down

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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    Join us for the first meeting in 2026 of the Wolverhampton Group for a look at life in the Mounted Police by an experienced officer, Stephen Gwilt, with first-hand experience of the role. The doors open at 7.15 p.m. for a 7.30 p.m. meeting start.  There is plenty of FREE parking at our venue and […]

  • Wolverhampton: Members Evening

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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    We invite members of the Wolverhampton group to consider sharing details of their own research.  You may like to tell the group about your discoveries whether this is your own family history or a topic or theme you have researched.  No-one is expected to speak for longer than they feel comfortable with however we do […]

  • Wolverhampton: War As Seen Through Artists and Poets

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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    Tonight's presenter, Craig Denston, will be visiting Wolverhampton group again to share with us his research into the various Artists and Poets who have been influenced by their experiences to express themselves through their works.  Join us to hear more. Doors open at 7.15 p.m. for a 7.30 p.m. meeting start.  Plenty of FREE parking […]

  • Wolverhampton: The Forgotten Staffordshire Workhouse

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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    In Victorian England, the question haunted every parish: what should be done with the poor? The answer, in 1834, was the workhouse — a place meant to provide food, shelter, and discipline… but remembered today for something far darker. Hidden among the lanes of Trysull, the Seisdon Union Workhouse served the surrounding villages — from […]

  • Wolverhampton: The Extraordinary Story of Sabrina Sidney

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    Sabrina was at the bottom of the eighteenth-century pile; female, abandoned and illegitimate.  But then she was found chosen from one of the Thomas Coram Foundling Hospitals to become an Apprentice Wife: the subject of a unique experiment in education and matrimony undertaken by a gentleman named Thomas Day. Friend to some of the men […]

  • Wolverhampton: Members Evening

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    Join us for a Members Evening - at the moment we have not decided if it will be group members sharing details of their research or maybe a presentation about an unusual record set: the content of the evening will be determined by the group nearer to the event. If you have any ideas for […]

  • Wolverhampton: Tales from the Coroner’s Casebook – Life and Death in Georgian South Staffordshire and the Black Country. Part 1: 1801 – 1826

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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    This presentation examines the cases of unexplained deaths, presided over by Henry Smith Esq. - Coroner of the County of Stafford - between 1801 and 1842.  These include accidents, manslaughter, murders, suicides and 'visitations of God'.  Join Coroner Smith's Jury and re-consider some of the cases he dealt with during the first part of his […]

  • Wolverhampton: The Eccentric Dr Butter

    Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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    Join us to hear Cannock Museum's volunteer and historical researcher for an informative talk and presentation along with items from the museum collections.  Dr. Butter, a well known local figure, kept a menagerie of animals and could be seen out and about around Cannock and Hednesford in his zebra drawn trap.  Find out what fate […]