What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
Wolverhampton Meetings
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Wolverhampton: Dudley’s Graveyards and Curiosities
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomJoin us for 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 […]
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Wolverhampton: Human Archeology and are you really who you think you are?
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomCHANGE TO ORIGINAL PLANNED MEETING We now have a talk from one of our own group members, Joy Petit-Gittos, entitled Human Archeology and are you really who you think you […]
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Wolverhampton: West Midlands Police Museum History and Archives
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomTonight our presentation is given by Corrine Brazier who you may have seen on Jay Blades History of the Black Country when she shared information about criminals in Birmingham. This […]
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Wolverhampton: Clive of India
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomRobert Clive was born near Market Drayton in 1725 and has been widely credited for laying the foundation of the British East India Company (EIC). Clive's actions on behalf of […]
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Wolverhampton: 12 Days of Christmas again!
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomThis is the last meeting of 2024 for the Wolverhampton group so will have a Christmas theme with seasonal nibbles (bring your own soft drink - it will not be […]
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Wolverhampton: Guidance from The Wise Woman!
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomJoin us for a talk on the naughtier side of Tudor and Medieval life, looking at sexual attitudes and beliefs, by the Wise Woman in full costume. Funny but graphic […]
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Wolverhampton: Members Evening
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomWe invite members of the 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 […]
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Wolverhampton: John Wilkinson – part one
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomJohn "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson was an English industrialist who pioneered the manufacture of cast iron and the use of cast-iron goods during the Industrial Revolution. John Wilkinson started life inauspiciously in […]
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Wolverhampton: The Story of Carribee Island
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomIn Victorian times Carribee Island was a notorious part of Wolverhampton, home to the city's Irish migrants. The neighbourhood was stigmatized as a problem space using public health language that […]
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Wolverhampton: John Wilkinson – part two
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomJoin us for this, the second part of a presentation from March 2025, about John “Iron-Mad” Wilkinson by Richard Sells The adult Wilkinson was involved from the start in the […]
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Wolverhampton: Members Evening
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomA 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 […]
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Wolverhampton: “Let may fate a warning be”
Wolverhampton The Terry Harding Room, Perton Civic Centre, Church Road, Perton,, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United KingdomFatal 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 […]