2012 Events

Groups

Kingswinford Local History Group

Unless stated otherwise meetings are held at St. Mary's Church Centre, The Village, Kingswinford, DY6 8AY.

Usually on the third Wednesday of each month at 7.45pm. Visitors are very welcome.

For details contact .

Industrial Archaeology Group

In 2011, the IA Group held evening lectures at the Blowers Green Pumphouse (Headquarters of the Dudley Canal Trust), Peartree Lane, Dudley, DY2 0XP , the first Wednesday of each month commencing at 7.30pm. The 2012 programme will be announced shortly.

For details contact .

Black Country Geological Society

The BCGS run a programme of monthly lectures/talks from September to April , meeting in ​ Dudley Museum & Art Gallery, St. James's Road, Dudley, DY1 1HU, followed by a series of Field Trips to geological sites all over the Midlands. No qualifications are necessary to join - just a genuine interest. See the BCGS website for details.

Gordon Hensman
BCGS Chairman & Meetings Secretary.
gwjhensman@aol.com
01384 256423

Walks

Walks are restricted to members only to enable participants to hear the leader's commentary and maintain safety. Sensible footwear is advised. Every effort is made to ensure that the distance can be covered within a maximum of 2 hours, but every walk is different and each leader has his/her style of walking and talking. Please assemble where indicated, wet or fine at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. A-Z reference are from 3rd edition, other editions may differ.

The 2012 programme will be announced shortly.

David Galley
Walks Co-ordinator
01384 832157

Mushroom Green Chainshop

See the Industrial Heritage Stronghold website for details.

 

15Feb

The treatment of the wounded in local hospitals in World Wars I & II

Speaker: Roy Stallard, Hospital Historian

Wednesday 15th February 2012 at 7.45pm at ​St. Mary's Church Centre, The Village, Kingswinford, DY6 8AY

Ian is the Archaeologist for South Staffordshire, and presents his illustrated talk on this famous treasure. For details contact .

20Feb

Turning up the heat on Snowball Earth

Speaker: Professor Ian Fairchild, University of Birmingham

Monday 20th February 2012 at 8.00pm at ​Dudley Museum & Art Gallery, St. James's Road, Dudley, DY1 1HU

There is evidence to suggest that some past ice ages were so severe that they led to ice and snow cover reaching almost to the equator and covering the globe. This talk will look at these events and their possible causes, and will highlight current researches at the University of Birmingham (focussing on the island of Svalbard in Norway) which help us to reconstruct continental environments during extreme glaciations in the context of theories of extreme ice ages. See the BCGS website for details.

22Feb

Chain and nail making in the Black Country and the Bromsgrove connection

Speaker: Dr Malcolm Dixon

Wednesday 22 February 2012 at 7.30pm at ​The Black Country Living Museum, Tipton Road, Dudley, DY1 4SQ

An opportunity to consider these important industries and the everyday lives of the workers who toiled to make a living from them.

For details contact .

14Mar

Buildings in Kingswinford

Speaker: Andy Foster, architectural historian and contributor to the Pevsner Guides

Wednesday 14th March 2012 at 7.45pm at ​St. Mary's Church Centre, The Village, Kingswinford, DY6 8AY

For details contact .

28Mar

Newspapers as a source of local and family history

Speaker: Dr Colin Chapman

Wednesday 28 March 2012 at 7.30pm at ​The Black Country Living Museum, Tipton Road, Dudley, DY1 4SQ

Tips for local history researchers and fascinating articles contained in the local journals of a century ago.

For details contact .

Details of other events will be added as they are notified to us.

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