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Programme of meetings 2006/07

7 September 2006      “The History of Glass Making in Stourbridge and the Black Country”  
                                      by Ron Moss  

5 October 2006          “Up Offmoor Lane to Clent”  
                                      by Norman Jones 

2 November 2006       “Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?”  
                                      by Joyce Coley   

7 December 2006      “Christmas Past and Present”  
                                      by Patricia Boyd  

1 February 2007        “The Monarch's Way - Part 3”  
                                      by Trevor Anthill    

1 March 2007            “The History of the Birmingham Pen Trade”  
                                      by Brian Jones

5 April 2007                “Sauce, Tea and Custard”  
                                      by Kenneth Hughes 

3 May 2007                The Annual General Meeting  

7 June 2007              “The Greeks Have a Word For It!”  
                                      by Ron Woodall                                                                                                                                                                                                                  


Programme of meetings 2005/06


1 September 2005      “Water to Birmingham”  
                                      by Ken Godfrey  

6 October 2005          “The Black Country's Industrial Heritage”  
                                      by Dr Paul Collins                                    

3 November 2005       “Is Halesowen in the Black Country?”  
                                      by John Billingham   

1 December 2005       Christmas Miscellany 

2 February 2006        “The Monarch's Way - Part 2”  
                                      by Trevor Anthill    

2 March 2006            “Upstairs Downstairs”  
                                      by Patricia Boyd

6 April 2006                “The Survival of Black Country Villages”  
                                      by Trevor Genge  

4 May 2006               The Annual General Meeting  

1 June 2006              “Halas - What's in a Name?” 
                                      by Ron Woodall                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  


Programme of meetings 2004/05 


2 June 2005              “Nails and Nail Making”  
                                      by Ron Moss  

5 May 2005                The Annual General Meeting  

7 April 2005              “My Childhood on The Green”  
                                      by Ron Woodall   

3 March 2005            “History and Coin Production at Birmingham Mint”  
                                      by David Donovan 

3 February 2005        “Dudley Canal Trust - The First 40 Years”  
                                      by Vic Smallshire     

2 December 2004        Christmas Miscellany  

4 November 2004       “Our Stour”  
                                      by John Billingham  

7 October 2004          “The Cadburys and Bournville”  
                                      by Kenneth Hughes  

2 September 2004     “The Most Important Industry in the World” 
                                      by John Cooksey                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     


Programme of meetings 2003/04 


3 June 2004              “A glass of clean water”  
                                      by Trevor Genge  

6 May 2004                The Annual General Meeting  

1 April 2004              “The River Wye – Part 2”  
                                      by Brian Draper                                                      

4 March 2004            “Francis Brett Young’s Tilton”  
                                      by Michael Hall                                                      

5 February 2004        “The development of the Black Country Museum”  
                                      by Ron Moss                                                      

4 December 2003        Christmas Miscellany  

6 November 2003       “Searching for the Bromsgrove Guild”  
                                      by Quintin Watt                                                     

2 October 2003          “Growing up in a Black Country village”  
                                      by Terry Church                                                    

4 September 2003     “Some Lunatics and the Revolution” 
                                      by Ken Brookes