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Programme of meetings 2008/09 

4 September 2008      “Clay Tobacco Pipe Makers of Broseley”  
                                     by Rex Key  

2 October 2008           “The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal”  
                                      by Alan Smith 

6 November 2008       “A Journey From Old Hill to Dudley in Days Gone By”  
                                      by John Billingham   

4 December 2008        “Bournville Carillon and its Association with People and Places”  
                                      by Arthur Casey  

5 February 2009         “Beer, Bets and Bull Baiting - Working Class Pastimes in the 19th Century”  
                                      by Mary Bodfish    

5 March 2009              “Restoring a Water Mill”  
                                      by Tim Booth

2 April 2009                “Madeleine Carroll - 39 Steps to Stardom”  
                                      by Terry Price 

7 May 2009                 The Annual General Meeting  

4 June 2009              “The Kinver Light Railway”  
                                     by Dr Paul Collins                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Programme of meetings 2007/08 

6 September 2007      “Canals and their Architecture”  
                                     by Don Shipman  

4 October 2007           “The River Avon”  
                                      by Brian Draper 

1 November 2007       “William Shenstone: A Man of his Time?”  
                                      by John Billingham   

6 December 2007        “Christmas Day in the Workhouse”  
                                      by Trevor Genge  

7 February 2008         “History on the Wall”  
                                      by Keith Hodgkins    

6 March 2008              “We Will Entertain You”  
                                      by Ned Williams

3 April 2008                “The Development of Water Mills in the West Midlands”  
                                      by Tim Booth 

1 May 2008                 The Annual General Meeting  

5 June 2008              “The History of Milestones and their Preservation”  
                                     by Terry Keegan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

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