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Staffordshire
Heritage Group Events Diary
Staffordshire Heritage
Group is an umbrella organisation for local societies interested
in various aspects of our local heritage. It meets regularly to
interchange ideas and information and sponsors joint events which
are normally beyond the individual groups, such as lectures, seminars
and visits.
Visit the web site for the full diary of events: www.sbhg.org.uk/diary
October
Tuesday 21 October
Lichfield
Civic Society,
The History And Future Of The Mercian Regiment.
Speaker Colonel Stephen Ashworth. MEETINGS
COMMENCE AT 7.45 PM AT ST MARY’S CENTRE, MARKET SQUARE, LICHFIELD.
www.lichfieldcivicsociety.org.uk
November
Thursday
6th November. Stafford Historical and Civic Society. Stafford members
of Parliament, speaker Peter Shilston. All winter meeting
will be held on Thursdays at 7:30pm at the Chetwynd Centre, Newport
Road, Stafford, ST17 2HE. This is the former King Edward VI Grammar
School building. The vehicle entrance is in Friars Terrace, and
there is a pedestrian entrance on the Newport road. Free car parking
is available at the centre. Visitors are welcome; there is a charge
of £2:00 per person. Contact 01785 255552 Email willaim.read@dunelm.org.uk
Saturday
8th November WEST MIDLANDS CRIME & POLICING HISTORY DAY This
event, co-organised by the Black Country Society and Keele University,
will be held at the newly built Claus Moser Centre in the beautiful
grounds of Keele University, Staffordshire. The cost is only £10,
to include lunch and all refreshments.
FREE COACH TRAVEL from Dudley will be available for Black Country
Society members only to and from the venue.* The Crime & Policing
History Day will begin at 10.30am (finish 4.15pm) and will feature
expert speakers on topics including the history of the Wolverhampton
Police, forensic investigations of murder cases in Staffordshire,
habitual criminal offenders in the late nineteenth century, and
the more recent history of the West Midlands Police. The event is
designed for anyone interested in the history of the West Midlands
and surrounding area, and no background knowledge is assumed.
Advance booking is essential as numbers are limited: please contact
Dr David. J. Cox, 8 Watery Lane, Wordsley, Stourbridge, West Midlands
DY8 5SH. Tel. 01384 76631 by Saturday 18 October 2008 for further
details.
*PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, THE FREE COACH SERVICE
IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO BLACK COUNTRY SOCIETY MEMBERS. Anyone else
(including BCS members not wishing to travel by coach) is welcome
to book their ticket(s) and then make their own way to the event,
where there will be ample free parking, or alternatively travel
by rail to the nearby train station at Stoke-on-Trent (a taxi-ride
would be required between station and university - journey time
approximately 15 minutes).
Why not therefore take advantage of our special introductory offer
of £6.00 for first year of membership of the Black Country Society
(normally £12.50)? Membership brings 4 copies of The Blackcountryman,
the quarterly 84-page magazine of the Black Country Society, delivered
to your door, special rates on other publications, talks/slideshows
at various venues throughout the Black Country and a programme of
Summer Walks and Excursions. To join, please send your name, address,
postcode, telephone number and email address (if available), together
with a cheque for £6.50 made payable to 'The Black Country Society'
to The Membership Secretary, The Black Country Society, 25 Foxhills
Park, Netherton, Dudley DY2 0JQ.
Wednesday 12th November Walsall Family Histroy
Group Anual General Meeting. Visitors
and beginners welcome, visitors charge £1:00. Venue:- St Matthews
Community Centre, St mathews Close, Walsall, West Midlands. WS1
SDG, commencing at 7:30. p. m. until 10.p.m. All enquiries and correspondence
to the secretary:- Mrs Beryl Knowles, 31 Bloxwich Road North, Short
Heath, Willenhall, West Midlands. WV12 5PG Telephone No :- ( 01922
) 404678
Tuesday
18th November Lichfield
Civic Society,
Staffordshire Turnpike Roads And Milestones.
Speaker John Higgins Staffordshire Co-ordinator for The Milestone
Society. MEETINGS
COMMENCE AT 7.45 PM AT ST MARY’S CENTRE, MARKET SQUARE, LICHFIELD.
www.lichfieldcivicsociety.org.uk
Wednesday19th
November The
Landor Society Sneydlands 7.30 pm
Gemma Oakley, from The Staffordshire Arts and Museum Service will
describe the lives of servants touching on how they celebrated Christmas
Friday
21st November, People around the Market Square by Roy Lewis.
Roy will be talking about the people who feature in the
latest in a series of really interesting books on our county town.
Lectures will take place at St. Bertelin,s Church, Holmcroft Road,
Stafford.
Commencing at 7:30 p.m. visitors welcome at £2.00 per head,
coffee and biscuits will be served free of charge after the lecture.
December
Thursday 4th December. Stafford Historical
and Civic Society. Christmas Evening & Mystery Objects,
speaker from the County Museum. All winter meeting will be held
on Thursdays at 7:30pm at the Chetwynd Centre, Newport Road, Stafford,
ST17 2HE. This is the former King Edward VI Grammar School building.
The vehicle entrance is in Friars Terrace, and there is a pedestrian
entrance on the Newport road. Free car parking is available at the
centre. Visitors are welcome; there is a charge of £2:00 per
person. Contact 01785 255552 Email willaim.read@dunelm.org.uk
Wednesday
10th December Walsall Family Histrot Group Christmas Meeeting and
Members Evening.
Visitors and beginners welcome, visitors charge £1:00.
Venue:- St Matthews Community Centre, St mathews Close, Walsall,
West Midlands. WS1 SDG, commencing at 7:30. p. m. until 10.p.m.
All enquiries and correspondence to the secretary:- Mrs Beryl Knowles,
31 Bloxwich Road North, Short Heath, Willenhall, West Midlands.
WV12 5PG Telephone No :- ( 01922 ) 404678
Thursday 18th December Lichfield
Civic Society,
The Story Of Lichfield And District Hospitals. Lichfield
Hospitals History Group.
MEETINGS
COMMENCE AT 7.45 PM AT ST MARY’S CENTRE, MARKET SQUARE, LICHFIELD.
www.lichfieldcivicsociety.org.uk
Friday
19th December, The Birmingham Pals, Christmas in the Trenches.
Keeping the Great War theme going is a different way to
celebrate Christmas. Dare we offer bully beef and HP sauce? Will
tinned fruit be seen as a real treat? Come along and see! Lectures
will take place at St. Bertelin,s Church, Holmcroft Road, Stafford.
Commencing at 7:30 p.m. visitors welcome at £2.00 per head,
coffee and biscuits will be served free of charge after the lecture.
2009
January
Thursday
8th January. Stafford Historical and Civic Society. The Restoration
of the 17th century Fleece Inn, Speaker Bob Meeson. All
winter meeting will be held on Thursdays at 7:30pm at the Chetwynd
Centre, Newport Road, Stafford, ST17 2HE. This is the former King
Edward VI Grammar School building. The vehicle entrance is in Friars
Terrace, and there is a pedestrian entrance on the Newport road.
Free car parking is available at the centre. Visitors are welcome;
there is a charge of £2:00 per person. Contact 01785 255552
Email willaim.read@dunelm.org.uk
Friday
16th January, Restoring the Wren Church at Ingestre, by Bob Meeson.
Death watch beetle was a real threat to the Wren Church
a small but important part of the former seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury.
Lectures will take place at St. Bertelin,s Church, Holmcroft Road,
Stafford. Commencing at 7:30 p.m. visitors welcome at £2.00
per head, coffee and biscuits will be served free of charge after
the lecture
February
Thursday 5th February. Stafford Historical
and Civic Society. The causes of the English Civil War, Speaker
Ann Hughes. All winter meeting will be held on Thursdays at 7:30pm
at the Chetwynd Centre, Newport Road, Stafford, ST17 2HE. This is
the former King Edward VI Grammar School building. The vehicle entrance
is in Friars Terrace, and there is a pedestrian entrance on the
Newport road. Free car parking is available at the centre. Visitors
are welcome; there is a charge of £2:00 per person. Contact
01785 255552 Email willaim.read@dunelm.org.uk
Wednesday
18th February The Landor Society Sneydlands 7:30pm
The Iron Industry of Rising Brook
society member, Roger Francis, will talk on the Iron industry that,
many years ago, existed in the area.
Friday
20th February, The Stafford Excavations’ 1975-1985, By Professor
Martin Carver of York University. Talks on the many excavations
that took place in Stafford in the golden decade for archaeology.
Lectures will take place at St. Bertelin,s Church, Holmcroft Road,
Stafford. Commencing at 7:30 p.m. visitors welcome at £2.00
per head, coffee and biscuits will be served free of charge after
the lecture
March
Wednesday
18th March The Landor Society Sneydlands 7:30PM Workhouses;
Dr Chris Upton, will talk about his research on the subject of workhouses
with reference to the one that once existed in Rugeley.
Friday 20th March, A day at the races-chariot sport in antiquity,
By Dr Andrew Fear of Manchester University. Chariot racing
was the ancient world’s most popular “sport “.
This talk looks at the genesis of racing in the late Roman period.
Lectures will take place at St. Bertelin,s Church, Holmcroft Road,
Stafford. Commencing at 7:30 p.m. visitors welcome at £2.00
per head, coffee and biscuits will be served free of charge after
the lecture.
April
Thursday
2nd April. Stafford Historical and Civic Society. Matthew Boulton,
speaker Dr Malcolm Dick. All winter meeting will be held
on Thursdays at 7:30pm at the Chetwynd Centre, Newport Road, Stafford,
ST17 2HE. This is the former King Edward VI Grammar School building.
The vehicle entrance is in Friars Terrace, and there is a pedestrian
entrance on the Newport road. Free car parking is available at the
centre. Visitors are welcome; there is a charge of £2:00 per
person. Contact 01785 255552 Email willaim.read@dunelm.org.uk
Wednesday
15th April The Landor Society Sneydlands 7:3 pm Roman Villa at Acton
Trussell: The excavations of the Roman Villa undertaken
at Acton Trussell will be the subject of speaker, Tony Habberley,
with the possibility of the society visiting the site as part of
the summer outings.
Friday 17th April, A general outlook of archaeology in Staffordshire
by Steve Dean. Steve Dean will be updating us on key projects
such as the Staffordshire Farm Survey. Buildings are being lost
because modern farming techniques have out grown them and farm conversions
are also having an impact. Further details of the Lichfield investigation
will be available as well.Lectures will take place at St. Bertelin,s
Church, Holmcroft Road, Stafford. Commencing at 7:30 p.m. visitors
welcome at £2.00 per head, coffee and biscuits will be served
free of charge after the lecture
Thursday 23rd April. Stafford Historical and Civic Society. AGM
and Stafford for Staffordians, Speaker Joan Anslow. All
winter meeting will be held on Thursdays at 7:30pm at the Chetwynd
Centre, Newport Road, Stafford, ST17 2HE. This is the former King
Edward VI Grammar School building. The vehicle entrance is in Friars
Terrace, and there is a pedestrian entrance on the Newport road.
Free car parking is available at the centre. Visitors are welcome;
there is a charge of £2:00 per person. Contact 01785 255552
Email willaim.read@dunelm.org.uk
May
Thursday 21st May. Stafford Historical
and Civic Society. Society Lunch,
3 courses, 24 places available. Venue Earls Restaurant, Stafford
College. Contact 01785 255552 Email willaim.read@dunelm.org.uk
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The Museum of Cannock Chase
is pleased to welcome back local artist Pete Mason with
an exhibition of stamp images, Post Pop Art Too!
Pete is a painter and illustrator who has developed his work through
Pop Art and Graphics. Most recently Pete has been recycling postage
stamps into celebrity portraits, some of which use up to 20,000 stamps.
Pete buys most of his used stamps off paper from a dealer. A part
time teacher of art at local Kingsmead Technology College he gets
many of his stamps supplemented by pupils, parents and the local community.
By choosing the ordinary everyday objects of postage stamps and placing
them so that their usual significance becomes obscure enables the
audience to see 'Art' with new eyes. In this case he takes ordinary
things and combines them in extraordinary ways.
The exhibition includes Whaam! a tribute to Roy Lichtenstein and a
further tribute to Bridget Riley as an optical illusion. All other
works are portraits and include Simon Cowell, Princess Diana, Winston
Churchill and Gordon Brown as larger designs using between 15 and
20000 stamps. A number of smaller canvases have been included with
portraits of Terry Wogan, Nelson Mandella, Margaret Thatcher and Madeleine
McCann. These smaller works have used between 2500 and 3500 stamps.
More information regarding the work can be found on the websitewww.thepostpopartman.co.uk
The exhibition opens on 20th October and finishes on 14th November.
The Museum is open Monday to Friday from 11am to 4pm with last admission
at 3.30.
For further information or to arrange a photograph
please call Leon on 01543 877666.
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