Willenhall History Society Willenhall History Society
Meetings
| Meetings take place at Willenhall Community and Youth Foundation, Gomer Street at 7.30pm on the second Tuesday each month unless otherwise notified. | |
| 2008 | |
| May 13th | David Pullar - John Kilvert, survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade |
| June 10th | Chris Upton – Tudor Wolverhampton |
| July 8th | Len Crane – Steam engines | August 12th | Walk around Willenhall |
| September 9th | Carol Gosling – A Journey through Moseley Old Hall | October 14th | Dianne Mannering – John Dudley and the nine days Queen |
| November 11th | Maureen Hunt - Thomas Bratt, the "Portobello Poet" |
| December 9th | Christmas Party |
| PREVIOUSLY AT WILLENHALL HISTORY SOCIETY | |
| 2008 | |
| January 8th | meeting abandoned due to power cuts - Carol Gosling's talk now in September |
| February 12th | John Boynton – Tramways old and new |
| March 11th | Annual General Meeting |
| April 8th | John Hughes – Trolleybuses |
| 2007 | |
| January 9th | Clive Smith - Bellringing and Restoration |
| February 13th | Stuart Williams - On the Trail of Tolkien |
| March 13th | Annual General Meeting |
| April 17th | Memories of Willenhall. Bring your photos and memories |
| May 8th | Mary Bodfish - Beer, Bets and Bull Baiting |
| June 12th | Ernest Howells - History of the Brass Band |
| July 10th | Willenhall Walk |
| Saturday August 4th | Trip to Castle Howard - more details later |
| August 14th | Alan R. Peace - Himley Hall, Past, Present and Future |
| September 11th | All our Yesterdays - bring your photos and memories of Willenhall |
| October 9th | Chris Upton - Workhouses |
| November 13th | Roy Stallard - Royal Hospital and Eye Infirmary |
| December 11th | Christmas party |
| 2006 | |
| January 10th | Trevor Antill - Charles II route - The Monarch's Way Part 3 |
| February 14th | James Roberts - The Brand Builders - the story or Selacough sweets |
| March 14th | Annual General Meeting |
| April 11th | Ruth Vyse - Sister Dora |
| May 9th | Heather Lomax - Jane Lane in context |
| June 13th | Chris Upton - Living Back to Back |
| July 11th | Willenhall Walk - Railways of Willenhall. Meet at 7 pm. | Saturday August 5th | Visit to Blenheim |
| August 8th | Paul Ford - Queens - a coin talk. |
| September 12th | Mike Glasson - Made in Walsall |
| October 10th | All our Yesterdays - bring your photos and memories of Willenhall |
| November 14th | Ned Williams - Banners |
| MONDAY December 11th | Christmas Party |
| 2005 | |
| January 11th | Trevor Antill - Charles II route through the Cotswolds - The Monarch's Way Part 2 |
| February 8th | Patricia Boyd - Upstairs, Downstairs |
| March 8th | Annual General Meeting |
| April 12th | Alan L. Rogers - The History of South Staffs Water |
| May 10th | Tim Corbett - Now for Something Completely Different |
| June 14th | Ned Williams - Black Country Chapels |
| July 12th | Willenhall Walk |
| August 9th | Our Town Willenhall |
| August | Visit - to be arranged |
| September 13th | Richard Rhodes - Auctioneering |
| October 11th | Mary Bodfish - The Singularities of Bodfish |
| November 8th | Mark Dabbs - Cholera Epidemic of Willenhall |
| December 13th | Christmas + |
| 2004 | |
| January 13th | Trevor Antill - Charles II route through the Midlands in the 1650s - The Monarch's Way |
| February 10th | Graham Tarbuck - The Cinema Entertains |
| March 9th | Annual General Meeting |
| April 6th | Peter Manners - Local and Family History and Salt Lake City |
| May 11th | Lesley Vasey - Family History Talk |
| June 8th | Alan Rose - Midland pub signs |
| July 13th | Willenhall Walk |
| August 10th | Visit - to be arranged |
| September 14th | Peter Knowles - Willenhall Maps |
| October 12th | Arthur Aston - The First Flyers - The Wright Brothers at Kittyhawk |
| November 9th | Michael Taylor - Research Gems of a Black Country Novelist |
| December 14th | Christmas + |
| 2003 | |
| January 14th | Roger Knowles - Original Documents for Research |
| February 11th | The Black Country Museum History - How it all Began |
| March 11th | Annual General Meeting |
| April 8th | Lesley Vasey - Willenhall Locks and Lassies |
| May 13th | Arthur Aston - James Watt and the Steam Engine |
| June 10th | Dr. Pamela Sambrook - Children and Childhood in 19th Century Staffordshire |
| July 8th | Willenhall Walk |
| August 12th | Visit to Whittington Barracks |
| September 9th | Meeting cancelled due to temporary closure of meeting hall. The talk by Ken Kempson - Kempsons in Willenhall 1800 to 1939 will be rescheduled |
| October 14th | Philip Solomon - Black Country Ways |
| November 11th | H. Richard Rhodes - Memories |
| December 9th | Christmas Party with Harry Harrison - Black Country Comedy |
| 2002 | |
| January 8th | Inspector Barry Thorndyke - Willenhall Police |
| February 12th | Stuart Williams - Local History and the Internet |
| March 12th | Annual General Meeting |
| April 9th | Andy Lound - Astronomy |
| May 14th | Arthur Aston - Some Iniquities of the Butty System |
| June 11th | Visit to Bantock House, Wolverhampton |
| July 9th | A walk around the Willenhall Town Trail |
| August 13th | Geoff Sorrell - Surnames and their origins |
| September 10th | |
| October 8th | Ned Williams - Theatres in the Black Country |
| November 12th | Peter Owen - History of the Midland Bank, Willenhall |
| December 10th | Christmas Party |
| 2001 | |
| January 9th | David Bathurst - Walsall Markets |
| February 13th | Geoff Marsh - Cathedral Construction |
| March 13th | Annual General Meeting |
| April 10th | Cath Yates - Tithe Maps |
| May 8th | Andy Lound - Titanic, return of a dream |
| Wednesday June 13th | Carl Chinn - Admission by ticket only. Tickets £3.00 available from April 10th. At Park Community Centre (Portobello School) |
| July 10th | A Walk in the park - meet at the Bandstand, Willenhall Memorial Park 7.00pm |
| August 14th | Steve Powell - Caves and subterranea |
| September 11th | Richard H Tildesley - Tildesley's and the town of Willenhall |
| October 9th | Brian Rollins - Coalmining in Brownhills, Walsall Wood and Aldridge |
| November 13th | John Boynton - Railways past and present |
| December 11th | Christmas Party |
| 2000 | |
| January 11th | Pat Boyd - Upstairs, Downstairs |
| February 8th | Derek Benbow - Heraldry |
| March 14th | Annual General Meeting |
| April 11th | Margaret Hyman - Greetings from the past |
| May 9th | Dan Roberts - Chief Conservation Officer |
| June 13th | Trip to Highgate Brewery |
| July 11th | A walk around Willenhall - Go west young man. |
| August 8th | David Nicholls (Millers of Wolverhampton) - All that Glitters |