THE BLACK COUNTRY MEMORIES CLUB

Welcome to our home page.  Please click on any of the links below.

ABOUT THE CLUB:  what we do and how to join us

OUR MEMORIES:  people's stories about Black Country life

MEMORIES OF INDUSTRY:  stories and histories about local industry

A memory of Jim Speakman, a leading light of the Club.

MEMORIES OF OUR MEETINGS:

February 2001
May 2001
August 2001
November 2001
May 2002 - the Carnival Queens
September 2002 - Made in Bilston
December 2002
February 2003
May 2003 - the Tenants' Charter
Our display at St. Leonard's - July 2003
September 2003 - Sport and Recreation
November 2003 - St. Leonard's
April 2004 -Springtime in Bilston
June 2004 - D-Day and World War 2
September 2004 - Remembering Oxford Street
November 2004 - Christmas Party
February 2005 - AGM and Tom Larkin's Newtown
May 2005 - Remembering VE Day
October 2005 - Autumn in Bilston
December 2005 - Christmas Party
February 2006 - Annual General Meeting
May 2006 - Health in Bilston
August 2006 - Fish and Chips Street Party
November 2006 - Bilston: a town of its own
December 2006 - Christmas Party
February 2007 - AGM and Tea Party
May 2007 - Entertaining Bilston
August 2007 - Holidays and Outings
October 2007 - Street Names
December 2007 - Christmas Party
February 2008 - Annual General Meeting (report awaited)
April 2008 - Education in Bilston
July 2008 - Fish, Chips and Shops
December 2008 - Christmas Party
February 2009 - Annual General Meeting