I am an artist working on Forging Links, a project based in Sandwell that aims to engage the young people of Sandwell with the area’s industrious past and present. I wonder if you would be interested in helping the project by publishing this request for information on your website? Or passing it on to anyone you think might be interested?
What are your memories of Sandwell’s famous factories?
Do you have a story to tell about them?
Did you work for Patent Shaft, GKN or Accles and Pollock, just to name a few?
We would like you to send us your personal stories about Sandwell’s industries, so they can be brought to life through Forging Links.
Forging Links is a project that hopes to engage the young people of Sandwell with the area’s industrious past and present. Over the next 12 months we will be working with local people and Sandwell Council’s Museum Service and Community History and Archive Service to uncover the secrets of Sandwell’s industrial past. All the stories and memories collected will be used to create a website and exhibition which aims to present the heritage to a new generation.
If you would like to share your stories please send them to Forging Links, Multistory, 1st Floor, Landchard House, Victoria Street, West Bromwich, B70 8HY, or e-mail forginglinks@hotmail.com.
Kind Regards
Katie Shipley
http://www.katieshipley.com/
http://www.listeningtoyoureyes.blogspot.com/
Monday 26 July 2010
Share the places you love at www.heartoflandscape.com
Everyone has their own special places – it might be a park or an area of countryside; an historic building or a modern development; it could be a place where you like to relax and unwind or socialise with friends. The interactive map on the Heart of Landscape website allows you to locate, share and celebrate your favourite places and landscapes in the Black Country.
Perhaps your landscape is a place you know well and have fond memories of; or maybe it’s a new place you’ve found that you want to tell others about.
The website will be open throughout June and July. Visit the website or listen to Beacon Radio for more information on the Heart of Landscape, including your chance to vote for your favourite place in the Black Country online during June. In July there will also be an Event Day at one of the landscapes on the map.
Whatever your favourite places might be, the Heart of Landscape website allows you to put them ‘on the map’ so that other people can learn about and enjoy them! You can also give your ideas for how they can be improved. All these ideas will be recorded and collected into a report on what makes the Black Country special.
http://www.heartoflandscape.com/
Perhaps your landscape is a place you know well and have fond memories of; or maybe it’s a new place you’ve found that you want to tell others about.
The website will be open throughout June and July. Visit the website or listen to Beacon Radio for more information on the Heart of Landscape, including your chance to vote for your favourite place in the Black Country online during June. In July there will also be an Event Day at one of the landscapes on the map.
Whatever your favourite places might be, the Heart of Landscape website allows you to put them ‘on the map’ so that other people can learn about and enjoy them! You can also give your ideas for how they can be improved. All these ideas will be recorded and collected into a report on what makes the Black Country special.
http://www.heartoflandscape.com/
Saturday 17 July 2010
Tales from a churchyard – local history coffee morning - Tipton Library
Tales from a churchyard – local history coffee morning Tipton Library
Tuesday 27th July 10.30am – 12.30
Tipton Library is pleased to announce the latest in its popular series of local history coffee mornings when local author and historian Chris Smith will be coming in to talk about his latest book ‘Tales from a Churchyard’ on Tuesday 27th July at 10.30
The book tells tales of the churchyard at St John’s Church, Kates Hill which boasts many famous inhabitants including William Perry, the Tipton Slasher.
There will be copies of the book on sale and there will be a special raffle in aid of the Save St John’s Church appeal to win a local history goody bag
Robert Hazel, library manager, said that the events are always well attended and we look forward to another interesting morning. The book is full of wonderful stories and it should be a very popular event.
The event is FREE admission by ADVANCE ticket and tickets can be obtained by calling the library on 0121 557 1796
For more details on the campaign contact Deb Brownlee on 0787 119 5042. For more details on the library please contact Robert on 07500 608746
Tuesday 27th July 10.30am – 12.30
Tipton Library is pleased to announce the latest in its popular series of local history coffee mornings when local author and historian Chris Smith will be coming in to talk about his latest book ‘Tales from a Churchyard’ on Tuesday 27th July at 10.30
The book tells tales of the churchyard at St John’s Church, Kates Hill which boasts many famous inhabitants including William Perry, the Tipton Slasher.
There will be copies of the book on sale and there will be a special raffle in aid of the Save St John’s Church appeal to win a local history goody bag
Robert Hazel, library manager, said that the events are always well attended and we look forward to another interesting morning. The book is full of wonderful stories and it should be a very popular event.
The event is FREE admission by ADVANCE ticket and tickets can be obtained by calling the library on 0121 557 1796
For more details on the campaign contact Deb Brownlee on 0787 119 5042. For more details on the library please contact Robert on 07500 608746
Sunday 4 July 2010
St John's Church Preservation Group news
Members of St John's Church Preservation Group aiming to save and restore St John's Church, Kates Hill are overjoyed following the news that a grant of £5000 from the Church Urban Fund has been approved which will go towards the cost of the essential feasibility study 'The Future For St John's Church', which engages specialist architects and community consultation experts to establish a sustainable future for the 170 year old Grade II listed building and includes assessing local demand for the church to be re-opened as an Anglican place of worship.
This means that grants totalling £12,000 have now been approved towards the initial appeal for £31,000 which was made up of £5000 for a new Lightning Conductor, £16,000 for waterproofing works and £10,000 for the feasibility study. The new grant means that Preservation Group funds formerly allocated to the feasibility study can now be used towards the waterproofing.
A grant of £5000 was recently approved by Dudley Council Central Dudley Area Committee for the Lightning Conductor, and a grant of £2000 was also recently granted by the Diocese of Worcester towards the feasibility study. Deb Brownlee chair of the Preservation Group "We have been working closely with the church authorities through the St John's Church Steering Group chaired by Archdeacon of Dudley Fred Trethewey and the grants now approved along with £14,000 we have raised to date means that we are now just a tantalising £5000 away from getting the restoration work started. We urge our supporters not only to share in our joy at receiving such magnificent help both from Dudley Council and the Church authorities but also to help us with a big push now to get this last few thousand in so that work can start. What a day it will be when the scaffolding goes up!"
Archdeacon Fred Trethewey says: “I am delighted that the Church Urban Fund has awarded the PCC of St John’s a grant of £5000 towards the costs of a feasibility study on the future of St John’s Church building. This is in addition to a grant of £2000 which has been made through the Diocese of Worcester. It will enable the Steering Group to progress its investigation into future possibilities and also enable funds to be released to carry out repairs on the building”. Patron of the group Dr Carl Chinn, "This shows just what incredible results can be achieved with a combination of support from local people and partnership working. I call on the people of the Black Country to throw their full weight behind the St John's Church Preservation Group and make sure that this last £5000 is raised in record time."
Anyone wishing to help can send donations to St John's Church Preservation Group, The Old School House, St John's Road, Kates Hill, Dudley, DY2 7JT. Donations of tombola prizes especially bottles and unwanted gift sets are also desperately needed and can be brought to the Preservation Group stall on Dudley Market any Saturday or to their new drop in centre in the Old School House which is open Monday to Friday.
Supporters can also run or jog to help raise funds at the Kates Hill Fun Run, organised by the St John's Church Preservation Group as part of the St Thomas's Community Games Programme and taking place on Wednesday 7 July on Green Park, Kates Hill. The run consists of up to 8 laps of the park, total distance just over 2 miles. Entry costs £2 for adults and £1 for children. Registration starts from 5pm on the day and the run starts at 7pm. Anyone who can obtain further sponsorship can get a sponsorship form from savestjohnschurch@hotmail.co.uk or by calling into the drop in centre. Telephone contact number is 0787 119 5042. There will be catering on site and anyone running in fancy dress will receive a small extra prize. All proceeds will go towards the church waterproofing appeal.
Supporters are also encouraged to collect their loose change and organise any other events they can eg coffee mornings and jumble sales to help raise funds. More information about the work of the Preservation Group can be found on http://www.savestjohnschurch.zoomshare.com/or by visiting the group on their Dudley Market Stall every Saturday. Donations can be sent to St John’s Church Preservation Group, The Old School House, St John’s Road, Dudley, DY2 7JT.
This means that grants totalling £12,000 have now been approved towards the initial appeal for £31,000 which was made up of £5000 for a new Lightning Conductor, £16,000 for waterproofing works and £10,000 for the feasibility study. The new grant means that Preservation Group funds formerly allocated to the feasibility study can now be used towards the waterproofing.
A grant of £5000 was recently approved by Dudley Council Central Dudley Area Committee for the Lightning Conductor, and a grant of £2000 was also recently granted by the Diocese of Worcester towards the feasibility study. Deb Brownlee chair of the Preservation Group "We have been working closely with the church authorities through the St John's Church Steering Group chaired by Archdeacon of Dudley Fred Trethewey and the grants now approved along with £14,000 we have raised to date means that we are now just a tantalising £5000 away from getting the restoration work started. We urge our supporters not only to share in our joy at receiving such magnificent help both from Dudley Council and the Church authorities but also to help us with a big push now to get this last few thousand in so that work can start. What a day it will be when the scaffolding goes up!"
Archdeacon Fred Trethewey says: “I am delighted that the Church Urban Fund has awarded the PCC of St John’s a grant of £5000 towards the costs of a feasibility study on the future of St John’s Church building. This is in addition to a grant of £2000 which has been made through the Diocese of Worcester. It will enable the Steering Group to progress its investigation into future possibilities and also enable funds to be released to carry out repairs on the building”. Patron of the group Dr Carl Chinn, "This shows just what incredible results can be achieved with a combination of support from local people and partnership working. I call on the people of the Black Country to throw their full weight behind the St John's Church Preservation Group and make sure that this last £5000 is raised in record time."
Anyone wishing to help can send donations to St John's Church Preservation Group, The Old School House, St John's Road, Kates Hill, Dudley, DY2 7JT. Donations of tombola prizes especially bottles and unwanted gift sets are also desperately needed and can be brought to the Preservation Group stall on Dudley Market any Saturday or to their new drop in centre in the Old School House which is open Monday to Friday.
Supporters can also run or jog to help raise funds at the Kates Hill Fun Run, organised by the St John's Church Preservation Group as part of the St Thomas's Community Games Programme and taking place on Wednesday 7 July on Green Park, Kates Hill. The run consists of up to 8 laps of the park, total distance just over 2 miles. Entry costs £2 for adults and £1 for children. Registration starts from 5pm on the day and the run starts at 7pm. Anyone who can obtain further sponsorship can get a sponsorship form from savestjohnschurch@hotmail.co.uk or by calling into the drop in centre. Telephone contact number is 0787 119 5042. There will be catering on site and anyone running in fancy dress will receive a small extra prize. All proceeds will go towards the church waterproofing appeal.
Supporters are also encouraged to collect their loose change and organise any other events they can eg coffee mornings and jumble sales to help raise funds. More information about the work of the Preservation Group can be found on http://www.savestjohnschurch.zoomshare.com/or by visiting the group on their Dudley Market Stall every Saturday. Donations can be sent to St John’s Church Preservation Group, The Old School House, St John’s Road, Dudley, DY2 7JT.
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