Amazing start to the #BlackCountryHistoryConference at the Black Country Living Museum!
Hearing from Matthew Stallard and Simon Briercliffe on the term ‘Black Country’ and Irish migration.
So far it has been engaging and beneficial discussions!
Andrew Lovett OBE (Museum Account) Black Country Society @CWMHFriends
What a day today has been from the history conference organised by Black Country Society @CWMHFriends and then a immersive experience of Black Country Living Museum!
What a place full of history Dudley is and the Black Country!
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'Stepping Back in Time' St Paul's 18c church in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter with wondeful Millenium window Explore Churches My Jewellery Quarter Birmingham Updates Birmingham We Are Birmingham Culture Birmingham Historical Society Bham History Center @CWMHFriends Birmingham Arts Arts All Over the Place Brum Arts Hour SocialHistorySociety
'When every great home needed a Moat' Baddesley Clinton in Spring sunshine; fine place for walk & picnic Baddesley Clinton Inland Waterways Association National Trust Canal & River Trust West Midlands Naturally Birmingham Walking Photos Ramblers Walking for Health @CWMHFriends Historic England History Photographed Arts All Over the Place The Active Wellbeing Society 🌍
Went to see the daffodils at Baddesley Clinton...bit blowy, bit cold but still wondrous Baddesley Clinton National Trust Inland Waterways Association Walking Photos Naturally Birmingham Canal & River Trust West Midlands WaterwaysExperiences Arts All Over the Place The Active Wellbeing Society 🌍 @CWMHFriends
As part of Heritage Open Days Sat 16 September Moseley Hive 10.00 -4.30pm the launch of new book by Dr Janet Berry, 'Moseley 1850-1900'. Copies will be available to buy on the day Bham Heritage Week History WestMidlands Birmingham Archives & Collections ChamberlainHighburyTrust
'A walk around Moseley with my camera' January 2019 Moseley B13 Magazine Positively Moseley & Kings Heath Moseley Scream! Moseley in Bloom Moseley Bog Friends Moseley Community Development Trust Moseley Forum Arts All Over the Place Brum Arts Hour Birmingham Arts @CWMHFriends BirminghamFavourites Birmingham Culture Birmingham Updates #BrumHour 🐝 Networking with #Birmingham Walking Photos #moseley
'The Golden Boys' Boulton, Watt & Murdoch glow brightly in morning sunshine Birmingham We Are Bham City Council BhamHeritageForum Birmingham Culture Brum Kong Arts All Over the Place Brum Arts Hour Birmingham Arts Public Statues and Sculpture Association Birmingham Updates BirminghamFavourites Walking Photos @CWMHFriends Birmingham Historical Society
Only when you move to one side can you 'see' WW1/2 superb Soldier's head in Luke Perry & Canaan Brown's 'Black History Sculpture' canalside Soho Loop, Winson Green BHM Black History Month 2024 Black History in Two Minutes Public Statues and Sculpture Association Black History Walks Birmingham Culture Brum Arts Hour @CWMHFriends Arts All Over the Place
Last presentations of the Black Country History Conference- Uni of Birmingham CWMH Director Malcolm Dick on Pollution, Landscape and Industry and Jack Price Jack Price on Francis Brett Young & Industrialisation Black Country Society Midland History
“Paterson's Dynasty of Gardeners: an example from Warwick Castle' by WLHS member Christine Hodgetts
Our next lecture is 7:30pm Tuesday 21 Feb Aylesford School Warwick
See warwickshirehistory.org.uk/events.php
Assoc Gardens Trusts Hill Close Gardens Warwick Pump Room Gardens Warwick Castle Royal Horticultural Society Libraries
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'Cycle of Illumination' Attingham Park....look upwards when climbing magnificent staircase AttinghamParkNT The Attingham Trust National Trust Arts All Over the Place Birmingham Arts Brum Arts Hour The Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery #interior_lighting Historic England @CWMHFriends #collages
Black Country History Conference - Thank you Chris Baker for his fascinating talk on topography and the industrial Black Country exploring the 1822 and 1840 Fowler maps of Kingswinford #LocalHistory
Great afternoon sessions at Black Country History Conference Black Country Living Museum included David J Eveleigh and ‘Black Country hardware trades’ and Rebecca Wilton sharing the life and legacy of nail mistress Eliza Tinsley #LocalHistory
Learning how to ‘read a medieval building’ with our MA in Midland History students today! @CWMHFriends Uni of Birmingham #localhistory #medieval
Our first speaker at our Black Country History Conference Black Country Living Museum is Dr Matthew Stallard UCL History ‘The Invention of the Black Country:The Shock Landscape of Extractive Fossil Capitalism’
Another great presentation at our Black Country History Conference Black Country Living Museum - Elizabeth Thomson Elizabeth Thomson of Uni of Birmingham ‘Brickmaking and the Development of canals’ Canal & River Trust West Midlands UoB Public Engagement BRIHC Midland History
Next speaker at our Uni of Birmingham Black Country History Conference - Dr Simon Briercliffe Simon Briercliffe of Black Country Living Museum ‘Migration and the Black Country’ #LocalHistory
Next stop: Aston Hall! Material culture and early modern studies time for our MA students @CWMHFriends Uni of Birmingham History Department #localhistory
An interesting case study of Eliza Tinsley, a nail mistress who took over her husbands business once he died, from Rebecca Wilton.
So much detail of Eliza’s life and how the business stills runs to this day in Cradley Heath!
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