Black Country History Day
Saturday 7th October 2017- 10am-4pm
Large Lecture Theatre, Floor 1, Arts Building, Edgbaston Campus, University of Birmingham B15 2TT
The Black Country Society and the Centre for West Midlands History at the University of Birmingham are organising this day school which is designed for anyone interested in the history of the area. The Black Country Society, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, promotes interest in the past, present and future of the Black Country.
The Museum has 10 free tickets available to those that would like to attend Black Country History Day. If you are interested in this event, please complete the form below outlining why you would like to attend. Closing date: Friday 8th September 2017
| 10.00am | Introduction, Dr Malcolm Dick, University of Birmingham |
| 10.10am | Graham Worton, ‘Creating a Black Country UNESCO Global Geopark for the future – from the natural and human heritage of the past’ |
| 11.10am | Break |
| 11.30am | Keith Hodgkins, ‘Black Country Building Stones’ |
| 12.30pm | Lunch |
| 1.20pm | David Mills, ‘A Short History of the Leather Trade’ |
| 2.20pm | Break |
| 2.40pm | Judith Davies, ‘The trials and tribulations of Samuel Cook: Dudley’s famous nineteenth-century Radical’ |
| 3.40pm | Questions and discussion, led by Dr Malcolm Dick |
| 4.00pm | Finish |
Dr Malcolm Dick is Director of the Centre for West Midlands History at the University of Birmingham.
Graham Worton is Dudley Keeper of Geology and Black Country UNESCO Global Geopark Lead, based at the new Dudley Museum facility at the Dudley Archives and Local History Centre.
Keith Hodgkins is President of the Black Country Society, Chairman of Tipton Civic
Society and also Co-chairs the Black Country Society’s Industrial Archaeology Group. He has written several books about Tipton and has worked for both West Midlands County Council and Wolverhampton City Council as an architect.
David Mills is Assistant Curator at Walsall Leather Museum. He is the author of two novels, which fictionalise historical stories from our locality, as well as compiling two books of oral history transcripts based on over 100 oral history recordings. He is a graduate of Wolverhampton University and has a MA from Leicester University.
Judith Davies is researching political, religious and social change in Dudley c.18151865 for a University of Birmingham PhD, after completing the MA in West Midlands History. She is Black Country born and bred and returned to Brierley Hill after retiring as a librarian in Northamptonshire. Judith also volunteers at Dudley Archives.
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