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  • Black History Month Event: When I came to England

    Join us on Thursday 24 October for a celebration of Black History, where you will have the opportunity to listen to Z. Nia Reynolds, author, cultural curator and filmmaker.

    Her book ‘When I came to England’ portrays an oral history anthology of life in Britain during the 1950s and 1960s told by those who came in search of life, love and lifestyle…a long way from home. Full of hope, humour and honesty, this gives a fascinating insight into post-war British society. This event will inform and support the collection of Migration stories as part of our major development project, BCLM: Forging Ahead.

    Following the interval, we will host an authentic fashion show featuring garments worn during the 50’s and the swinging 60s. This fashion show gives an insight about the lives of Black people arriving in Britain at that time. Samantha Prescott, Artistic Director and Founder of ‘Fashion, Talent & Black History Showcase’ will share an informative account of what it was like for migrant communities at the time.

    Time: 7.00-10.30 pm

    For more information, and to book your place, please contact: Glenis Williams, Community Engagement Manager [email protected]

  • September Directors’ Bi-Monthly Report

    September Directors’ Bi-Monthly Report

    Please note, the Director’s Bi-monthly Report is now available to view online

  • Updating your personal information

    Don’t forget to inform the People & Culture team of any changes in personal details including a change of address, change in telephone number, updating emergency contact details and a change in bank account details. It is important that we have the most up to date and correct information on file.

    If you need to update any of your personal information, the relevant forms can be found under the ‘Documents’ tab above under ‘Forms: For Staff’ and should be sent to [email protected] on completion or passed onto a member of the People & Culture team.

    For details on how we use your personal information please refer to the Museum’s Data Protection Policy and Privacy Policy.

  • Team Manager Station Information

    A new team manager station chart has been added to the intranet documents folder following on from the appointment Anna Pavard and Alexandra Jolly.  It can be found in information/museum organisation/team manager distribution.

    The chart is also on display in Doo’s staff room and the Guide Hut.

  • Black Country History Day – Ticket Offer

    Black Country History Day – Ticket Offer

    We are delighted to offer 15 tickets to BCLM staff to attend a ‘Black Country History Day’, taking place at the University of Birmingham on Saturday 9 November 2019.

    The event is led by one of the Museum’s trustees, Dr Malcolm Dick OBE (Director of the Centre for West Midlands History, University of Birmingham).

    This is a ticketed event and the Museum is offering 15 prepaid individual tickets for our staff. These will be issued on a first come, first served basis. Please contact any of the People & Culture team to register your interest: pop in to see us in Rolfe Street, or email: [email protected] grab any one of us as we wander around site or at morning briefings. 

    To find out more about the event and how to purchase tickets for friends or family visit: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/events/2019/black-country-day-2019.aspx

  • Thank you for making Peaky Blinders Nights a roaring success

    Thank you for making Peaky Blinders Nights a roaring success

    We love Peaky Blinders.  However, I am very conscious that the evenings put stresses and strains on us and the site.  I want to acknowledge that and say how appreciative I am of everyone’s efforts – whatever your role at the Museum – to make the evenings such a roaring success for our loyal visitors and fans of the show. 

    It seems that the phenomenon is set to endure for a few years to come, and we’ll hopefully, continue to be regarded as the home of Peaky Blinders.  Although I know it will be a welcome break until the next time.

    Thank you again.

    Andrew

  • Oldest Volunteer Celebrates 90th Birthday

    After a lifetime of working with cars from an early years apprenticeship through to volunteering with the Motor Vehicle Team at Black Country Living Museum, Keith Peckmore may have recently celebrated his 90th birthday but is as committed as ever to volunteering one day a week with the team.

    A previous regular at the Classic Car Motor Show at the NEC, due to take place this year on 8-10 November, Keith has enjoyed a long and distinguished career developing and building classic British sports cars for Kieft and Frisky.

    Keith recently celebrated his 90th Birthday and has been volunteering at Black Country Living Museum for eight years after a lifetime of working with in the motor industry. Born and bred in the Black Country, he started his career at the age of 15 when he began a five year apprenticeship in his father’s business, studying three nights a week at Dudley Technical College.

    Keith served in the Army during the war and joined Wolverhampton based Kieft Sports and Racing Car in 1952. He started as a specialist welder building a chassis for their Grand Prix car and also built complete sports cars.

    He moved to Frisky Cars in Wolverhampton in 1956 as a project development engineer for the Bug, the Gullwing, the Frisky Sport/Coupe, Family Three and the Frisky Sprint. Sadly Frisky cars declined in popularity with the arrival of the mini. Keith followed in his father’s entrepreneurial footsteps setting up and running a family garage undertaking Maserati and Aston Martin engine rebuilds.

    A long time visitor to the Museum Keith always came to the last Sunday of every July for the Festival of Black Country Vehicles. On one of his visits he saw an advert for volunteers and decided to apply. As a volunteer he re-assembled, resprayed and restored the Frisky Sport which was in a box in pieces. It now takes pride of place on display in Bradburn & Wedge.

    Keith loves volunteering at the museum and mixing with staff and visitors and says he wouldn’t miss it for the world.

  • A fantastic summer 2019

    A fantastic summer 2019

    We’ve had a tremendous summer. 

    The summer events and activities were very well received, including “Back in 10” written, directed and performed by our friends at Black Country Touring. The focus on Black Country heroes and heroines offered some lovely opportunities for story-telling.

    Attendance over the six-week holiday has been very strong as well; very nearly equalling the record-breaking summer of last year, despite some less than summery days, and significantly higher than the target we set ourselves.  It means 2019 continues to be another year of growth for the Museum, bringing value, relevance and enjoyment to tens of thousands of people. 

    The 5 late-night Fridays were particularly popular with 5,321 attending on the £5 ticket (2018: 3,635), equivalent to a 46% increase year-on-year.  The success of these evenings in reaching new audiences is making us wonder how we can make Summer Lates bigger and better for next year. What do you think?

    So, as we enter the autumn/winter months, including a packed events programme, starting this weekend with our Peaky Blinder evenings, the year-to-date attendance position is that we are currently 6% ahead of forecast, at 243,185, and 1% ahead of the same point last year.

    My very grateful thanks and appreciation for what is always an intense time for the Museum.

    Andrew

  • School’s out for Summer!

    BCLM Community Roadshow continues to travel far and wide and will be at the International Glass Festival on Saturday 24 August and Moseley Folk & Arts Festival from 30 August to 1 September.

    We’re still on the lookout for memories from local people about the Elephant and Castle Pub and Stanton’s Record and Music shop.

    Music and cultural festivals feature throughout our Community Roadshow programme reaching a broad spectrum of diverse communities. We look forward to having a presence at Moseley Folk & Arts Festival for the first time, where we will be sharing Black County skills in the heart of Moseley Village.

    If you wish to get involved, please contact Community Engagement Assistant [email protected] for more information.

  • Do you have a great idea for a Museum event?

    We’re looking for ideas to develop the Museum’s programme of events for next year and beyond.

    If you have an event idea you’d love to see brought to life, click on the link below and fill in a short survey to tell us all about it.

    No matter how big or small your idea is, we’d like to hear about it. Tell us what we can do to come up with new ideas to engage our audiences and let us know how you want to get involved with planning our programme for the future.

    Click here to share your ideas.