Women Chanmaker's Festival

The festival will take place on Saturday 17 September at Beamore Playing fields in Old Hill / Cradley.

This will be a day of music, theatre, storytelling and of course the chain women's march. The Headline act of the day is multi-award winner chris wood as well as support on main stage with all other performers, organised by Roosterspake (Brian Dakin and Lozz Hipkiss).

There will be a small charge on the gate and under sixteens are  free.

 Be great day, some bostin talent

Save Brook Street Community Centre (Tipton)

This mail is just to let you know about the 'Open Day' at Brook Street Community Centre on Friday 26th August from 11am until 6pm.

Please come along, even if you only just drop in, to see what Brook Street has to offer and also to find out what we may not have any more if we lose this popular venue and local hub.

There will be live entertainment, drink, food and more. For details please go to

http://www.brookstreetcommunitycentre.com/forthcomingevents.htm

Due to the circumstance of the centre being under threat of closure Brook Street CC's management and trustees as well as the user groups need all the support they can get so please come along and show yours. As chairman of Tipton Community Association I am concerned about the impact on our group and the threat of losing our operation centre which could greatly affect our ability to organise our full calendar of Tipton events.

We are looking forward to your support.

Thanks & regards.

Malcolm Jones

The Black Country and the White Slaves of England

The Black Country and the White Slaves of England

This exhibition, within the Museum's exhibition halls, displays historic photos of women chainmakers at work, telling the story of how under the inspirational leadership of Mary Macarthur and local trade unionists the women chainmakers staged a 10 week strike, attracting international attention to the Black Country town, Cradley Heath.

Photographs of the protests and processions of Cradley Heath can be seen along with a display of chains and tools that the women chainmakers would have worked with in 1910.

In the Museum's village is the impressive Cradley Heath Workers' Institute, exhibiting further displays about the women chainmakers strike.

Dr Jean Debney, author of 'Breaking the Chains - the Story of the Women Chainmakers from Cradley Heath' will be one of the speakers at the forthcoming Black Country History Day on Saturday 15th October 2011 when she will examine Mary Macarthur's role in the ten week strike.