Events in the South Staffordshire area ‘On Your Doorstep’ Saturday 31st August – Free to view during Library open Museum Service Sunday 13th October hours Exhibition Perton Library (No need to book) Tel 0300 111 8000 Every Object Tells a Thursday 5th September Free (Please book) Story 2:00pm-4:00pm Explore the ‘On Your Tuesday 8th October Doorstep’ artefacts with 10:00am – 12:00 poet Mal Dewhirst Perton Library Tel 0300 111 8000 Thursday 12th September Shackleton: By £4.00 (£3.50 Library members) Endurance we 7:00pm – 9:00pm Please book Conquer Perton Library Includes an intermission for An evening with refreshments Andrew Lound Calling all Family 5 week course The course is FREE, but please History sleuths! book as places are limited. Look Starting Monday 23rd out for a family history course Codsall Library will be September - 21st October offering a FREE 5 week starting at Perton Library on Family History Courses 2:00pm – 4:00pm Tuesday 5th November. in association with Midland Ancestors Codsall Library Tel 0300 111 8000 Brindley Village – A Perton Library – Free to view during normal open Legacy of the Great Throughout September hours. War Codsall Library – Explore this mini Throughout October exhibition about the lost village of Brindley and Tel 0300 111 8000 the lives of the people who lived there. Chase Through Time Wombourne Library – Exhibition visits Throughout September Free to view during normal open South Staffordshire hours. Libraries Perton Library – Throughout October A ‘pop up’ exhibition developed as part of Tel 0300 111 8000 the ground-breaking and innovative Chase Through Time Project will be at Wombourne Library in September and Perton Library in October. The Royal Dutch Perton Library £2.00 per person (Booking Forces at Wrottesley essential) Friday 4th October Park 1941-44 – a talk Refreshments available from historian Angus 7pm – 8pm followed by a Dunphy Q&A Angus will be selling copies of the book at the event and you will be A journey through the Tel 0300 111 8000 Second World War able to get yours signed. You can through the eyes of also meet Angus at the History Wolverhampton’s Royal Open Day at Perton library on th Dutch forces. Saturday 5 October 11am-4pm. Write your Memoir or Perton Library Free – booking essential Family History with Sat 5th October author Tom Bryson 10.30 - 12.00 Take part in a fantastic Tel 0300 111 8000 workshop with local author of The Zeppelin of Kinver Edge and 'LOVING JEANIE' Perton Library – Perton Library All events are FREE to attend. History and Heritage Saturday 5th October Open Day 11:00am until 4:00pm. Perton Library is Tel 0300 111 8000 celebrating Staffordshire History Festival with a fantastic family friendly open day with lots of history groups, re-enactors, including Tettenhall Transport Heritage Group, Western Front Association, an exhibition of model working steam trains, RAF Museum, Cosford, Home Guard re- enactors, Stourbridge Lace Guild, Church Recorders, Historian Angus Dunphy - The Royal Dutch Forces at Wrottesley Park 1941- 44, David Dungar – Author of ‘Cometh Light’ Wolves & Wolverhampton 1888- 1939, NT Moseley Old Hall and NT Dudmaston, Albrighton Local History Society, Arts and crafts for children with local artist Hannah Reynolds, Museum of Cannock Chase, Friends of Wolverhampton Archives, AiM (Archaeology in Mind), Treasure Hunt for kids And much more…. Chase through Time – Perton Library £2 per person (Booking A talk from Shane essential) Thursday 10th October Kelleher, County Refreshments available Archaeologist 7:00pm – 8:00pm This talk by Shane Tel 0300 111 8000 Kelleher, the Staffordshire County Archaeologist, will focus on the results of the Chase Through Time project Tolkien Trail—Great Thursday 10th October— £2.00 per person. Approx. 6 hours Haywood—A 10 mile Meet at Brocton Coppice including breaks. Bring a packed walk in the footsteps of Car Park at 9:30am lunch and wear sensible footwear J.R.R. Tolkien from (Departing at 10am) and clothing for the weather Brocton Coppice to conditions. Great Haywood Please contact Perton Library for more information or to book a place Tel 0300 111 8000 Vessels of Victory Perton Library Just drop-in Weekend at Perton th Saturday 12 October All materials provided Library (9:30am – 4:00pm) £2 per person – monies collected Decorate a wooden boat Sunday 13th October will be go to the NMA to support its for an installation at the (1:00pm – 4:00pm) vital work National Memorial Arboretum as part of the Vessels of Victory project; in partnership with the National Memorial Arboretum. Throughout the summer 6939 individually decorated wooden vessels, each one representing an allied vessel involved in Operation Neptune, the Naval element of the D- Day landings, will be decorated and placed in the grounds of the National Memorial Arboretum. Vessels of Victory Wombourne Library Just drop-in at Wombourne th Library Saturday 12 October All materials provided 10:00am – 3:00pm £2 per person – monies collected Decorate a wooden boat will be go to the NMA to support its for an installation at the vital work National Memorial Arboretum as part of the Vessels of Victory project; in partnership with the National Memorial Arboretum. The Discovery of Wombourne Library £3.00 per person (Booking the Powder Plot Thursday 7th November essential) A fascinating talk Arrive by 7:15pm for a John will be selling copies of his from local historian 7:30pm start books after the event. John Sparry about the Gunpowder plot Tel 0300 111 8000 John Sparry brings the story of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 vividly to life in his own inimitable style. John lives close to Holbeache House, which features in the story and his local insights are bound to be of great interest. Poppy Craft Perton Library Just drop-in during open hours Make a poppy and add Every day during half-term Free (all materials provided) it to Perton Library’s Monday 28th October – Second World War Sunday 3rd November display wall. Tunnelling Warfare in Perton Library £2.50 per person – Booking World War 1 essential (At the request of th Monday 11 November Dennis Jackson all proceeds from An illustrated talk from this talk will be donated to charity) Dennis Jackson and 7:00pm – 8:00pm with Peter Sidgwick from Q&A afterwards Copies of the book ‘Staffordshire The Staffordshire Tel 0300 111 8000 Tunnellers of World War One’ by Tunnellers Group on Dennis Jackson will the 101st anniversary of be available for sale the end of The Great at £3 during the War. evening. .