List of Local Societies

Acocks Green History Society
Programme of lectures and social events.
Mike Byrne, Hon. Sec.
Meetings: 1st Thursday each month, 7.15pm, Community Room, Acocks Green Library, Shirley Road, Acocks Green
Website : http://aghs.virtualbrum.co.uk/

Aldridge Local History Society
Contact: Mrs. Pat Lloyd.
(01922) 453065
Web: www.btinternet.com/~aldridgelhs/

Alvechurch Historical Society
Hon Sec: Mrs. Honor Nava.
The School House, School Lane, Alvechurch, B48 7SA

Ancestral Rescue Club
Chairman : Howard Pidd.
19 Mansfield Close, Tamworth, Staffs. B79 7YE
Web: www.rootsweb.com/~engarc/

Aston Manor Transport Museum
Mac Cooper, Chairman
The Old Tram Depot, 208-216 Witton Lane, Aston, Birmingham, B6 6QE

Birmingham & District Local History Association
Hon Sec: Mr. P. Baird.
Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3HQ.
Umbrella group for local history societies in and around the city.
Contact : Patrick Baird, Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3HQ
Website : www.bdlha.org

Balsall Heath Local History Society
Hon Sec: Mrs. Val Hart
65 Prospect Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9TD
Website : http://balsallheathhistory.co.uk/

Barr & Aston Local History Society
Hon Sec : Mrs. M Carr
39 Parkside Road, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, B20 1EJ
Meetings: 2nd Monday each month except July and August.
7.30pm, Tower Hill Library

Belbroughton History Society
Miss Sarah Snowden
26 Queens Hill, Belbroughton, Worcestershire DY9 0DU

Bewdley Historical Research Group
Hon Sec: Mrs. A. R. Purcell.
8 Ironside Close, Bewdley, DY12 2HX
Web: http://bewdleymuseum.tripod.com/id11.html

Birmingham & Midland Institute
Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BS
Web: www.bmi.org.uk/

Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Trust
Contact: Trustees, Transport Museum, Chapel Lane, Wythall, Birmingham B47 6JX
Web: www.bammot.org.uk

Birmingham & Warwickshire Archaeological Society
Hon Sec : Miss S Middleton
c/o Birmingham & Midland Institute, Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BS
Meetings: 1st Tuesday each month in winter, 7.00pm, John Lee Theatre, BMI
Web: www.bwas.org.uk

Birmingham Air Raids Remembrance Association
Mr Brian Wright
127 Hodge Hill Road, Hodge Hill, Birmingham. B34 6DY

Birmingham Canal Navigations Society
Hon Sec: Sue Freeth
144 Farren Road, Northfleld, Birmingham, B31 5HN
Web: www.bcn-society.co.uk/

Birmingham Civic Society
Hon Sec: Mr. M. Sheehan
35 Dyott Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9QZ
Web: www.birminghamcivicsociety.org.uk/

Birmingham Enterprise Club
Hon Sec: Mr. G. L. Price
99 Salisbury Road, Smethwlck, West Midlands, B66 3RX

Birmingham Irish Community Forum
Cara House, Birchall Street, Deritend, Birmingham. B12 ORP

Birmingham Irish Heritage Group
c/o Anne Scott
18 Gorse Farm Road, Great Barr, Birmingham B43 5LT
Meetings: 1st Wednesday of each month, 7pm
at the Irish Club (Munster Room upstairs), High Street, Deritend.

Birmingham Pen Trade Association
Sec: Brian Jones.
Education & Heritage Centre, Unit 3, The Argent Centre, 60 Frederick St. Hockley, Birmingham. B1 8AS.
Tel : (0121) 236 9834.
Mon-Sat. 1 1.00am to 4.00pm.
Sunday 1.00pm to 4.00pm.
Web: www.penroom.co.uk/

Birmingham Railway Museum Trust
Hon Sec: Mr. J. O. Robinson
670 Warwick Road, Tyseley, Birmingham, B11 2AL
Web: www.vintagetrains.co.uk/brm.htm

Birmingham Transport Historical Group
Hon Sec: Mr. Peter Jaques
21 The Oaklands, Droitwich Spa, Worcs, WR9 8AD

Black Country Local History Consortium
c/o The Black Country Living Museum
Tipton Road, Dudley, West Midands, DY1 4SQ

Black Country Society
Hon Sec: Mrs. Judith. Watkin
P.O. Box 71, Kingswinford, West Midlands. DY6 9YN.
Web: www.blackcountrysociety.co.uk/

Bournville History Society
Hon Sec: Mrs Rosemary Shutt
194 Middleton Hall Road, Kings Norton B30 1AS
0121 458 2547
Web: www.bournville-web.net/bournsoc/bournville_soc2.shtml

Bromsgrove Society
Chairman: Mr. Roy Albutt
11 Great Calcroft, Pershore, Worcestershire, WR10 1QS.
Tel: (01386) 552127
Web: www.bsoc.co.uk/

Brownhills & Walsall Wood Local History Society
Hon Sec: Mr. William Mayo
113 Commonside, Brownhills, West Midlands. WS8 7AT.

Catholic Family History Society (West Midlands Branch)
Hon Sec: Mrs. Stella Duffy.
153 Broadway North, Walsall. WS1 2QB.
Meetings: The Masterson Room, Cathedral House, St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham
2nd Saturday March, June, September, December.

Clent History Society
Aims : To collect and conserve information about Clent and make it available to the community through publications and displays.
Hon Sec: Mrs. C. Hodgson
Hillcrest, Odnall Lane, Clent, DY9 9PP
Website : In preparation

Coleshill Local History Society
Chairman: Mrs. V. Preece.
16 Moorfield Road, Shard End, Birmingham B34 6RA.

CO-OP History Group
Contact : Mr. Duncan Chew.
Peacehaven, 24 Hawkesley Drive, Longbridge, Birmingham B31 4EY.
Tel : 0121 476 5062
Email : co_ophistory@hotmail.com

Droitwich History & Archaeology Society
Chairperson: Mrs L Blewitt
8 Lansdowne Crescent, Worcester, WR3 8JE

The Dugdale Society
Publishes volumes and occasional papers relating to the history of the county of Warwick.
Contact : Mrs. Cathy Millwood
The Shakespeare Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6QW
Website : www.shakespeare.org.uk/main/3/37

Earlswood Historical Society
The Society organises talks on local & general history topics, and runs the museum.
Hon Sec: Mrs Jean Everton.
Wood End Cottage, Broad Lane, Tanworth-in-Arden, Solihull. B94 5DN.
Meetings: 2nd Monday, bi-monthly, 7.30pm
Earlswood Village Hall, Shutt Lane, Earlswood

East Birmingham Historical Group
Mrs D Humpage, Hon Sec
61 Brean Avenue, Sheldon, Birmingham, B26 1JS

Erdington Historical Society
Hon Sec: Mr. M. Beard.
32 Crowther Road, Erdington, Birmingham. B23 7DL.
Meetings: 2nd Monday each month, 7.30pm, Erdington Library.

Feckenham Forest History Society
Meetings Sec: Mrs. E. Atkins.
Lower Grinsty Farmhouse, Callow Hill, Redditch, Worcs. B97 5PJ
Meetings: Feckenham Village Hall / Webheath Village Hall

Friends in Retirement (Fircone)Local History Group
Contacts: Mrs. Gwen Sly.
61 Tennal Road, Birmingham 32;
Miss K. M. Downing.
75 Ventnor Avenue, Birmingham 36.
Meetings: 1st Friday each month, 10.30am
17 Cannon Street, Birmingham

Frankley Society
Contact: Marion Chute.
Frankley Library, F.C.H.S. New Street, Frankley, B45 6EU.

Friends of Edgbaston Reservoir
Hon Sec: Ms Carol Booth.
107 Summerfield Crescent, Edgbaston, Birmingham B16 OEN
Web: www.fer.org.uk/

Friends of New Hall Mill
Contact : Hon Sec Mr Mike Hinson.
127 Halton Road, Sutton Coldfield. B76 6NY
Web: www.newhallmill.org.uk/friends.htm

Friends of Ironbridge Gorge Museum (Birmingham Branch)
Hon Sec: Mrs. P. J. Burkill.
128 Water Orton Road, Birmingham B36 9HE

Glebe Farm Local History Society
Contact: Susan Gaughan.
Tel: (0121) 464 4210.
Meetings: 3rd Wednesday each month, 2.30pm, Glebe Farm Library, Glebe Farm Road, Birmingham B23.

Haden Hill & District Historical Society
Hon Sec: Jackie Kendall.
12 Haden Road, Cradley Heath, West Midlands B64 6ER

Hagley Historical & Field Society
Hon Sec: Mrs. M. Parry.
38 Station Road, Hagley, Midlands DY9 ONU.

Hagley Parish Records Research
Mrs Jean Pritchard
52 Park Road, Hagley, West Midlands, DY9 0QF

Hales Owen Abbey Trust
Gen Sec: R. Hipkiss.
6 Faulkner Close, Stourbridge, West Midlands

Hales Owen Heritage
Hon Sec: Anthony Bonner.
8 Lulworth Close, Halesowen, West Midlands B63 2UJ.

Halesowen History Society
Hon Sec: Mrs. B. Clayton.
59 Kenswick Drive, Halesowen. B63 4QZ.
Meetings: 1st Thursday each month, 7.30pm
Halesowen Library

Hall Green Local History Society
Hon Sec: Mr. P. D. W. Pugh.
65 Tixall Road, Hall Green, Birmingham B28 ORS
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday each month, 7.30pm,
Hall Green Library

Handsworth Historical Society
Hon Sec: Mrs. P. Burkill.
128 Water Orton Road, Birmingham B36 9HE
Web: www.handsworth-history.org/

Harborne Local History Group
Contact: Wendy Carter.
Harborne Library, Birmingham. B17.

The Heartlands Historical Society
Hon Sec: Mrs. Diane Woodhouse,
1 Banton Close, College Green, New Oscott, Birmingham. B23 5YT.
Meetings: Bloomsbury Library, 4th Wednesdays of every month, meet 10.30am for 11-1 pm.
Email: heartlands.history@blueyonder.co.uk
Web: www.heartlandshistory.com

Highcroft History Group
The group meets on an 'ad hoc' basis:
Enquiries to Sylvia Brotherton.
Librarian, Northern Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust
Highcroft, 355 Slade Road, Erdington, Birmingham. B23 6AL.
Tel: (0121) 623 512.
E-mail: sylvia.brotherton@nbmht.wmids.nhs.uk

Historical Association (Birmingham Branch)
Hon Sec: Mrs. S. Batten
55 Woodcock Lane, Northfield, Birmingham B31 1BA
Tel:(0121) 476 0172
Web: http://www.habranches.org.uk/where.asp

Jewish Historical Society of England (Birmingham Branch)
Chairman: Dr. A. P. Joseph.
3 Edgbaston Road, Smethwick, West Mids. B66 4LA.
Web: www.jhse.org/

Kings Heath Local History Society
Hon Sec: Mrs. J. Rhodes.
134 Colebank Road, Hall Green, Birmingham. B13 OQC.
Meetings: 3rd Wednesday each month, 7.30pm
Kings Heath Library, except July & August

Kings Norton Local History Society
Hon Sec: Miss A. Langston.
116 Beaumont Road, Bournville, Birmingham. B30 2DX.
Meeting: Last Monday each month, 7.30pm
The Saracen's Head, Kings Norton Green
Web: www.kingsnorton.info/society/

Knowle Society (Local History Group)
Hon Sec: Mrs. Julia Brain.
94 Wychwood Avenue, Knowle, Solihull B93 9DQ.

Ladywood Local History Group
c/o Norman Bartlam.
Room 30
Ladywood Arts & Leisure Centre
Monument Road
Ladywood
B16 OQT
www.digital-ladywood.org.uk www.tntnews.co.uk

Lichfield Local History Group
Hon Sec: Mrs. A. Hallett.
6 George Lane, Lichfield. WS13 6DX.

Lickey Hills Local History Society
Hon Sec: Mr. G. J. Gascoyne.
41 Hazel Road, Rubery, Birmingham. B45 9DT.

Mary Ashford Society
Hon Sec: Mr. P. Hayes.
60 Wheelwright Road, Erdington, Birmingham. B24 8PB.

Moseley Society Local History Group
Hon Sec: Mr. R. Thomas.
115 Haunch Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham. B13 OPA.

North Arden Local History Society
Hon Sec: Mrs. Sheila Titcombe.
32 Corinne Croft, Kingshurst, West Midlands.
Meetings: 2nd Thursday each month, 7:45pm
Spencer Lounge, Arden Hall, Water Orton Road, Castle Bromwich

Polesworth Local History Group
Concerned mainly with the history of Polesworth Abbey.
Contact Colin Brookes
18 The Lynch, Polesworth, Tamworth, B78 1JD
Email : colinjbrookes@ntlworld.com

Polesworth Local History Group
Contact: Colin Brookes.
18 The Lynch, Polesworth, Tamworth. B78 1JD.

Polesworth Society
Hon Sec: Mrs. S. Collins.
75 High Street, Polesworth, B78 1DY.
Web: www.polesworthparish.co.uk

Quinton Local History Society
A very active society based in Quinton, West Midlands. Regular meetings and a full programme of events.
Contact Bernard Taylor, 15 Worlds End Avenue, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 1JF
Tel : 0121 422 1792
Website : www.qlhs.org.uk

Railway & Canal Historical Society (West Midlands Group)
Hon Sec: Mr. R. Shill.
100 Frederick Road, Stechford, Birmingham. B33 8AE.
Web: www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/external/rchs/

River Cole & Chinn Brook Conservation Group
Contact: Mrs Mary Donnelly
6 Regency Gardens, Yardley Wood, Birmingham B14 4JS

Romsley & Hunnington History Society
Hon Sec: Mrs. J. Humphreys.
Port Erin, Green Lane, Chapmans Hill, Romsley, Halesowen B62 0LB

Shard End Local History Society
Treasurer: Mr. John Owen.
59 Manor Abbey Road, Lapal, Halesowen. B62 0AH.

Small Heath Local History Society
Hon Sec: Mrs. W. Shelley.
381 St. Benedict's Road, Small Heath, Birmingham. B10 9ND.

Smethwick Heritage Centre Trust
David Bryant, Chairman
17 Pitcairn Road, Smethwick, Warley, West Midlands B67 5NF
Tel : 0121 429 1223
Fax : 0121 429 1223
Website : www.www.smethwick-heritage.co.uk

Smethwick Local History Society
Contact: Miss D. H. Williams,
27 Beechwood Road, Smethwick. B67 SEQ.
Meetings: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays each month, 7.30pm
Bearwood Baptist Church, Rawlings Road, Smethwick
Website : www.dumbleton-williams.fsnet.co.uk
Email : SLHS@dumbleton-williams.fsnet.co.uk

Solihull Archaeological Group
Excursions to historical sites and a programme of lectures and social events. Many members take part in digs and provide assistance to local archaeologists. The Society occasionally undertakes archaeological excavations on its own behalf.
Treasurer: Mr. Michael Townsend.
47 Ulverley Green Road, Solihull, West Midlands. B92 8BQ.
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday each month, 7.45pm
John Palmer Hall, Union Road, Solihull.
Website : http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/solihullarchaeology/

Solihull Local History Circle
Hon Sec: Lawrence Ince
147, Kineton Green Road, Solihull, B92 7EG
Meetings: 3rd Monday of the Month, 7.45pm
Women's Institute Hall, Union Road, Solihull.
Web: http://www.solh.org.uk

Solihull Society of Arts
Allan W Evans, Hon Sec
29 Banbrook Close, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 9NF
Website : http://welcome.to/solihullarts
Email : solihull.arts@btopenworld.com

Stourport-on-Severn Civic Society
Pauline Annis, Chair
8 The Ridgeway, Stourport on Severn, Worcs DY13 8XT
Tel : 01299 826383
Website : http://members.aol.com/stourportcivic/index.html

Staffordshire Industrial Archaeology Society
S Pitt, Hon Sec
9 Silkmore Lane, Stafford, ST17 4JN

Staffordshire Archaeological & Historical Society
Contact: Mrs. F. E. Fox.
6 Lawson Close, Aldridge. WS9 ORX
Web: http://pages.britishlibrary.net/sahs/

Staffordshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Hon Sec: Mr. S. Pitt.
9 Silkmore Lane, Stafford. ST17 4JN.
Meetings: First Monday of month Oct - April
Staffordshire University, Octagon Building, Beaconside, Stafford
Web: www.staffsia.org.uk/

Stourbridge Historical & Archaeological Society
Hon Sec: Mr. David Hickman.
85 Richardson Drive, Stourbridge DY8 4DN.
Meetings: 3rd Thursday each month, 7.30pm
Stourbridge Library, Crown Centre, Stourbridge

Stourport-on-Severn Civic Society
Chairman: Mrs. Anna Carter.
6 Lichfield Street, Stourport on-Severn, Worcs DY13 9EU.
Meetings: Monthly, except summer, 7.30pm
Social Day Centre, New Street, Stourport

Sutton Coldfield Archaeological Society
Mrs H Wills, Chairperson
828A Chester Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 OED

Studley Local History Group
Secretary: Mrs. Christine Dyer.
Tel : (01527) 853998
Meetings: take place in Studley Parish Centre (formerly known as Vicarage Hall)
located in the Foredraught, Alcester Road, Studley
at 8pm on the 3rd Tuesday of every even month (February, April etc...)

Sutton Coldfield Archaeological Society
Chairman: Mrs. H. Wills.
828A Chester Road, Erdington, Birmingham. B24 OED.
Meetings: Fridays fortnightly, during winter, 7.30pm,
South Parade Methodist Church, Sutton Coldfield.

Sutton Coldfield Local History Research Group
Hon Sec: Mrs. Janet Jordan
29 Tysoe Drive, Walmley, Sutton Coldfield B76 2UJ
Meetings: Each Tuesday, 7.30pm
Sutton Local History Library

Transport Museum
Chapel Lane, Wythall, Birmingham, B47 6JX

University of Birmingham Society for the History of Medicine
Hon Sec: Robert Arnott.
Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham. B15 2TT.
Meetings: Monthly, usually last Wednesday, 7.30pm, Lecture Theatre 5, Medical School

Victorian Society (Birmingham Group)
Hon Sec: Mr. Trevor Street.
c/o 23 Shorters Close, Edgbaston, Birmingham. B5 7ON.
Meetings: Once a month, usually at Old Joint Stock, Temple Row, Birmingham.
Contact: Nina Hatch, Programme Secretary
Tel : 01562 887733.
Web: www.vicsoc.co.uk/

Walsall Family History Group
Beryl Knowles, Hon Sec
31 Bloxwich Road North, Moseley, Short Heath, Willenhall, WV12 5PG
el : 01922 404678

Walsall Family History Group
Hon Sec: Mrs. B. Knowles,
31 Bloxwich Road North, Moseley, Short Heath, Willenhall. WV 12 5PG.
Meetings: 2nd Wednesday each month, 7.30pm
St. Matthews Church Hall, Walsall.
Web: http://website.lineone.net/~djwperkins/

Walsall Local History Society
Slideshows & Discussions on local history. Viewings of relevant areas.
Hon Sec: Mrs. J. Parsonage.
26 Gillity Avenue, Walsall. WS25 3PJ
Meetings: 2nd Thursday each month, 7.30pm
St Matthews Church Hall, Church Hill, Walsall.

Ward End and Hodge Hill Local History Society
Hon Sec: Ann Baker
4 Haxby Avenue, Ward End, Birmingham B34 4LD

Warwickshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Martin Green, Hon Sec
2B Union Road, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 5LT

Warwickshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Hon Sec: Mr. Martin Green,
2b Union Road, Royal Leamington Spa, Warks CV32 5LT.

Water Orton Local History Association
Mrs Margaret O'Keefe.
19 New Road, Water Orton
Meetings: Water Orton Library,
First Thursday every month 7.30pm

West Bromwich Local History Society
Mrs Moreen Wilkes.
56 Temple Meadows Road, West Bromwich. B71 4DG.

Western Front Association
Treasurer: Mr. J. Penny
8 Evelyn Croft, Sutton Coldfield,
Birmingham B73 5LT
Meetings: Saturdays, monthly, 2.00pm
Bedford Suite, Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Web: www.wfa-birmingham.org.uk/index.htm

Willenhall History Society
Contact: Mr. Horace Davis.
16 Browning Place, Willenhall.
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday each month, 7.30pm, Willenhall Library
Web: www.shercliff.demon.co.uk/WHS/

Wolseley Register
Wolseley Motor Vehicles
Contact: Mr. J. Brindley,
24 Pages Lane, Birmingham B43 6LL
Web: www.wolseley.dircon.co.uk/

Wolverhampton Branch U3A
Local History Group
Hon Sec: Rudi Herbert
Tel: (01902) 762794

Worcester & Birmingham Canal Society
Chairman: Mr. David Wheeler,
13 Harvington Road, Broom Park, Bromsgrove, Worcs. B60 2BA.
Meetings: 1st Tuesday each month, Sept - June, 7.45pm
Boat and Railway Inn, Shaw Lane, Stoke Works near Bromsgrove.
Web: http://catshill.com/wbcs/

Worcestershire Local History Forum
Hon Sec: Mr. Bob Field,
45 Moreland Road, Droitwich. WR9 8RN

Wythall History Society
Hon Sec: Mrs. Val Lewis,
64 Meadow Road, Wythall. B47 6E0.
Meetings: 4th Friday in each month, 7.30pm
(Except July, August and December.)
Wythall Baptist Church Hall.
Email (General enquiries) : val@wythallhistory.co.uk
Email (Family enquiries) : mike@wythallhistory.co.uk
Website : www.wythallhistory.co.uk

Yardley Historical Group
Contact: Dr. D.J. Picton
59 High Point, Richmond Hill Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3RS

Corrections and additions to this Directory should be sent to :

Mrs. Joan Davies
112 Brandwood Road
Kings Heath
Birmingham. B14 6BX.

Tel: (0121) 444 7470