On Friday the 31st of January there was a talk by Mike Mellor at the Community Centre, it was to do with a memorial that is to be erected on the Walsall Road on the split in the road with Hilton Lane, outside of Radio World. This was organised by C.H.A.P.S (Chase Arts for Public Spaces). The sign has been built and should be up this spring, it has been paid for anonymously, there are money boxes around the village in support of the maintenance to the memorial, making sure it can be looked after.
From what I could ascertain it is to do with Harrison’s No 3 Colliery, originally called Brownhills No 3, also known locally as Harrison’s or the Sinking. There was a brief history accompanying the talk and written material. I and many more support this memorial and its success as it will be the first one of its kind in the village.
2024 Report
2024 was a great year for the society with many achievements. Every month we had the pleasure if overstanding speakers that came and shared their knowledge. We held two open evenings, which proved very popular for the people that were unable to attend the coffee morning, plus our Annual Open Day – Saturday 19th October 2024, which was an amazing day, seeing many new faces coming to the open day.
We went to Apedale Country Park in the summer on a Society trip, some of us went down a surface mine, don’t think I would have liked to have been a miner. We also had a stall at St George’s Day at Harrison’s Club and at Great Wyrley Carnival which proved very popular, we also attended the Wesley Chapel on the different fairs, so all in all it was a lovely year at the Society.
AGM Meeting
We have had to make the unfortunate decision to increase the membership cost and stop the double membership option. Now every member would have to pay the single membership cost of £10. This has been a hard decision to make, but with the costs of doing events, open days, days out and having quality guest speakers each month. We want to continue to do all of this in 2025 but we need our members to be able to continue.