Pamela Manning gave a talk on how “wise women”. People of towns and villages would go to her to solve marital problems, usually that of a sexual nature.
All our archives will be open photo displays for you to look at, and if you have any questions or queries we’re happy to help. Refreshments available. Looking forward to seeing you there.
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 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.
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.
Our coffee morning speaker was Christine Reynolds who gave a talk and a comprehensive insight as to how remembrance day is commemorated around the world. Everyone enjoyed the talk, there was quite a large collection of literature spread out on tables for the members to look at after the talk.
Our new noticeboard has now been installed for all to see on the land by the beacon/Doctors surgery, on the Quinton Count Shopping Centre – Great Wyrley. The noticeboard will be used to inform everyone of what’s happening in the society and anything else that is going on in Great Wyrley.
There have been many changes on this plot of land on the Walsall Road, from the old Great Wyrley First School, opened in 1883. In it’s life it was rebuilt and ran as a school until 1985 until it changed into a Daycare Centre. Unfortunately the Daycare Centre closed and the building was left empty for some years. In its place is now a huge building, pictured about, wyrleycourt.co.uk – which is residential apartments for those of us that wish to occupy in later life. It looks very impressive and it’s good to see new businesses opening up in the area, this will bring new people, residents and jobs to the area.
Merry Christmas To All Our Members
What a fantastic day we had at our Christmas Bash and it was great to see so many of our members come along and join in with the Christmas spirit. It gave a great close to the end of the year.
At the moment we are going through a collection of photos that was given to us by Dave Franks from his Father’s collection. There are hundreds of amazing photos, alot of them have people with no names. We would love to find out who some of the people are. Below are just a sample of the unknown people in the photographs – any ideas?
A Happy and Healthy New Year