18th MAY 2019
The talk from Christine Shaw, Ex President of the South Staffordshire Beekeepers was well attended and went down well with the audience. Especially the Honey samples Christine bought with her. The talk was a general overview of the art of beekeeping and Christine held the audience with her recollections of various happenings and the life…
8th MAY 2019 A.G.M.
TEAM MEETING WEBSITE VIEWING/TRAINING THE A.G.M. WILL START THE MORNING AND THEN A GENERAL TEAM MEETING. BECAUSE THE WEBSITE HAS BEEN RADICALLY CHANGED BOB BREVITT (admin) WILL PRESENT AN OVERVIEW AND A QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION.
3rd May 2019
Welcome to the redesigned Website of “Bridgtown & District Local History Society”.Thanks go to Soeli Thomas, Webmaster for the refresh.We can now go ahead and keep you all updated on the comings and goings of the Society.I am still getting to grips with the new setup so I apologise if it looks a bit odd…
TONY BIBB 1941 – 2019
Sadly passed away on the 22nd January 2019. Tony suffered from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a debilitating lung condition. TONY WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY AND A TEAM MEMBER UNTIL ILL-HEALTH INTERVENED. HE SHALL BE MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM AT THE SOCIETY. R.I.P. TONY Funeral service is at St Saviours…
2018
31st DECEMBER 2018 LAST DAY OF YEAR AND HOPE YOU’RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO AHAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. A BUSY YEAR HAS PASSED, WE ARE MISSING THOSE WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US, BUT WE HAVE (AND ARE) DOING OUR UTMOST TO HONOUR THEIR MEMORY AND CARRY ON WITH DOCUMENTING AND BRINGING THE HISTORY…
2017
24th SEPTEMBER 2017 It is with great regret that we report the passing of Mr Willi Schaefer, a long standing member of the Society, on September 8th 2017. He worked at Elliot & Lucas for many years including as a Director.His funeral will be at Bushbury Crematorium, West Chapel at 3,00pm on 27th September 2017.…
Talks, photos & more 2016
PUBLICATIONS : BRIDGTOWN RECOLLECTIONS. Since the last upgrade the latest book has been published. David Williams & John Devey have worked hard to produce a different type book. It still contains a good number of photographs but it focuses on the recollections of a number of former residents to illustrate how the village has changed…
3rd MAY 2016
STAFFORDSHIRE MAY DAY DISPLAY AT CANNOCK CHASE MUSEUM On Sunday 1st May 2016 the Society, along with other Local History Groups was invited to the Staffordshire Day Exhibition at The Museum of Cannock Chase. David Battersby, Catherine Page & John Devey prepared a series of photographs and Tools from our archive denoting the Edge Tool…
April 2016
24th APRIL 2016 Dedication of Leighton & B.R.A.G. Garden in North StreetDespite the inclement weather many people turned up to witness the Dedication of the garden now known as the Leighton Garden – commemorating Dora & Jim Leighton who both did much for the village and also remembering the Bridgtown Residents Action Group who helped…
Military History
The War Memorial page on this site has now been updated and only a few names have no history. Anyone who could help us update those and indeed, if somebody spots any mistakes in those already updated please get in touch with Bob Brevitt – Contact details on the Contacts page. I feel all those…