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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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Not a great deal to note this month. Mr David Battersby has been in the wars after a fall but has bounced back and now is as good as ever – ish. The Diary for this coming year is filling up and the next 2 events are close by.The Heritage Service at the Bethel is…

12TH MARCH 2016 DUE TO ILLNESS, OUR SPEAKER, PETER CADMAN WILL NOT BE ABLE GIVE HIS TALK. HOWEVER, Mr BOB MEEK HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO COMPLETE HIS RAMBLES DOWN NEW STREET. SO GET YOUR QUESTIONS READY FOR BOB!.PETER WILL GIVE HIS TALK LATER IN THE YEAR. 8th March 2016 WE ARE AGAIN AT THAT TIME…

Wednesday 20th January – Talk by Peter Hart : There was a full house for the talk by the Reverend Peter Hart, Vicar of Cannock about his two lives as professional footballer and Vicar. It was well received by all and the Rev. Hart enjoyed our company. We also were able to distribute our latest…