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FRIENDS OF SANDWELL ARCHIVES
Oldbury is now part of Sandwell, and the main depository for its archives is Sandwell Community History and Archives Service [CHAS], based at Smethwick Library. Relevant archive are also held in Worcestershire County Record Office (Worcester), Shropshire County Record Office (Shrewsbury), Birmingham Archives, Dudley Archives and the National Archives (London), as well as other public and private archives.

In 2005, the Friends of Sandwell Archives (FOSA) was set up by a group of local and family historians who use the services provided at CHAS, and it now has a membership of about fifty. Its main aims are
to support the development and activities of CHAS
to publicise the archives and encourage the use of the service by the public
to arrange talks relevant to Sandwell and its archives
to encourage volunteering to assist projects at CHAS by indexing, transcribing etc
to purchase items for the archives not obtainable within the normal budget of CHAS

FOSA has purchased for the Archives some early documents related to Chance Brothers glassworks at Smethwick, five plans of the land held by Hampton-in Arden-Charity including holdings in Oldbury, and an archive on Bean cars.

Membership: £6 per annum. This provides free entrance to all meetings and information on the activities of FOSA by e-mail (preferred) or post. Cheques payable to 'Friends of Sandwell Archives', sent to Friends of Sandwell Archives c/o the address below.

 

Meetings are held at CHAS, at Smethwick Library, High Street, Smethwick at 2.30 pm on Thursdays

Free to members of FOSA

Non-members are welcome at all meetings at a charge of £2 per meeting

FRIENDS OF SANDWELL ARCHIVES - FORTHCOMING MEETINGS FOR 2017
15 May

"The Bodysnatchers" by Kevin Goodman

The activities of 'resurrection men in the Black Country
14 September

"The Real 'Allo 'Allo" by John Pittwood

The sometimes hilarious story of his father's escape from France in May/June 1944
13 November

"Lest We Forget" by Mary Bodfish

The story of our national memorials and how they came to represent the anguish of a nation for the losses of WW1

 

Contact for further information: via this website or Sandwell Community History and Archives Service, Smethwick Library, High Street, Smethwick or telephone 0121 558 2561 [closed Thursdays]

 
 
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