Handsworth Historical Society was formed in 1952 and since 1978 has occupied half of the building known as ‘Handsworth Old Town Hall’ (a Grade 2 listed cruck cottage built about 1460) and run it as a community museum about Handsworth.
SPEAKER PROGRAMME 2025
Please note that meetings will now be on the first Wednesday of the month at 2pm
Wednesday 8 January Gypsies, Smiths and the Blitz – Lynda Sharpe
Wednesday 5 February Great Witley Church – Howard Robinson
Wednesday 5 March The Treasure beneath our Feet – Ian Bott
Wednesday 2 April Stourbridge Glass – Dr Kate Round
Wednesday 7 May The Sutton Coldfield Train Crash 1955 – Derek Haywood
Wednesday 4 June Photographing the Wightwick Manor Collection – John Pittwood
Wednesday 2 July Louisa Ryland – talk by Irene de Boo
Wednesday 6 August No meeting
Wednesday 3 September – Annual General Meeting plus The History of the Burp (the Tupperware Story) – Janice Andrews
Wednesday 1 October Pigs take Precedence – Paulette Burkill (a look at New Street in 1817)
Wednesday 5 November Remembrance Day in other Countries – Christine Gregory
Wednesday 3 December Christmas Social
Speaker Meetings: New Church Centre, Winleigh Road (off Church Lane), Handsworth Wood, B20 2HN, at 2.00pm (adjacent car park). Members £3.00, visitors £4.00, including refreshments.
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