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THE BLACK COUNTRY MEMORIES CLUBOUR MEMORIES |
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Our thoughts are of the past.
It is not that we think the past was always good,
because we know that it was not; nor that we are
afraid to acknowledge the benefits of progress, which
are many. But we are not so foolish as to think
that the past had no good in it. We do not always
subscribe to the view that there is no time like the
present. We know that the past has shaped our
lives in one way or another, not always for the worse,
often for the better. There are experiences which
we have known and shared with other people, that we
would not exchange, or want to exchange, for the
experiences of the present day. And there are
experiences which we might wish that young people of
to-day could experience for themselves. I believe
the object of what we are doing is to help record those
experiences of the past, so that they become an
important landmark of life and will help young people
and others reading them to understand much of why
we are as we are and what the past has contributed to
the present.
(Trevor Genge, speaking at one of the
first meetings of the Club)
On these pages we record people's memories of life in the Black Country. These memories have been written down either by the people themselves or by other members of the Club in conversation with the people concerned. We also record here photos, documents and objects, which members have supplied.
If reading these pages triggers off your own memories, please get in touch or come to a meeting and tell us about them.
Here are the memories we have on the site so far. Click on the name to see the page. The names are in the order in which they were put on the site. Scroll to the bottom to see the most recent additions.
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Dorothy
Martin
remembers her father and the General Strike. |
There are also some very interesting family histories on the Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society's web pages. Click on this link to see them - but to get back here you will have to use the "back" button on your browser.