| Next in line, Kath Kiely shows her extensive
display of local life to the Mayor while Jim Speakman looks
on.
The Mayor must have found our meeting of interest. He
stopped and chatted at every display and stayed an hour and a
half. |
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Then there was the local artist, Raymond
Whitehouse. He is seen here with our President, Trevor
Genge, and our Secretary, Alma Darby. We are all very keen
on Raymond's delightful water colours of local canal scene and
we hope he will find a publisher for them. |
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In the corner at the front of the hall was Derek
Simpkiss with his collection of memorabilia of cock
fighting. Long ago this was a favourite sport in the
Black Country. Derek has accumulated one of the country's
finest collections relating to this sport. He is talking
to Barbara Richards and Sylvia Horton. |
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In the opposite front corner the raffle was being
organised. And very successfully too. Here Sylvia
Horton, Kath Kiely and two members conclude a sale of
tickets. We are very grateful to everyone who gave prizes
- and to those who bought tickets! |
| Trips to sporting and recreational occasions were
not complete without a packet of sweets. Kath Kiely and
Frank Sharman had gathered together many old fashioned sweets,
from Ha'penny Spanish to Coltsfoot Rock. |
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John Hughes's display came next and, as always,
John had many beautifully produced pictures of local scenes. |
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This was Pam Hughes' remarkable display of
memorabilia of the Bilston Operatic Society, whose annual
productions at the Grand are a great feature of local
life. Pam is discusssing the exhibits with the
Mayor. |
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Lastly along the wall, Frank Sharman had a display
about sport and recreation, mainly in Wolverhampton. He
hopes to inflict his conclusions on this matter on this web site
in due course. Bad luck!
The display included a lot of enamel badges from Dunstall
Park horse racing and Monmore Stadium speedway. |
