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If this website has inspired you to find out more about your local heritage, film-making or creating your own project, here are a list of places to check out:

Bloxwich Telegraph

Keep up-to-date and go back in time with The Bloxwich Telegraph and it’s Facebook and Twitter pages. Published and edited by Bloxwich local historian Stuart Williams, who says:

“We aim to provide community news, information and local heritage articles for the ancient village of Bloxwich and the surrounding district, including Blakenall Heath, Leamore and Birchills. The Bloxwich Telegraph is committed to supporting and promoting our local area, and is published free of charge in support of the local community and ex-pats world-wide”.

A Click in Time

A Click in Time website is the official site of the Walsall local history centre. The centre holds over 12,000 photographs dating back to the mid 19th century. These cover the whole of the current Walsall Council area. The website showcases a selection of these photos.

The Walsall Local History Centre

Address: Essex St, Walsall WS2 7AS Phone : 01922 721305

Open: Tuesday 10am – 4pm, Wednesday 10am – 7pm, Thursday 10am – 1pm, Saturday 10am – 1pm

Attractions and facilities

Free admission
Free on site parking
Disabled access
Drinks facility
Friendly, fully trained staff who can help with your family and local history inquiries
Access to resources on family and local history ranging in date from c1225 to the present day
A range of local history publications for sale
Free introductory sessions on the Ancestry family history database and our family history resources
An hour’s free session with an experienced family history researcher who will help if you are starting out on family history or have hit a brick wall
Workshops and courses in family and local history
A paid research service if you would like us to do your research for you
A chance to explore stories from the past and contribute your memories.

Bloxwich Old and New

This Facebook page is a great place to see photos and share memories. They say they are “Wanting people’s old and new photos and memories of Bloxwich to share and discuss and reminisce.”

Heritage Lottery Fund

From the archaeology under our feet to the historic parks we love, from precious memories to rare wildlife… we use money raised by National Lottery players to help people across the UK explore, enjoy and protect the heritage they care about.

Largest dedicated funder of heritage in the UK
Leading advocate for the value of heritage
£7.1billion awarded to over 40,000 projects since 1994
£430million to invest this year
Offices across the UK
Grants from £3,000

Catcher Media

Formed in 1996, Catcher Media are an award-winning community interest company dedicated to improving lives through digital technology, participation and creativity. We enable children, young people and adults to learn about and communicate important social, educational, health and heritage messages. We have been working on Walsall-based projects for over 12 years.

Walsall Council Creative Development Team

They are a team of creative practitioners who oversee the joint planning, commissioning and delivery of participatory arts programmes. They say: “We open doors for people and organisations using participatory and community arts activities such as music, performance, new media, creative writing, design and visual art as the inspiration.

Our role is to be a catalyst in finding the opportunities where the arts and creativity can make positive change. Working with local service providers and community groups, we creatively design projects that access ‘hard to reach’ groups of people, and approach the most difficult of issues in fun, non-threatening ways. The team’s work is nationally recognised as a model of good practice when it come to giving people a voice, highlighting opportunities and enriching communities.”

Walsall Council Regeneration and Development

Regeneration has a key role to play in developing and delivering a wide, diverse range of projects and activities that will help develop a new future for Walsall.

We will do this through People by developing schemes which help people into employment, places by improving the town centre and where you live and by supporting businesses through relocation and recruitment.

In these sections you can find out how the borough is changing and ways in which you can get involved. You will find news and information about our regeneration programmes including regular updates about what is going on.

Rediscover

Young people uncover the heritage of Bloxwich

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