Friends of Dudley Castle Meetings

Meetings are held at 7:30pm on the following dates for members of The Friends of Dudley Castle and their guests only. Prospective members and guests are welcome, but will be asked to pay a small charge. Below is a list of the upcoming dates, locations and guest speakers.

Meetings will be held at Dudley Ex-Servicemens Club on Hall Street, except in summertime when they are held in the Castle Undercroft. On these occasions, access is via Fellows Gate, which will be opened at 7:25pm to allow all cars to go through at the same time.

Upcoming Meetings:

• 22nd Feb: Mary Bodfish “How We Lived Then”
• 21st March: Ned Williams “Dudley Hero, Dudley Heroine”
• 18th April: Kate Round “Women in the Glass Industry”
• 30th May 30th: Adrian Durkin
• 20th Jun: Graham Walton 
• 25th July: Summer Social.
• 26th September: Craig Denton “The Art of Dudley Castle”

Speakers at previous meetings have included:

• Mary Bodfish on ‘Beers, Bets And Bullbaiting’
• Ned Williams on ‘History With A Dividend’.
• Alan Pearce on ‘Interesting and quirky visitors to Himley Hall’
• Keith Cheetham on Mary Queen Of Scots
• Craig Denston
• Max Keen on 950 years of Dudley Castle

To find out more about one of our regular speakers, Max Keen, please visit his webpage https://www.keenhistorytalks.com/