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:

• 18^th May – Adrian Durkin
• 22^nd June – Elaine Joyce: Dudley Castle In The Civil War.
• 20^th July – Summer event in the Castle court yard.
• August – No meeting.
• 21^st September – Ned Williams: Dudley – The Centre of the Universe
• 19^th October – John Spary: The A449.
• 23^rd November – John Billingham: An amble around Staffordshire.

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/