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regular events Sandwell Stride Walks A great way to get some exercise and enjoy the fresh air at some of Sandwell’s lovely parks and nature reserves. All walks are led by a trained walk leader. All ages and abilities welcome with refreshments available on many walks. Info: 0800 011 4656 Reading Group Central Library, West Bromwich Reading Group meeting the last Friday afternoon of each month Time: 2.30pm-4pm Free admission Info: 0121 569 4911 Every Thursday Hollybush Comedy Night Hollybush Pub, 53 Newton Lane, Cradley Heath, B64 5EA Open mic comedy night. Acts from all over the country perform their original material on the big stage. Event held in traditional Blackcountry pub with real ale served. Feel free to order takeaway food or eat on the premises. Time: 7pm doors open; show starts at 8pm Price: FREE For info: 07949594484 centre reception (shown below) Info: 0300 012 0121 – Leisure Pass discounts available www.slt-leisure.co.uk Sandwell Leisure Trust Swimming Centres: • L angley Swimming Centre, Vicarage Rd, Oldbury, B68 8HS • Smethwick Swimming Centre, Thimblemill Rd, Smethwick, B67 5QT • Tipton Leisure Centre, Alexandra Road, Tipton, DY4 8TA • Haden Hill Leisure Centre, Barrs Road, Cradley Heath, B64 7HA • Portway Lifestyle Centre: Newbury Lane, Oldbury, B69 1HE • Wednesbury Leisure Centre: High Bullen, Wednesbury, WS10 7HP Learn to Swim with Sandwell Leisure Trust Various times and days Swimming lessons for all ages and abilities from 5 years to adult. Parent and toddler and one-to-one sessions subject to availability. Learn to swim in a safe and warm environment with our friendly and fully qualified instructors. Book now for your 30 minute lesson. Contact any Sandwell Leisure Trust swimming Sandwell Family Information Service can advise you on childcare and local services/ events that are available in Sandwell. for 10:00am FOR run joel 3k Fun Run or 5k Charity Race joel Children under 12 £2 Teens & Adults £6 5k Runners £10 Register online today! SPONSORS FORMS ONLINE https://www.slt-leisure.co.uk/runforjoel Countryside Walks If you enjoy walking in the countryside and like to meet new people, then our free healthy walks are for you. Lasting for about an hour, they take in some of Sandwell’s best countryside. With a designated leader at the front and the rear of the group, you’re free to walk at your own pace. Priory Woods Health Walk Every Tuesday 10.30am-11.30am Meet at Sandwell Park Farm Sot’s Hole Health Walk Every Thursday 10.30am-11.30am Meet at Sandwell Park Farm Thimblemill Brook Health Walk Third Wednesday of each month 10am-11am Meet at Thimblemill Library Info: 0121 429 2039 Sheepwash Local Nature Reserve Great Bridge Library, Sheepwash Lane, Great Bridge, Tipton DY4 7JF Fridays. Walk in this beautiful nature reserve. Distance: 3 miles Time: 10.30am Price: Free Info: Mike Whale: 0121 588 5068 or Terry Baker: 01922 620 785 If you need a childminder, day nursery, pre-school playgroup, holiday play scheme or out of school club for your child/or children, or you want to find out about a local service/event give us a call on 0121 569 4914 or visit www.sandwell.gov.uk/ holidays for further information. Sandwell Libraries During September, October and November, Sandwell libraries will be hosting a range of events and activities tailored to suit all ages. • Bollywood-themed fitness Featuring: sessions • Autumn-themed school • Health walks holiday activities • Knit and natter groups • Play and stay sessions There is something for • Children and adult reading everyone. groups • Local history groups For further information call 0121 569 4911 Sandwell Museum Service Events and Activities Find out about Sandwell museums upcoming events and activities at www.sandwell.gov.uk/ museums Sport & Leisure Exhibitions Countryside Heritage Literature www.sandwell.gov.uk/whatson Performance Holiday Camps Whether it’s playing sport, taking coached activities or joining in fun sessions to splash about and enjoy time with your friends, Sandwell Leisure Trust has something for you. SLT Holiday Camp activities are run during all major school breaks including October, February, Easter and Whitsun half terms and the main summer school holidays. Contact your local leisure centre for further details about other activities and bookings on 0300 012 0121 or visit www.slt-leisure.co.uk There is loads to do during the school holidays in Sandwell SUNDAY 11th SEPTEMBER What’s On in Sandwell Family Fun Autumn 2016 Sandwell Council… working for you Access guide If you have any questions about your visit, please phone the site for more information. Central Library High Street, West Bromwich B70 8DZ 0121 569 4904 Tipton Sports Academy Wednesbury Oak Road, Tipton DY4 0BS 0121 502 5534 Forge Mill Farm Forge Lane, West Bromwich B71 3DX 0121 538 7210 Warley Woods Community Trust and Golf Course The Pavilion, 101 Lightwoods Hill, Smethwick B67 5ED Trust office: 0121 420 1061 Haden Hill House Museum and Park Halesowen Road, Cradley Heath B64 7JU 01384 569444 Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery Holyhead Road, Wednesbury WS10 7DF 0121 556 0683 Manor House Museum Hall Green Road, West Bromwich B71 2EA 0121 553 0759 Wednesbury Leisure Centre High Bullen WS10 7HP Oak House Museum 0300 012 0121 Oak Road, West Bromwich B70 8HJ 0121 553 0759 Oldbury Rep Barlow Theatre, Langley B69 4SP 0121 552 2761 Oldbury Council House Freeth Street, Oldbury B69 3DE 0845 358 2200 Sandwell Park Farm Salter’s Lane, West Bromwich B71 4BG 0121 569 3069/3070 Key to events West Bromwich Town Hall High Street, West Bromwich Oak House, Manor House and Haden Hill House & Museum are listed buildings which restrict adaptations to improve access. Please contact the site directly if you have any questions. Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery now has a lift to the first floor galleries. For information about libraries please visit www.sandwell.gov.uk/libraries When you see these symbols, you can expect: PO Box 2377 Sandwell Council House Oldbury B69 3DE Web: www.sandwell.gov.uk Email: marketing_publicity@ sandwell.gov.uk Working in partnership with Sandwell Leisure Trust Timetables for full programme of activities at leisure centres can be picked up from centres, or downloaded online www.slt-leisure.co.uk For information about activities for young people visit: www.justyouth.org.uk www.bctouring.co.uk Wheelchair access Adults Assistance dogs welcome Children and family Accessible parking Young people Accessible toilet Arts Staffed reception Countryside Visual impairment Heritage and local history Assistive hearing Sport and Leisure Refreshments All information is correct at time of going to press in August 2016, but changes may happen that are beyond our control. We suggest that you telephone the venue for information prior to setting off. Printed on elemental chlorine free paper, sourced from fully sustainable forests. Autumn 2016 SEPTEMber Sunday 11 September The most famous person you’ve never heard of! Saturday 3 September Bishop Asbury Cottage, Creatures of the Night Newton Road B43 6HN RSPB Sandwell Valley, 20 Visit the childhood home of Tanhouse Avenue, Great Barr, Bishop Francis Asbury – one B43 5AG of the most famous historical This is one of our most popular characters in the USA. This year events and not to be missed! is the 200th anniversary since We’ll be talking about bats and the death of this fascinating man going on a bat walk around the reserve. You will encounter some born in Hamstead. Time: 2pm-5pm amazing night-time wildlife. Our Price: Free friendly experts will introduce For info: 0121 556 0683 you to the secret world of some of our favourite creatures of the night. Use our bat detectors to Sunday 11 September discover how many different bat species are flying in the night sky. Proms in the Park Haden Hill House and Park Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm Price: adults £7; children £3.50; Enjoy musical entertainment, with 20% discount for RSPB members jazz from the Martinique Jazz Band, easy listening songs with For info: 0121 357 7395; Janice Williamson during the alex.sharrod@rspb.org.uk afternoon and early evening, then rousing tunes from Halesowen Brass Band in true flag waving Sunday 4 September proms style to end the evening. All About Dogs Bring your flags and picnics. The Meadow, Warley Woods, Time: 2pm-6pm off Lightwoods Hill or Abbey Price: FREE Road, Smethwick, B67 5ED 01384 569444; Come along to our family dog www.facebook.com/ event to watch and have a go sandwellmuseums at fly ball. There will be a dog psychologist and demonstration from the Border Force sniffer dogs and lots of stalls. Time: 11am – 4pm Price: donations For info: 0121 420 1061, admin@warleywoods.org.uk Saturday 10 September Lost Mansions of the Black Country – Talk Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery Local historian Ian Bott gives a fascinating insight into the grand houses of the Black Country which have been lost to time. Time: 2:30pm – 4pm Price: FREE For info: www.sandwell.gov.uk/ joininmuseums Wednesday14 September Piano Duet - evening concert Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery Wednesbury Museum Society present piano duet Sara Wilander and Iain Jackson for an evening of live music. Time: 7.30pm-9pm Price: £5 for non-members 01384 569444; www.sandwell.gov.uk/ joininmuseums; smelia5751@aol.com Saturday 17 September Rounds Green Library 50th Birthday Bash Rounds Green Library, Martley Rd, Oldbury B69 1DZ Come along and to celebrate our 50th birthday. There will be refreshments and exhibitions on all things 1960s. Time: 10am-1pm Price: free For info: 0121 552 2879 Saturday 24 September Tipton Library’s Annual Local History Day Tipton Library, 17 Unity walk, Tipton DY4 8DZ The 8th annual local history day features talks, music, poetry, photo exhibitions, film shows and much more. Time: 10.30am-12.30pm Price: FREE For info: 0121 557 1796 Sunday 25 September House a Hedgehog RSPB Sandwell Valley, 20 Tanhouse Avenue, Great Barr, B43 5AG Come and make a Hogitat (a hedgehog house) for the spiny friends in your garden. Our experts will be on hand to help you discover lots of different ways to make your garden more hedgehog friendly. We will even provide advice on the best place to locate your new Hogitat. Time: 11am-3pm Price: adults £10; children £5; 20% discount for RSPB members For info: 0121 357 7395; alex.sharrod@rspb.org.uk OCTOBER Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 October Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 October Sewing Club – Halloween Costumes Manor House Museum West Bromwich Come along to make a Halloween costume. Make a unique Halloween costume and be the envy of all your friends with your ghoulish get-up. Materials are not included. Time: 10am-2pm Price: £45.00 for four bite-size classes For info: 0121 588 2985 Wednesday 5 October A History of Warley Woods The Pavilion, Lightwoods Hill, Warley Woods Come along to a talk about the history of Warley Woods – from its farm land, its owners, the Abbey, the public park and the Community Trust. Thursday 22 September Time: 7.30pm Community Offer Price: £4 Autumn Tea Dance For info: 0121 429 2440; Charlemont Methodist Church, www.warleywoods.org.uk; Saturday 10 and Charlemont Rd, West Bromwich admin@warleywoods.org.uk Sunday 11 September B71 3DU Galton Valley Pumping Come and join us at an afternoon Station Open Days Friday 7 October of tea and Sequence, Ballroom, Galton Valley Pumping Station 80s and 90s Disco Latin and Line dancing led by off Brasshouse Lane Corks Club, Bearwood Road/ Keith Handley. Enjoy swing and Visit Galton Valley Pumping Sherwood Road, Bearwood, jazz music from The People’s Station and learn about the history of the canals. You can also Orchestra and find out more about B66 4BT Come and strut your stuff at our take a guided walk to the remains the Sandwell Community Offer. disco to help raise money for Warley of the Smethwick Engine House. Time: 1pm-4pm Woods Community Trust. Children Price: free Time: 10am-3pm welcome within a family group. For info: 0121 565 5605; Price: FREE Time: 7.30pm – 12pm KPG-CommunityOffer@ For info: 0121 556 0683; Price: £5; concessionary £3 kaleidoscopeplus.org.uk www.sandwell.gov.uk/ For info: 0121 429 2440; joininmuseums www.warleywoods.org.uk Saturday 10 September Friends’ Fun Day Langley Library, Barrs St, Oldbury B68 8QT Community stalls, fun and games for all the family. Time: 10am – 1pm Price: FREE For info: 0121 552 1680 Sandwell & the Queen photographic exhibition Wednesdays and Thursdays 11am-3pm and Saturdays until the end of September 2pm-5pm Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery. Call: 0121 556 0683 www.sandwell.gov.uk/museums salsa night Thursday 20 October 2016 at 7pm Oldbury Royal British Legion Windsor Road, Oldbury, B68 8NY Salsa dance demonstration, free salsa dance taster sessions and buffet £8 Proceeds of the evening go to Sandwell Parents for Disabled Children and Cares Sandwell facebook.com/sandwellcouncil @SandwellCouncil Wednesday 12 October Wednesbury Music Club Wednesbury Town Hall, Holyhead Road, Wednesbury Live musical concert with Shelfield Male Voice Choir Time: 7.45pm-9.30pm Price: £5; concessionary price for 10 events £25 For info: 0121 502 5751; smelia5751@aol.com Thursday 13 October Don’t Go into the CellarTheatre Company Haden Hill House Museum Our popular theatre company return to thrill and chill you once again this October with ‘Murder by Gaslight’ A Ghoulish Audience with two of the most infamous poisoners in British history - William Palmer and Harvey Crippen. We invite you to encounter these murderous men of medicine as the diabolical doctors regale you with their case histories, and invite you to judge for yourselves whether they were in fact, guilty as charged! Time: 1st show at 6pm and 2nd show at 8pm Price: £7 includes light refreshments For info: 01384 569444; www.sandwell.gov.uk/museums Monday 24 October Spooky Fun Day Manor House Museum Come and meet the Manor House mystery gang and their super sleuth pooch! There will be lots of spooky things going on including party time with the mystery gang. You can make some crafts and do a treasure hunt plus much more. Time: 11am- 3pm Price: £1 children; 50p adults (there may be small charge for some activities) For info: 0121 588 2985 Visit www.sandwell.gov.uk/whatson for more information about events and activities Wednesday 26 October Potty for Pumpkins Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery Join us for loads of pumpkin and autumnal craft and art activities. With trails, pumpkin facts and games and you can even try some pumpkin. Time: 11am-3pm Price: Free For info: 0121 556 0683; www.sandwell.gov.uk/ joininmuseums Friday 28 October The Grey Lady Trail Warley Woods, 101 Lightwoods Hill, Smethwick, B67 5ED Follow the trail around Warley Woods to learn the story of the ghostly Grey Lady of Warley Woods. Bring a torch so you can find your way. Time: 6pm. - 7.30pm Price: £2 For info: 0121 429 2440; www.warleywoods.org.uk Thursday 27 October Pumpkin Carving Workshops Oak House Museum, West Bromwich Come and join us on our fantastic pumpkin carving workshop and take home your ‘spooktacular’ creation in time for Halloween. Pumpkins, tools and stencils provided. Time: 11am – 3pm Price: £2.50 For info: 0121 553 0759 Friday 28 October 2016 Halloween Family Fun Day Haden Hill House Museum Spooky goings on at Haden Hill House and Hall, come and join in with Halloween fun for all the family. Music, workshops quizzes, trails and more. Time: 11am-3pm Price: Free For info: 01384 569444; www.sandwell.gov.uk/ museums; www.facebook.com/ sandwellmuseums Thursday 27 October Children’s Halloween Half Term Craft Workshops Haden Hill House Museum Join in the fun at our Halloween themed drop-in style craft workshops and make something to take home. Time: 11am – 3pm Price: 50p-£2 For info: 01384 569444; www.sandwell.gov.uk/museums Thursday 27 October Whizzy Witches and Wizards Family Fun Day Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery Loads of great family fun and entertainment for a spooktastic day with magic shows, crafts, games, trails and an interactive family theatre performance with Abracadabra at 1pm. Tuesday 25 October Time: 11am-3pm Halloween Family Fun Day Price: Free (maybe small charge Oak House Museum, for some activities) West Bromwich For info: 0121 556 0683; Halloween fun for all the family, www.sandwell.gov.uk/ with magic and balloon modelling, joininmuseums by entertainer Ron Popple. Spooky music in the Oak House Thursday 27 October from resident music man Andy Children’s Autumn Half Term Casserley and ‘spooktacular’ Craft Workshops trails, quizzes, games and crafts Haden Hill House Museum throughout the day. Join us in Join in the fun at our autumn themed your most gruesome Halloween drop-in style crafts workshops and fancy dress costumes for a trails. You can aslo make something ‘hauntingly good day.’ Small to take home. Our friends from charge for crafts materials. the RSPB will be here too. Time: 11am-3pm Time: 11am – 3pm Price: FREE Price: 50p - £3 For info: 0121 553 0759 For info: 01384 569444; www.sandwell.gov.uk/museums Friday 28 October An evening with Sally Barker Thimblemill Library, Thimblemill Rd, Smethwick B67 5RJ Singer and runner up in the BBC’s The Voice TV programme Sally Barker returns by popular demand to share stories and songs. Supported by local band The Bearwood Bandits Time: 7.30pm Price: £8 at the door; concessionary tickets in advance £6 For info: 0121 429 2039; thimblemill_library@ sandwell.gov.uk On until Friday 28 October Martin Parr’s Black Country Stories Tipton Library The Martin Parr photographs in this exhibition have been specially selected for Tipton. The photographs are part of Black Country Stories, an ongoing body of work and archive produced by Multistory that documents and celebrates life in Sandwell and the Black Country. Time: call the Tipton Library for times Price: FREE For info: 0121 557 1796; www.multistory.org.uk/events/ Bonfire Night Friday 4 November Saturday 5 November Victoria Park, High Street, Smethwick Dartmouth Park, Lloyd Street, West Bromwich For more information please check our website www.sandwell.gov.uk/bonfirenight closer to the date Roald Dahl Day Tuesday 13 September 2016 All Sandwell libraries Free. For info: 0121 569 2601 www.sandwell.gov.uk/libraries Friday 28 October Fright Night – silent movie evening Oak House Museum, West Bromwich Join us for a wonderfully atmospheric silent movie showing of the 1922 film ‘Nosferatu’. It will be accompanied by the Black Country Guitar Quartet - a truly unique evening at the Oak House barns visitor centre. For age 16 years and over. Time: 7pm-9.30pm Price: £9; concessionary £8 For info: 0121 553 0759 Friday 28 October Trick or Treat Manor House Museum, West Bromwich Come along and trick or treat in a safe environment. There will be many different residents to meet you as make your way around the Manor House with lots of different tricks and treats along the way. Booking essential. Time: slots 3pm, 4.15pm, 5.30pm and 6.45pm Price: £6 (adults free if accompanying a child) For info: 0121 588 2985 Saturday 29 October Fright Night ‘The Circus Comes to Town’ Manor House Museum, West Bromwich Do you dare enter the Manor HELL House this Halloween? The circus has arrived, the big top is open - do you dare come in? There’s lots of scary fun at one of the most haunted buildings in the Midlands! There’s a short ghost tour around the grounds to hear about the real ghosts that have been seen. Booking is essential. Time: 5pm-9pm Price: £6 For info: 0121 588 2985 Sunday 5 November Galton Valley Pumping Station Open Day Galton Valley Pumping Station off Brasshouse Lane Visit Galton Valley Pumping station and learn about the history of the canals and what life was like on the canals in the 1800s. Time: 10am-3pm Price: Free For info: www.sandwell.gov.uk/ joininmuseums Tuesday 8 to Friday 11 November A Comedy Play Party Piece by Richard Harris All Saints Church, All Saints Way, West Bromwich, B71 1RU The action takes place in the back gardens of the feuding Smethurst and Hinsons and is set in the present time. This fast paced play is very funny. It’s the night of Michael and Roma’s fancy dress house warming party. The evening looks set to be a lively one until a string of hilarious disasters strike, including a distinct lack of guests, a burning garden shed, a marauding Zimmer frame and the prospect of an irate husband on the prowl. Time: 7.30pm Price: £4.50; concessionary £4 For info: 0121 588 4786 charity walk. The play follows the girls as they train together, squabble amongst themselves, laugh together and suffer blisters together. From training walks, the trip to London, the walk itself and the aftermath the play will keep the audience chuckling. Time: 7:30pm Price: £7.50 For info: 0121 357 4169 or hilld28@sky.com Saturday 12 November Model Railway Showcase Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery Join West Bromwich Model Railway Society for their annual display showcasing some of their exciting model railways. Time: 12pm-4pm Price: Free For info: 0121 556 0683 Saturday 19 November Pantomime fun at the library Tipton Library, 17 Unity walk, Tipton DY4 8DZ Funtime Theatre present a seasonal panto with all your Wednesday 9 November favourite characters and villains. Les Oiseaux - evening Boo, hiss and cheer at our panto concert organised by the Friends of the Wednesbury Museum Library. and Art Gallery Time: 11am-12noon Wednesbury Museum Society Price: FREE presents an evening of live music For info: 0121 557 1796; with Les Oiseaux. tipton_library@sandwell.gov.uk Time: 7.30pm – 9pm Price: £5 for non-members For info: www.sandwell.gov.uk/ Sunday 27 November Letters to Lapland joininmuseums; Oak House Museum, smelia5751@aol.com West Bromwich Come and join us for a cosy Saturday 29 October Wednesday 9 to Saturday family afternoon at Oak House Birds Alive 12 November and write and decorate your Bleakhouse Library, Bleakhouse Cheshire Cats’ Comedy Show letter to Santa. All materials Road, Oldbury B68 9DS The Theatre, Gayton Road provided. Other Christmas Get close up and personal with Community Centre, Gayton themed crafts available and a a selection of birds of prey Road, West Bromwich, B71 1QS Christmas countdown quiz with provided by Hawks N More. We shall be presenting ‘Cheshire trail around the Oak House. Fun for all the family. Cats’, a comedy by Gail Young. Time: 11am-3pm Time: 2pm-3pm The comedy is about a group Price: small charge from Price: FREE of ladies called the Cheshire 50p- £2 depending on what For info: 0121 422 2798; Cats who are taking part in the you make bleakhouse_library@ London Moonwalk half marathon For info: 0121 553 0759 sandwell.gov.uk NOVEMBER Wednesday 2 November Dracula’s Ghost – Halloween Creepy Performance Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery Over 14s only. ‘Dracula’s Ghost’ This spine-tingling original theatrical show from ‘Don’t go into the Cellar’ theatre company tracks the vampire from his destruction at the hands of Van Helsing, through his many incarnations down the centuries. Time: 6pm and 8pm Price: £6 For info: 0121 556 0683 National Heritage Open Days Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 September A chance for visitors to explore heritage sites, behind the scenes or see buildings not usually open to the public. Visit www.heritageopendays.org.uk for full listings and information.
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