Events in September 2008
- Saturday 19th July – Monday 1st September
- School Holiday Activities
Youngsters are spoilt for choice when it comes to entertainment over the school holidays. Visitors can re-live their youth and show their children and grandchildren how it's done as they hop, skip and jump back in time to the Museum's period village. The young and the young at heart can roll hoops along the cobbled street, play hopscotch on the pavement and test their skill with whip and top and skittles. A variety of parlour games are played in Station Road cottages and craft-making projects, including writing with old fashioned pen and ink and paper crafts take place in the old-fashioned school-room.
- Saturday 6th September
- Marston Collection and It's a Gas!
Marston Collection and It's a Gas!
It's a Gas! On the first Saturday of every month volunteers bring the gas engines to life in the Cinema Power House and the Trap Shop. Visitors can learn how they work and hear the belt driven machinery hum into life.
Marston Collection
Historic vehicles from the Marston collection will take a spin of the Museum's circuit. Motoring marvels from the early 1900s up to the 1930s take centre stage and these rare gems are sure to be the torque of the town! The Marston group are often on site carrying out vital restoration work.
- Friday 12th, Sunday 14th September
- Heritage Open Day
Discover hidden gems behind the scenes of the Museum when it opens its stores to the public as part of the Heritage Open Days Programme 2008. Rare and unusual objects, many never seen before, will be on display and reveal a wealth of Black Country social and industrial history.
- Saturday 13th September
- Women Chainmaker's Festival
The Museum's major Labour History event recalls the fight of the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers, who in 1910 went on strike for ten weeks and were successful in winning the first ever minimum wage. The TUC organised event, hosted by the Black Country Living Museum, will celebrate the importance of Trade Union History and women at work. The day of entertainment, music and theatre from local performers along with stirring speeches and a famous union supporting group will ensure the legacy of the Cradley Heath Women Chainmakers lives on.
- Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September
- Autumn Living History Weekend
Time travel is on the agenda at the Black Country Living Museum. The Friends of the Museum spend the weekend living in 1920's conditions. Visitors can witness their attempts to cook, clean, eat, sleep, entertain and take part in autumn seasonal activities without the modern luxuries that we take for granted today such as central heating and hot and cold running water.
- Saturday 13th September
- It's full steam ahead
It's full steam ahead on every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month from the 1st March to December inclusive when the colliery steam winder and fan engine are in steam.
- Saturday 27th September
- It's full steam ahead
It's full steam ahead on every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month from the 1st March to December inclusive when the colliery steam winder and fan engine are in steam.
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