⭐️We're looking for volunteers to help with our upcoming project, “Illuminating the Chance Glass Works Collection”, and would love to hear from you. Email our friendly team at [email protected] or pop in for a chat to learn more! #ArchivesRevealed #ChanceBrothers

Congratulations to resilience grant recipients: Peoples HeritageCoop (partnered with Friction), Sandwell Archives and Gloucestershire Heritage Hub (working with all local authority record offices across the South West) Learn more about these projects here: nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-secto…

⭐️We are delighted to announce that Sandwell Archives has recently received over £19,000 of funding as part of The National Archives’ Resilience Grant programme! You can read more about our project here: nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-secto…

We recently strayed upon this souvenir brochure for the New Swan Village Gasworks opened 9 October 1953. Operated by the much missed West Midlands Gas Board. The only surviving features of the works are two gas holders and brickwork. Ref: LF 49.13 LibraryofBirmingham Sandwell Archives

Congratulations Sandwell Archives ! 🥳 #ArchivesWM

Galton Valley Pumping station starts its monthly Saturday open days this weekend so pop in it's free! We are on the canal towpath off Brasshouse Lane near Rolfe Street station, Smethwick.

#MalcolmX In last Monday’s post celebrating #Marika Sherwood, we highlighted her book on Malcolm X. Here is Malcolm during his tour of Smethwick in 1965. Ref - Birmingham Mail & Despatch Night Final, 12 Feb 1965 LibraryofBirmingham Sandwell Archives

🇬🇧 Join us and Sandwell Museums for our annual Fabulous 40s event as we also commemorate 80 years since #VEDay 📍 Monday 5 May 12pm-4pm 🎟️ Admission is free, why not come dressed up, bring a picnic and a blanket & stay all day? Please park considerately #CelebrateSandwell

HOMEFRONT IN SANDWELL LOCAL HISTORY TALK. Thursday 8 May 11.30am. Free just drop in. Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery, WS10 7DF Join Sandwell Archives Outreach Officer Maureen Waldron to hear about Homefront in Sandwell. #veday80 #vedaysandwell

#CityOf1000Trades Chance Brothers was a leading glass manufacturer founded in Smethwick in the 1820s. The company’s glass was used at the 1851 Great Exhibition. Ref - A E 096/1851, plate 86 LibraryofBirmingham Sandwell Archives

THE EXTRAORDINARY ORDINARY. Explore our new exhibition at Wednesbury Museum showcasing the beautiful, decorative and colourful items being made in this area of the Black Country which is now Sandwell. Open Saturdays 11am-2pm, Weds and Thurs 11am-4pm FREE

A must-see exhibition from our friends at Sandwell Museums!

🖼️Exhibition Alert! Join us at Sandwell Archives from Monday 4 August– Friday 29 August 2025 to celebrate 40 years of the West Bromwich African Caribbean Resource Centre visitsandwell.com/whats-on/40-ye…

With our Project Archivist now on board, the Chance Brothers Ltd. cataloguing project begins🔍Time to celebrate the legacy of one of Britain’s most iconic glassworks! nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-revea…

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HERITAGE OPEN DAYS ARE COMING! 12-21 September Explore Sandwell's Heritage @Sandwellmuseums and Sandwell Archives this September as part of the national Heritage Open Days Festival- All FREE to explore! Find out what's on in Sandwell to discover at heritageopendays.org.uk/whats-on/searc…

We love this, thanks for sharing Birmingham Archives & Collections! #Chance #ChanceBrothers

Join us on Saturday 13 September in celebration of the Chance Brothers Ltd. collection with hands-on demonstrations, talks from staff and volunteers, and archives that capture Chance's innovations. heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-eve…