Event


Invitation to historic foundry workers

Former workers from a famous Brierley Hill steel plant are invited to a reunion and exhibition celebrating the firm’s history. Dudley Council has organised the Round Oak Remembered event at Dudley Museum and Art Gallery, St. Jamess Road, on December 11, from 11.30am. The event is open to anyone who worked at the Round Oak • Read More »



Pony Trail auction brings project to a close

 Over £2,300 was raised at the Pony Trail auction held at the Copthorne Hotel on Monday evening (4th October). Schools which had participated in the project had been given first option to buy back the ponies and some twenty took up that option, leaving nine ponies to be actioned on the night. Some thirty hopeful • Read More »


BRIERLEY HILL’S FESTIVAL OF WATER & LIGHT

DUDLEY’S FESTIVAL OF WATER & LIGHT Fireworks and a colourful boat parade brought families to Brierley Hill’s Festival of Water and Light despite the rain. Thousands of people lined The Waterfront last night (Sunday October 3) for the 12th annual festival – which included a boat parade with a ‘pop bands of the past’ theme, • Read More »






Everybody Looks Famous confirmed for Festival of Light

One of the acts confirmed to appear at this year’s Festival of Water and Light celebration in Brierley Hill is Everybody Looks Famous.  Neighbours News saw them as the opening act at the Midlands Music Festival in Tamworth this past summer, and they are definitely one to watch out for!! You can check out their MySpace site at: • Read More »