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HEADBANGERS OF BLOXWICH UNITE!
Photo courtesy Judas Priest
Dateline: 17 Oct 08
RECLAIM YOUR MUSICAL HERITAGE!
For too long Birmingham and the Black Country (including Bloxwich!) have failed to celebrate what is rightfully theirs, to claim the city and the region as home of “heavy metal” music. “Heavy Metal was born in the West Midlands and has developed a global following matched only in Hip-Hop. Its time to stop sneering and celebrate this proud cultural heritage…” - Daniel Trilling – New Statesman July 30 2007
Home of Metal is a brand new project aimed at creating the first digital archive of heavy metal music, memorabilia and fans stories, to tell the story of this unique moment of Midlands’ musical heritage. Launching at Wolverhampton Art Gallery on Saturday October 25, 10am - 4.30pm, the project coincides with the 40th anniversary of when the term ‘heavy metal’ was coined by music journalist Lester Bangs when describing Black Sabbath.
The launch event at Wolverhampton Art Gallery encourages fans of Judas Priest, Napalm Death, Godflesh, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin to come along and share their experiences of their favourite band. Fans are encouraged to bring memorabilia along with their personal stories to the gallery to be recorded - all of which will go towards the new digital archive, which aims to tell the true story of the birth place of metal.
Capsule, the organisers, are also keen to hear from any volunteers with a keen interest in history or music who may wish to get involved in Home of Metal. Volunteers will be fully trained in archiving digital data and recording oral histories, as well as having the opportunity to be involved in a small, dedicated team who will get to work on a ground breaking project. See: http://www.homeofmetal.com
BLOXWICH HEADBANGERS of all ages (yes, including your dad!) will well remember that ROB HALFORD of Judas Priest spent much of his early youth living on the Beechdale (as did Noddy Holder of Slade, who also went to T.P.Riley School), so we have our own proud local connection with probably the greatest heavy metal band of all time! And many metal and rock bands, local and otherwise, famed or forgotten, have played the old Bloxwich Baths and local pubs and schools like Frank F. Harrison in the 70s and 80s especially.
WALSALL EVENT 6 NOVEMBER - Staff of Walsall Local History Centre (including The Edditer of The Bloxidge Tallygraph, Stuart Williams) will be taking part in a second Home of Metal event being held at the New Art Gallery Walsall on Thursday November 6 6pm - 9pm. Metal band Einstellung will be performing a Black Sabbath inspired set at this event, and there will also be special guests, films and refreshments - all hosted by Kerrang! Radio DJ Johnny Doom - so it looks like a good night will be had by all! FREE ADMISSION.
The third event in the series moves to Birmingham City Centre, at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery on Saturday 7th February 2009, 10am-5pm.
See www.homeofmetal.com for further details!
Bloxwich United beaten by Bromyard
Photo by Stuart Williams
Report by Andrew Poole, courtesy Bloxwich United AFC
Dateline:
BLOXWICH United slipped to a rare home defeat with a 3-2 defeat at the hands of
Both Nick Smith and John Freeman went close before Craig Bannister opened the scoring for The Red Lions on 25 minutes.
That is how the scoreline stayed until early in the second period when Adam Overton equalised for the visitors.
With their tails up, Luke Towler gave Bromyard the lead before Freeman found the net from close range to bring the scores level.
There were 12 minutes remaining when Overton notched his second of the afternoon.
The Red Lions had the opportunity to grab a point near the end with a penalty that was missed by Darren Leonard.
"Poor defending cost us dear," observed player-manager, Michael Moseley. "It was another case of missed chances and I can't believe we've lost the game.
"We must make sure that we pick ourselves up and get ready for the next game."
The Red Lions play host to League leaders, AFC Wulfrunians on Saturday in what is a massive match (kick-off 3.00pm). Don't miss it...
Tallygraph Match Photo Album: HERE
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT - LOOKING FOR WORK?
Walsall Council are holding a Support into Jobs event at Blakenall Village Centre, Thames Road, Blakenall, WS3 1LZ on Wednesday 12th November 2008, 10am - 4pm. The aim of the event is to promote employment opportunities, the skills and personal qualities required for these jobs and the range of support available locally to assist local people. Importantly, the events are to raise the awareness and aspirations of local people to consider the range of services and support available to help them make positive steps into taking up employment in the future.
The Council will be promoting council vacancies and currently they have Homeserve and Midcounties Coop attending from the private sector to promote their job vacancies.
The Bloxidge Tallygraph is pleased to be able to support this event and the local community by making a Walsall Council information flyer in pdf format available to readers via this link.
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