Monthly Archives: February 2012
Back to golden era at cinema
Walsall Museum is taking cinema fans back to a golden era with its ‘Your Corner’ exhibition that explores the story behind the 1957 film The Prince and the Showgirl. Local man Ian Payne has put the display together with extensive material that he has collected relating to the life and career of Walsall actor Richard Wattis who featured both in the film and the play that it was based on.
Read more...New chapter at libraries
The Big Book Fortnight was a resounding success with over 300 bookworms heading to their local library to promote local library services. The annual event is now in its seventh year and authors John Boyne, Rosie Goodwin, Gaynor Arnold and Anne Bennett drew in hundreds of library visitors. In Walsall, many of the visitors to the local libraries admitted that they had never been to one of the borough’s libraries before.
Read more...Swimmers diving in for channel challenge
Some Walsall swimmers who are attempting to swim the English Channel tested their sea legs as they headed for a dip at Dover’s famous Swimmers’ Beach. Rob Cash, Paul Bates, Darran Dyke, Stuart Dugmore, Gary Edgington and Richard Brownjohn have created the Big Ricks Swim Team and are going to swim the English Channel in memory of their friend Mark Rickhuss. Mark suffered a heart attack in 2005 while helping another swimmer try and swim the Channel.
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