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Chance Glassworks Bicentenary event

Keith Bracey

Keith Bracey

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On Saturday 29th October 2022 #ChanceHeritageTrust are holding a celebration for the Bicentenary of what was once the largest glassworks in the world the Chance Glassworks which employed over 3500.men and women from #GlobalSmethwick.The party is to be held at West Smethwick Park on Saturday 29th October 10am until 4pm to celebrate the company's 200th Anniversary 1822 to 2022 as the Chance Brothers bought the Crown Glass Company Works #MadeinSmethwick and now the Chance Heritage Trust wants to regenerate the 9 acre site at Spon Lane in the Galton Valley Conservation Area and GEOPARK and build an inland lighthouse as a visitor attraction and Beacon for the Black Country ⚫️ linking the various Faiths of the Black Country from local Sikhs to Christians, from Hindus to Moslems and Jains to Jews. These are our ambitious plans at #ChanceHeritageTrust and we want YOU to come and help us celebrate OUR Bicentenary posted by Keith Bracey #ChanceHeritageTrust #Community #Engagement #Volunteer Go to www.chanceht.org for more information and details
 
Thank you for posting our Chance Heritage Trust Bicentenary event celebration film on the Birmingham History Forum website. If anyone wants to find out more about what the Chance Heritage Trust intends to do at our 9 acre site in Spon Lane Smethwick please come along to the Gunmakers Arms Bath Row in the Gun Quarter next Thursday 8th December from 7pm until 9pm for a talk by the Chance Heritage Trust CEO Mark Davies on the future of the site Keith Bracey Chance Heritage Trust Community Engagement volunteer
mikejee said:
Here is film made of the event
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Keith Bracey said:
Thank you for posting our Chance Heritage Trust Bicentenary event celebration film on the Birmingham History Forum website. If anyone wants to find out more about what the Chance Heritage Trust intends to do at our 9 acre site in Spon Lane Smethwick please come along to the Gunmakers Arms Bath Row in the Gun Quarter next Thursday 8th December from 7pm until 9pm for a talk by the Chance Heritage Trust CEO Mark Davies on the future of the site Keith Bracey Chance Heritage Trust Community Engagement volunteer
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For more information go to our website at www.chanceht.org
Keith Bracey said:
Thank you for posting our Chance Heritage Trust Bicentenary event celebration film on the Birmingham History Forum website. If anyone wants to find out more about what the Chance Heritage Trust intends to do at our 9 acre site in Spon Lane Smethwick please come along to the Gunmakers Arms Bath Row in the Gun Quarter next Thursday 8th December from 7pm until 9pm for a talk by the Chance Heritage Trust CEO Mark Davies on the future of the site Keith Bracey Chance Heritage Trust Community Engagement volunteer
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Penns said:
Keith, was your father Len Bracey?
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No my dad was named Les or Leslie Bracey and he grew up in the back to backs of Little Shadwell St in the Gun Quarter before being rehoused in Paganel Road in Weoley Castle. He passed away in 1989 having been born in 1922. Keith Bracey
 
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