That sounds like a really fun thing to volunteer for. I am intending on coming back hopefully in the summer and I hope to make the special chain makers festival this year. So maybe I will see you there

Just been reading some of the comments on your site, and couldn’t resist adding one of my own. I actually work at the BCLM as a volunteer, and I am based at the Racecourse Colliery, right opposite the mine entrance. I run the weighbridge, which has now been in full action for the first time since we decided to re-open it for visitors to the museum. Period costume still applies, but don’t expect us to talk about modern day things. We don’t acknowledge them, as we talk in black country accent, and are stuck in a time warp from the years 1880-1930. Bring your kids, neices, nephews…whoever. Get a gift pack of real Black Country Coal samples, lollies, and a certificate of being a genuine victorian! Our educative talks are both funny and interesting. It’s a new experience, which I’m sure would be an added bonus since your last visit. Drop in…we’d love to meet you!