THE story behind Dudley Castle is the subject of the next Halesowen History Society meeting.

Historian Max Keen, will be dressing in costume, for his talk The History of Dudley Castle at Shenstone Theatre, Halesowen Library on Thursday, October 2 at 7.30pm.

Carol Taylor, from the society, said: "We had a very good turnout for our September meeting with lots of new faces attending.

"Hopefully some of our new visitors will come again for the October meeting to see Max speak, he is new to us, but I understand he will be dressed for the occasion."

She added: "Everyone is welcome and there is a small charge of £1 for non members."