HALESOWEN History Society will be going beyond the grave during its next meeting.

The society's February speaker is Ian Bott whose specialist subject is Black Country Burials.

The meeting will be at The Shenstone Theatre, Halesowen Library, on Thursday, February 5 at 7.30pm.

Carol Taylor, from the society , said: "Our speaker for February will be Ian Bott and the talk is called A Grave Subject.

"Ian will telling us about various Black Country burials, everyone is welcome, with a small charge of £2 for non members."

She added: "We love to see new faces, and fortunately at most of meetings, we have visitors."