| Description | In 2012, Multistory invited Dame Margaret Drabble to visit the Black Country to write about the lives of women living and working in the Black Country. The project resulted in ‘Black Country Women’,a magazine produced by Multistory with, for and about Black Country women, with stories by Margaret Drabble and photographs by Martin Parr.
Margaret spent a number of days in the area, over several trips, visiting Susan’s Hairdressers on the High Street in West Bromwich; Teddy Gray’s sweet factory in Dudley; The Crossroads Café in Willenhall; Pat Gorman’s pork pie factory; and many other Black Country locations to meet with, and talk to, local women. Margaret was supported by local writer and performance poet, Emma Purshouse, who used her local knowledge and relationships to introduce Margaret to local women. |