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Secondary Modern School, Sedgley. This in turn led to her being appointed a Geography teacher
at Dormston in 1965 and in 1976 a Head of Year, during which time the school changed to co-
ed and then comprehensive. In 1987 she left Dormston to become an Advisory Teacher working
with schools across the south of Dudley borough. In 1989 she returned to the classroom as a
Senior Teacher at The Buckpool School. In 1993 she was appointed Deputy Headteacher at
Alexandra High School and Sixth Form Centre, Tipton, and a year later was made Headteacher.
She maintained her interest in the Guides by becoming Guider at All Saints’, Sedgley, and also
District Commissioner. She has been a Governor at The Dormston School since 2000 and Chair
of the Governors 2002-2014. She is a trustee of Baylies Educational Foundation and an active
member of Bilston Probus Club since 2010. She is Editor of the Rotary club’s quarterly
newsletter The HUB which won the national Rotary Club Bulletin Award in 2015.

573 Barry ADAMS (1937-2017) (Joined 1.7.2011; died 1.4.2017 whilst still a member. Previously a
member of the Rotary Club of Brierley Hill from 1989, President 1996-97,
club Treasurer, and made Paul Harris Fellow 2011.) Nursing Home
Supplies. Director of Nursing Care Midlands Limited based in the Wallows
Industrial Estate, Brierley Hill, his daughter being Managing Director; and
also a director 1991-2001 of Countrywide Care Network Ltd, a
consortium of seven health-related service companies. In retirement he
became a director and assisted with finances at his son-in-law’s company
L A Air Conditioning Solutions Limited and was a Director/Trustee 2002-
14 of the charity Wordsley Housing Society which provides housing and
support to adults with long-term mental health problems. Born and raised in Tipton, he served
an apprenticeship at Nortons-Tividale Limited, colliery plant and equipment manufacturers of
Dudley Road, Tividale. This was interrupted by being called up for National Service, but he
stayed on to have six years in the RAF. As a Brierley Hill Rotarian he was instrumental in creating
many fund-raising events. His home was in Hunters Ride, Wordsley from at least the early 1980s.

574 Anthea (‘Anne’) Mary C DAVIES, JP (1941- ) (Joined Brierley Hill club early
2004, was its President 2010-11, and made Paul Harris Fellow 2011; joined
Dudley 1.7.2011; left 30.6.2012 after moving home to Perton,
Wolverhampton.) Education, Secondary. Retired teacher of mathematics
and of special needs children. She was brought up in West Bromwich and
attended the local grammar school. In her mid-20s she attended
Birmingham University and obtained a BSc degree in Mathematics before
going into teaching. Later, as a mature student, she gained an MA for
research on ‘Educational Management in Secondary Schools’. The greater
part of her teaching career was at the Sir Gilbert Claughton School in Dudley as Head of Special
Needs, until it was closed in 1990. Dudley Education Authority then posted her to other schools
in the borough including Kingswinford Secondary School and the Pensnett College of
Technology, and finally Castle High School, from which she retired but stayed on for a time as a
supply teacher. She served as a magistrate on the Dudley Bench from 1992 to 2011, and was a
Samaritan for 9 years.