When a group of nine Bilston business men met in the back room of the Villiers Arms in March 1931 to receive the charter that started Rotary in Bilston, I’m sure they could have had no idea what the next 90 years would look like or what a difference the club they were starting would make. What they did know was they wanted to make a difference, a difference to the community they lived in and in the lives of the people who lived and worked in Bilston.

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It was a bleak world outside that room in 1931 the world was gripped by a global crisis affecting every country. The Great Depression was destroying economies across the world, factories closing, businesses going under, jobs lost, lives ruined and communities destroyed. Bilston, at the heart of the industrial midlands with its steel and heavy industry, was particularly badly hit; so never was there a better time for a group of like-minded people to embark on a journey to help communities, support people and help create a better world.

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