Arthur Arrowsmith Archives - Lost Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton’s “Man on the ‘Oss” is 150 years old this year.

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Billy

Wolverhampton’s “Man on the ‘Oss” is 150 years old this year! Arrowsmith’s cartoon shows the captured Crimean Cannon, soon to be replaced with the statue of the Prince Consort which remains there today in 2015. After the death of Albert, the Prince Consort, in 1861 steps were taken in […]

OUR PAST IS ALL AROUND US

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Billy

OUR PAST IS ALL AROUND US. It has been said many times Heritage is not just something on display in museums or town archives. Here again in Wolverhampton everything that surrounds us in our everyday lives, every street, supermarket, football ground, university and park, even the land your house is built […]

Arthur Arrowsmith

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Billy

He was a shining light for old Wufflers in the dark days just after the war and Wolverhampton’s legacy was certainly enriched by Express and Star artist Arthur Arrowsmith for it was he who gave us priceless works of art for the price of a three halfpenny newspaper. And it […]