The Grand Theatre the only surviving theatre in the Black Country today in 2013, designed by eminent architect Charles J. Phipps, and constructed by Wolverhampton builder Henry Gough in the splendid location of new Lichfield Street, in 1894. It is today considered by many as the finest theatre in […]
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Now spectacles or glasses as they’re commonly known, have been a concern of mine for as long as I can remember. In the first instant my great , great grandfather William Howe appears in the 1835 edition of Pigot & Co’s Commercial Directory. as a Spectacle and Tobacco box maker […]
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Every time there is a cold spell people talk about the winters of 1947, 1963, and 1982. Now I have lived through all of these winters and I hope many more to come. Whether it was Snow, Severe frost, or lack of coal that caused the problems. Here a just […]
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The terrible treatment of the weaker sex across the World at the moment, which I abhor, is brought to us graphically every day through the news and media. Regarding this, the lines and title in this my latest post may seem a bit derogatory. I can assure you this is […]
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The way to handle “The Birds” came naturally to my father Jack Howe A story of Market Life My father, was introduced to working life in Wolverhampton markets by his boyhood friend Tommy Wright, who’s uncle, Albert Thomas owned a local fish merchant business. During the first World war every […]
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“Help for Heroes” circa 1915 – charitable collections carry on today as they did then only with a different name. The other day in Bridgnorth High Street, I threw some loose change into a bucket, one of many carried by a group of around twenty bikers collecting for the current […]
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“The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby. The plan was to blow up […]
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With all the rain we have experienced this year you can understand some local Wolverhampton people are talking about some sort of safeguard for the future. A Lifeboat perhaps? But as some may already know this is not the first time a Lifeboat was a topic in our town. The […]
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I was searching through my collection of local photographs the other evening when I came across this award winning study of the Black Country’s violin-playing tramp Harold Thompson. A classic image of the region. It was taken in 1961 by the late Express & Star photographer Peter Garland. The picture […]
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This tale of a “British Restaurant” is an hard one to swallow. Do you remember the British or Civic Restaurants?” as they were known. British Restaurants were inaugurated in 1941, to provide a substantial cheap meal for the general public, and there were originally five such restaurants in Wolverhampton, situated […]
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The old cattle market for which Wolverhampton at one time was famous, was held from 1849 on a site adjoining the existing abattoir site in Cleveland Road. The market was held weekly for the sale of Horses and cattle, and in the earlier years of its existence was reputed to […]
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The Continentals Win Again / “80 Years on What’s New” Wolverhampton Wanderers finished the season 1930-31 with what was considered to be now a well equipped squad, finishing just seven points short of promotion from the Second Division. In the season break Wolves were invited to take part in an […]
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