But once upon a time it was twice in-spired! Advert – “NOW 1879-80 – Charles Clark coach and carriage builder Chapel Ash.” Chapel Ash was well established on this main arterial route, through Wolverhampton, as a fine residential and commercial centre, when the above Advert appeared in ‘Stevens Directory’, which […]
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A learned man once said – “It is all too easy in the name of progress to destroy the best along with the worst, and lament afterwards.” This Church arch featured recently as a “Picture from the Past” in our local newspaper, the Express & Star. Apparently this Gothic arch […]
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The North Street I knew is still around, you find it now through a hole in the ground. Remember old Wadhams Hill was here. Now today no Wadhams Hill, no Milner Hall, and no shops that reached up to the Chequer Ball. But what about these shops that made way […]
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No. 2 on the map – Albert Marston, Wellington Works North Street. During the last War they turned out thousands of hand grenades but prior to that they were Lock Manufacturers. To give you an idea how important a part they played in Wolverhampton commerce; it was claimed by them […]
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No matter what age you are, you never forget the place of your birth or your first school. Number 1 on our Map of North Street – Red Cross Street School. The headline above an article in the Express and Star from 1939 stated… CLASSROOM or FAIRYLAND?.. and it related […]
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