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 […]
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Fred Thomas was the youngest son of William and Francis Thomas who had started their wholesale fish merchants business in Horseley fields in the latter part of the 1800s. Fred, the youngest son of William and Frances Thomas is pictured in the lounge of his bungalow in Ounsdale Road, Wombourne […]
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Like every other town and city, over the years old Wolverhampton has had its share of unusual folk. In the 80’s we had Dave the radio carrying cowboy, who handed over to Ezra the Dudley Street Evangelist. The picture below shows a great Wolverhampton character of yesteryear. Miss Gibson, had […]
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On Saturday the 27th February 2010. I attended the annual, Wolverhampton Local History Symposium at Bantock House Museum. The illustrated talks were well researched, diverse and informative, and all of the speakers were excellent; it was a most enjoyable day. Later, during the final discussion a question was put to […]
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The illustrated talk I chose to do that day seemed appropriate for the occasion and the venue – The Civic Centre. Now with this talk I try to give my interpretation of how the area, now occupied by our present seat of government has changed in appearance over the past […]
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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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Query Corner “Hello Billy, I found your email address on your blog – which I stumbled across by accident. I moved from Wolverhampton more than thirty years ago but often look at the City websites to keep up-to-date. For many years, I have been trying to find someone with knowledge […]
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Query Corner Working on my blog Lost Wolverhampton is without a doubt a labour of love, and when I receive an enquiry such as the one from Christine it certainly puts the icing on the cake. She emails: “Billy do you remember the lodging house on Stafford Street and Herbert […]
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Who, in Wolverhampton over the age of 60, has not heard the name of Bert Adey, a sportsman and popular licensee of a once equally known William Butler’s house; the ‘Pear Tree’? Showing some early foresight At the end of the Great War , when making his name as a […]
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Have I heard this before? Manchester City have taken over from Chelsea and Man Utd, and are now certainly being a ‘pain in the backside’ to the poorer clubs in the Premiership. I feel this inequality will cause some clubs to overspend and possibly we could well see a number […]
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The original market place as you probably know was in High Green, which is now Queen Square; and was long a nuisance to the inhabitants and a great trial to the health of the Butchers, green-grocers etc, who possessed the stalls. So in 1848, the newly elected Town Council agreed […]
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