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Basa46 posted a new activity comment

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 07:19:02 +0100

Thanks Billy,conditions must have been dire,great photos.

In reply to - Billy wrote a new post Isn’t it funny where a good read of an old newspaper can get you? The date is Monday, January 23rd, 1933 and the headlines cry, “It’s just not cricket!” The main evening story in the […]

Basa46 posted a new activity comment

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 02:00:06 +0000

Another mysterious fire, one of many to destroy historic buildings in Wolverhampton.
We must hold the record for suspicious fires.A great loss to this city,and its future generations.

In reply to - Billy wrote a new post Wolverhampton Hippodrome was formerly the old Empire Palace Theatre But what caused the fall… of the old Wolverhampton music hall? The tragic loss of this majestic Queen Square icon […]

Basa46 posted a new activity comment

Sat, 06 Jan 2018 00:23:04 +0000

Hi Sue, Masters shop was a place you could purchase all sorts from cycles to dinky toys,it was not far from
the Star Hotel corner of Cross Street.The area in Heath Street we knew as the brittle it was wasteland then
and i remember a goat being tethered there.The Forge Hammer pub was at the top of Cross St,i think the
Wednesfield Rd from…[Read more]

In reply to - Billy wrote a new post It was a strange location, for our first station. Does anyone recall Old Heath town before the upheaval of the 1950’s its industrial heritage still intact, with its many Victorian te […]

Basa46 replied to the topic Joseph Evans & Sons Culwell Works in the forum Introduce yourself

Fri, 03 Nov 2017 07:25:32 +0000

The main entrance to Joseph Evans & Sons was in Frederick Street Heath Town.
Many local residents were employed by the company including my uncle.

Basa46 posted a new activity comment

Fri, 13 Oct 2017 18:43:59 +0100

Hello Teresa,yes i remember your family well the pub was the Railway.It is nice to hear
from you,they were good times before the old town was demolished.We moved to
Wednesfield 1962 not the same.I still see some people who lived in Railway St.
Best wishes to you.

Basa46 posted a new activity comment

Sun, 09 Jul 2017 10:18:52 +0100

Hello, we lived in Railway Street and left in 1962,
as stated previously i used to help John Bates
around the lovely gardens at Heathfield House.
John owned a Morris 8 e series car and i can remember
going to Wolverhampton station to fetch chicks to be
reared for christmas.The lady who was housekeeper
was Joyce Stokes who lived in Paul…[Read more]