Billy commented on the post, Little Things Mean A Lot 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Fond Memories Clive can’t see anything this been erased?
Clive I would like to put your posts on to our Facebook group post Wolverhampton if its okay with you, there are quite a number of members from Whitmore Reans. who would be most interested in your childhood stories. Please join the group!-
Billy commented on the post, The Elephant Never Forgets 8 months, 1 week ago
Hi Heather, Stafford Street – North Street my playground, born in 1937 in Nursery Street covered now as most of the area is, by the University. Any tale of stafford Street is like grist to the mill for me. Oh I wish you had shared this story with me before your mom and dad past on. I would have loved to talk to them. What were their names? I would…[Read more]
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Billy commented on the post, Colourful Characters Of Pipers Row 8 months, 4 weeks ago
There was a fried fish saloon in Pipers Row,A Mr Thompson had in the 1920s
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Billy commented on the post, Colourful Characters Of Pipers Row 10 months ago
Hi Catherine If you join ourb Facebook group Lost Wolverhampton we have administrators that will help you with your search best Wishes Billy.
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Billy commented on the post, Steelhouse Lane Is Today In Pain 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Angie I would like to share this lovely story on our facebook group Lost Wolverhampton have I your permission – Please join the group if you wish to make contact with more enthusiastic All Saints followers
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Billy commented on the post, Red Cross Street School 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Colin Look on my Facebook group Lost Wolverhampton type Staffordshire knot in the search button.
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Billy commented on the post, Brickkiln Croft 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Yes, I recall it had a short life. Nothing much left of Peel Street from the start of the 60s The ring-road but paid to that.
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Billy wrote a new post, Private F.C. Banting – Stories From The Grave 1 year, 1 month ago
The War Memorial
Many people are surprised when I tell them I often enjoy spending time walking through graveyards. Why? Well, names on graves have held a fascination for me ever since as a lad of seven, I […]
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Billy commented on the post, Something Fishy 1 year, 3 months ago
Hi Rachel Thank You for getting in touch – Please join our Facebook Group Lost Wolverhampton I am sure we could share such a lot of stories with members of the well-known market traders The Thomas’s and the Wrights. Friends of my family the Howes.
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Billy commented on the post, Billy's Picture Book #7: The Old Market Patch 1 year, 3 months ago
Hi, David nice memories I recall Percy Stallard well, he was a friend of my father’s who married a lady from my birthplace Nursery Street Recal the name Watkiss in the old indoor market on St Peters in the 1950s. I believe they were grocers. Please join our Facebook group Lost Wolverhampton and share your memories with members!
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Billy commented on the post, Steelhouse Lane Is Today In Pain 1 year, 3 months ago
Hi Steve Please join our Facebook group Lost Wolverhampton – I am sure members would love to share your memories with you!
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Billy commented on the post, Red Cross Street School 1 year, 3 months ago
Hi Christine Lovely story I recall all those early teachers at Red Cross Street, I left in 1948. Please join our Facebook Group Lost Wolverhampton I am sure members would love to hear your stories.
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Billy commented on the post, Tales of Carribee Island 1 year, 3 months ago
Hi Craig. Very common name Mary McDermot in Wolverhampton around the Irish corner at one time, in fact, My grandmother’s sister Catherine Egan, married a McDermot. in the late 1800s. Regarding the Tower Street connection I have down a Walter James Edwards at No.2 Tower St and at No.23, W Salmon Iron & Metal Merchants in other words Scrap Dealers.
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Billy commented on the post, Specks On A Dusty Road – Part ten 1 year, 3 months ago
Hi Gary. Great Story I need to share this with my Facebook Group with a picture of the Wheel and the shop Would you mind?
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Billy commented on the post, The Fall Of Wolverhampton Hippodrome 1 year, 3 months ago
Hi, Alan Nice one lovely to actually contact someone who was there at the time. I was away in the army at the time it happened. I would like to share your comment on my Facebook group.
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Billy wrote a new post, Billy's Picture Book 9 – The Price We Had To Pay! 1 year, 3 months ago
Join me on a pilgrimage to a Civic Centre, standing today on “A celebrated piece of gone but not Forgotten Land”
The end of the 1950’s marked the beginning of a new era.
In the background from left to ri […]
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Billy wrote a new post, Billy's Picture Book #8: A New Horizon 1 year, 3 months ago
Seventy years on from Horsefair
Looking down from the tower of St Peter’s Church in the late 1960s, we see again that “Times are a Changing”.
In the foreground, we see there are now two extensive car-p […]
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Billy commented on the post, Something Fishy 1 year, 3 months ago
Lovely to hear from you Rachel Please keep in touch We should have more to talk about on the fascinating history of the Thomas Family.
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Billy wrote a new post, Billy's Picture Book #7: The Old Market Patch 1 year, 3 months ago
Changing times around North Street, before the “Civic Centre”
Litch Gate of the old Bluecoat School (Education Offices)
The elegant lichgate of the ‘Wolverhampton Education Offices’ makes a perfect frame f […]
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Billy commented on the post, Red Cross Street School 1 year, 4 months ago
Hi Suzanne – nice to hear from you I had two sisters at Red Cross Street in the 1950s, Mary and Kathleen Howe
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Hi, David nice memories I recall Percy Stallard well, he was a friend of my father’s who married a lady from my birthplace Nursery Street Recal the name Watkiss in the old indoor market on St Peters in the 1950s. I believe they were grocers. Please join our Facebook group Lost Wolverhampton and share your memories with members!