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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Old Carbury (Carribee Street)
Colin Whitehouse visited the site recently and left the following enquiry in a comment on Stafford Street was my Playground. Colin asks “Did I remember The Dan O’Connell, Limerick, and the Warwick Public Houses?” Well I thought it would be simpler to answer his querie this way with a little […]
Read moreA Saint Patrick’s Day Celebration To Remember
SHAMROCK RECIPIENTS: Father William Rooney assisted by Altar-boy William Howe giving Shamrock to schoolchildren at St Patrick’s Church, Wolverhampton, this morning on the occasion of St Patrick’s Day 1949. The flag of St Patrick adorned the pulpit in St Patrick’s Church, Wolverhampton today as the large congregation attended High Mass […]
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