We hear today many convincing stories regarding the centre of town being plagued by rats in the 1940’s and 50’s. Now, as I have mentioned often before, I was born close to St Peter’s Church which seemed to be the centre of all activities during my childhood. To hear a tale […]
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Colourful Characters Of Pipers Row
Kathy Thomas guides one of her fathers prized ponies back down Lichfield Street to the “Barley Mow” in the 1930’s. Now one of the main aims of “Lost Wolverhampton” is to research and record the social history of the town. and when we study the streets and yards, and […]
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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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