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 right you see the Education offices or the Clinic. Where outside here today stands […]
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WOLVERHAMPTON A TALE OF TWO CITIES My pictures and stories I hope will illustrate the many changes which have taken place in Wolverhampton at various times particularly in relation to the street scene and general landscape. If you recall in part 4, I was talking about the Two Great Survivors, […]
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WOLVERHAMPTON A TALE OF TWO CITIES My pictures and stories I hope will illustrate the many changes which have taken place in Wolverhampton at various times particularly in relation to the street scene and general landscape. If you recall in part 3, I was talking about The Deanery, but if […]
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WHAT’S HAPPENED TO NORTH STREET? North Street. dominated by the Telephone exchange ,on one side and the Civic Centre on the other – is not really a street any more since the ring road came and cut it in half. Today in 2015, with Wadhams Hill gone, The Town Hall, Civic Hall […]
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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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After leaving school in 1952 I found employment with H.Goodhall Ltd, in the Wholesale Market in Wolverhampton as a groundsman and porter. I would say the first three years working here in the market (before a break for National Service) were the best three years of my working life. The […]
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The North Street I knew is still around, you find it now through a hole in the ground. Remember old Wadhams Hill was here. Now today no Wadhams Hill, no Milner Hall, and no shops that reached up to the Chequer Ball. But what about these shops that made way […]
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