Wednesfield High Street used to fall under the Wednesfield Urban District Council. Wednesfield and Heath Town former Urban District Councils from 1894, were eventually swallowed up by Wolverhampton. Heath Town was absorbed in 1927, whereas Wednesfield remained entirely independent and physically separate until the early 1950’ when Wolverhampton’s overspill housing […]
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THE LONG JOURNEY HOME Now I’ve never been over fond of the eastern side of town, Heath Town and Wednesfield in particular, and perhaps the reason for this stems back from a tiresome day spent during the summer of 1944 of which I still recall to this […]
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A FEELING OF TRANQUILITY A further look at Steen & Blackets Map of 1871 – recalling No.5 Jennings undertakers, No 6 St James Vicarage, No.7, St James’s Church, No.8 , The Shakespeare Inn and No.9 Horseley Fields Tavern. THEN & NOW Today’s picture of the […]
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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 terraces and courts, and the three Churches offering solace to the working class folk that lived there. Wednesfield Heath blossomed […]
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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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