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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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-parks where the Majestic Retail Market and Patch once stood. On the left is […]
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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 5, I was talking about Giffard House and the […]
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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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The Joy of Reading The way by which little words on pages stir your imagination and resurrect yesterday pass to your brain. In the process, they endow themselves with rich, warm life, and all that has been is again, you hear poets sing. The love of storytelling came to me […]
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Well, as it is approaching Halloween I wondered if this little story, which first came to light in Wolverhampton’s town hall pub, would be of interest to our members. It was told to me as a youngster, by a friend of my fathers who worked atthat time in the Retail […]
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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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“There was no room at the Inn, for the Named and Shamed.” I have classified this story as unfit for under 18’s and anyone with a weak constitution as it contains scenes of Graphic Horror. Binge drinking and anti-social behaviour never seem to be out of the news, with politicians […]
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Welcome to Billy’s Picture Book! In this new series, I hope my pictures and stories will illustrate the many changes which have taken place in Wolverhampton since 1750, particularly in relation to the street scene and general landscape. Book One – North Street North Street, whilst still containing some interesting […]
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Postcards from the past – Brickkiln Croft Westside Story It was confirmed today 31st May 2017, that The £55 million regeneration scheme for Westside in Wolverhampton will start in 2018. This past 12 months, has seen Heantun House and the old indoor market knocked down to pave the […]
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A Pre-War Plan – That with hindsight, could have gone better. Mayor wants market- place Air-raid shelter for Wolverhampton! Advocates big Car Park Underground A scheme for a large subterranean car park to be constructed underneath the marketplace, which would also serve the dual purpose of being an air-raid […]
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