His Name was James Gatis… He was a man of the people and spent all his working life in Wolverhampton fighting for the Irish immigrants of Carribee Island and the poor in other deprived areas of Wolverhampton. “[A man] whose loss will be deeply felt by the poor, whoever found in […]
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Specks On A Dusty Road – Part Six
Billposters were a feature in Wolverhampton in my youth, they fronted almost any bits of waste ground, adorned many gable ends and they appeared in the most unlikely places. This one in particular was in St Georges Parade which was incidentally the address of The Wolverhampton Billposting Company. Now […]
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A forward looking plan was submitted of which it was said; this plan when adopted in its final form will enable future developments to take place in a systematic and orderley manner. Each step will make its contribution to the shape of things to come Only in this way can […]
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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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