Saint John's Church Archives - Lost Wolverhampton

The “Old Barrell” Inn was a timber-framed house, where as far back as the sixteenth century, stood on the corner of Bell Street, and Victoria Street.

“From Bodyline to Boblake and Beyond”

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Billy

Isn’t it funny where a good read of an old newspaper can get you? The date is Monday, January 23rd, 1933 and the headlines cry, “It’s just not cricket!” The main evening story in the Express and Star newspaper concerns the protests of not just cricket, but the entire Australian nation. […]

Fred In The Shed

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Billy

I was searching through my collection of local photographs the other evening when I came across this award winning study of the Black Country’s violin-playing tramp Harold Thompson. A classic image of the region. It was taken in 1961 by the late Express & Star photographer Peter Garland. The picture […]