A few days ago I had reason to visit St Johns retail Park, as it was a nice day I decided to return into town via George Street and St John’s Square I don’t know what urged me to wander through those ornate, gateposts, I can’t ever recall going that […]
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A Hall Built For Purpose
In the 1921 copy of the Penn Parish Register in the list of houses to note it states: Foremost among the buildings is Penn Hall, an early Georgian house which both in situation and appearance commands approval. A rather poor veiw of the house is given in Shaw’s history vol., […]
Read moreSole Survivor of the Organ Battle
This is how I recall the area around St John’s Square in my youth and the lasting impression I had from my first look inside St John’s Church, when I saw for the first time Wolverhamptons celebrated artists Barney’s Alter-piece, “The Descent from the Cross” on its backdrop of oak. […]
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