Every time there is a cold spell people talk about the winters of 1947, 1963, and 1982. Now I have lived through all of these winters and I hope many more to come. Whether it was Snow, Severe frost, or lack of coal that caused the problems. Here a just […]
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The Lost Churches of Wolverhampton
A learned man once said – “It is all too easy in the name of progress to destroy the best along with the worst, and lament afterwards.” This Church arch featured recently as a “Picture from the Past” in our local newspaper, the Express & Star. Apparently this Gothic arch […]
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Who, in Wolverhampton over the age of 60, has not heard the name of Bert Adey, a sportsman and popular licensee of a once equally known William Butler’s house; the ‘Pear Tree’? Showing some early foresight At the end of the Great War , when making his name as a […]
Read moreWhat’s Happened to North Street?
As its name suggests this street was the principal route to the North from Wolverhampton. It ran from Queen Square for roughly three quarters of a mile, and at a time between the wars, it would contain every type of trade and business you could mention, plus two Churches two […]
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