At the Eleventh hour, of the Eleventh Month of 1977. I stood for the last time with my adopted father and great friend, William Oscar Williams at the Cenotaph in Wombourne. Born on the 14th of October 1893, he survived five years as a dispatch rider in the great war […]
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Something Fishy
Fred Thomas was the youngest son of William and Francis Thomas who had started their wholesale fish merchants business in Horseley fields in the latter part of the 1800s. Fred, the youngest son of William and Frances Thomas is pictured in the lounge of his bungalow in Ounsdale Road, Wombourne […]
Read moreWholesale Destruction
After leaving school in 1952 I found employment with H.Goodhall Ltd, in the Wholesale Market in Wolverhampton as a groundsman and porter. I would say the first three years working here in the market (before a break for National Service) were the best three years of my working life. The […]
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