Wulfruna Street Archives - Lost Wolverhampton

The Two Great Survivors Molineux House & Giffard House, Wolverhampton

Billy’s Picture Book #4: Giffard House and Molineux House

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Billy

WOLVERHAMPTON A TALE OF TWO CITIES My pictures and stories I hope will illustrate the many changes which have taken place in Wolverhampton at various times particularly in relation to the street scene and general landscape. If you recall in part 3, I was talking about The Deanery, but if […]

The Dark Heart of Princes Square

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Billy

In modern times, it is home to University buildings and relatively upmarket watering holes like The Royal London and Hogshead, but allow me to take you on a journey into the dark side of the area we know today as Princes Square. A Den of Iniquity Although this photo of […]

LIFE WITH THE LIONS

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Billy

“Howes Life” with the Lions When my Aunt featured in the Lions Den at Bostock & Wombwells, Menagerie, in 1930 It was to be the last time this popular attraction would visit our town. This lively sketch of the old Market Place, dated 1793, by artist Thomas Rowlandson, […]

Lifeboat Three Perhaps!

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Billy

With all the rain we have experienced this year you can understand some local Wolverhampton people are talking about some sort of safeguard for the future. A Lifeboat perhaps? But as some may already know this is not the first time a Lifeboat was a topic in our town. The […]

A Change Of Scenery Around The Deanery

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Billy

The illustrated talk I chose to do that day seemed appropriate for the occasion and the venue – The Civic Centre. Now with this talk I try to give my interpretation of how the area, now occupied by our present seat of government has changed in appearance over the past […]

Wholesale Destruction

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Billy

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 […]

Is There A Light At The End Of The Tunnel?

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Billy

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 […]