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Wergs Road, Tettenhall

D-EXP/P/T1/36 29 Jun 1965 Wolverhampton Archives

A bus shelter had such architectural merit that the Tettenhall Urban Council wished to preserve it, despite complaints by Mr C. C. Stansbury of Wrottesley Road over the state of its disrepair. Wolverhampton Corporation is mentioned.

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Parish Centre, Upper Street, Tettenhall

D-EXP/P/T1/37 21 Sep 1965 Wolverhampton Archives

The first building to be completed in the Upper Street development area, the new parish centre was officially opened by the Bishop of Lichfield, the Right Reverend A. S. Reeve. Mrs A. S. Reeve, Tettenhall Urban District Council, Councillor Dr S. C. Dyke,

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Locust, Wednesbury

D-EXP/P/L25/1 2 Feb 1956 Wolverhampton Archives

The creature was found in a crate of Italian cauliflowers at a wholesale fruiterer’s warehouse, and it took 44 hours to kill him and still preserve him for photographic purposes. The National History Museum in Birmingham is mentioned.

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Lynne Masefield, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/R/RQE/62 22 May 1962 Wolverhampton Archives

Lynne was due to present a bouquet to Her Majesty the Queen during her visit. The photograph shows her trying on her dress with the help of Margaret Whitehouse of the Wolverhampton College of Art, where the dress had been made.

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Wolverhampton College of Art

D-EXP/P/W65/9 5 Jan 1960 Wolverhampton Archives

Pigeons had been noted to be resting on various aspects of the friezes on the side of the building. A later article states that a pigeon repellant was being used by Wolverhampton Corporation to keep the birds away. The National Gallery and Nelson’s Column

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All Saints’ Church, West Bromwich

D-EXP/P/W4/7 22 Aug 1958 Wolverhampton Archives

A 900-year-old Norman chest, hollowed out of a trunk of an oak tree, was believed to be the oldest object in the town, and the church used it for church plate, money and vestments. The photograph shows Prebendary N. W. Watson examining the chest.

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Low Level Station, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/R/RQE/65 24 May 1962 Wolverhampton Archives

The photograph shows Lynne Diane Masefield of Rakegate Infants School presenting the Queen with a bouquet on behalf of the schoolchildren of the borough, with Mayor Alderman M. Birch alongside.

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Clydebank

D-EXP/R/RQE/100 20 Sep 1967 Wolverhampton Archives

Her Majesty the Queen named the Q4 “Queen Elizabeth II”, although the launch did not quite go to plan. John Rennie of John Brown and Cunard are mentioned.

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Alan Deakin, defender, Walsall

D-EXP/S/DE/5 1 Jan 1971 Wolverhampton Archives

Alan was due to face his former side, Aston Villa, at Fellows Park. A later caption, when he was playing for Tamworth says that he was close to scoring against Banbury.