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Jeffery Archer, Bilston Conservative Association

D-EXP/P/B36/80 18 Mar 1988 Wolverhampton Archives

Politician turned novelist Jeffery Archer visited the club to deliver a speech in advance of the local elections. Nigel Lawson is mentioned. The photograph shows Jeffrey Archer receiving a cup of tea from (from left) Jean Shaw, Mary Barber, Sylvia Green

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St Leonard’s Church, Bilston

D-EXP/P/B36/8 26 Jun 1954 Wolverhampton Archives

The Church includes a tablet to Mary Pearce, the wife of Thomas Pearce of Llynypandu in Flintshire, who was descended from King Edward I. The famillies of Gifford, Wyndham Howard, Neville, Granville, Courtenay, and Francis Pearce of Wellington in Shropshi

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Rolling Mill, Black Country Route, Bilston

D-EXP/P/B36/78 31 Jan 1985 Wolverhampton Archives

A salvaged rolling mill donated to Wolverhampton Council by Woodstone Rolling Mills had been turned into a memorial to the industrial heritage of Bilston, sited between the Co-op and teh Fire Station Roundabout. Richard Criddle and Bilston Art Gallery are

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Bilston Borough Museum

D-EXP/P/B36/26 12 Sep 1962 Wolverhampton Archives

Gifts from the family of the late Alderman Herbert Beach, including miniature silver spades commemorating the tree planting on the Green Lanes housing estate in 1924 and a silver key marking the opening of Loxdale School in 1929, were due to be exhibited

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Golf Course, Prouds Lane, Bilston

D-EXP/P/B36/28 15 Mar 1963 Wolverhampton Archives

Bilston Town Council planned to turn the former golf course into a park with football pitches, tennis courts, playing areas and a paddling pool known as the King George V. park.

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Jazz in the Park, Bilston

D-EXP/P/B36/102 7 Aug 1994 Wolverhampton Archives

The photograph shows the crowd watching the event.

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Church Street, Bilston

D-EXP/P/B36/85 8 Nov 1993 Wolverhampton Archives

The photograph shows Geoffrey Mason, who took part in a vox pop on the pedestrianisation of the area.