D-EXP/P/W95D/45 12 Jun 1994 Wolverhampton Archives
A Second World War battle re-enactment was one of the highlights of the tattoo. The photograph shows Nicky Rudd (left) and Stephanie Shepherd with Anna, the British Legion Wyre Forest Youth Band mascot.
D-EXP/P/W3/30 30 Dec 1977 Wolverhampton Archives
After spending nine years as a teller in the Queen Square branch of Lloyd’s Bank in Wolverhampton, Nicci and her husband Jeremy swapped careers to become a farmer. WIllenhall is mentioned. The photograph shows her sitting on a tractor.
D-EXP/P/W1W/7 25 Jun 1981 Wolverhampton Archives
On the corner with Bath Street. The newsagent had moved to make way for the Ring Road. Marks and Spencer is mentioned, and the photograph shows Desmond Mather in front of his shop.
D-EXP/P/W1M/46 15 May 1983 Wolverhampton Archives
Tettenhall Horse Sanctuary brought along a display of animals to entertain shoppers. The photograph shows Cindy Nixon from Manston Drive in Perton with a kid goat, Dicket, trying to nibble her clothes.
D-EXP/P/W1D/31 24 Feb 1978 Wolverhampton Archives
After Compulsory Purchase Orders were issued in 1973 in preparation for the Ring Road, shopkeepers moved out and vandals moved in, leaving the buildings decayed and derelict. The Home and Garden supplies at the Bell Place junction is mentioned.
D-EXP/P/W1D/29 22 Jun 1968 Wolverhampton Archives
The junction with Napier Road, where a car had crashed into the C. H. Brown butcher’s shop, killing two people.
D-EXP/P/W1B/47 16 Jan 1967 Wolverhampton Archives
The building was to be converted by Wolverhampton Welfare Services Committee from a day nursery into 6 separate living units for homeless families. Councillor Cyril Jones and the television programme “Cathy Come Home” are mentioned.
D-EXP/P/W1B/10 27 Jun 1969 Wolverhampton Archives
A single yellow line painted on a link road from Bath Avenue to the car parks at the back of Waterloo Road had been painted in error. Wolverhampton Council, Mr E. K. Ashby and the Wolverhampton Motor Finance Co., Ltd. are mentioned.
D-EXP/P/W1A/26 3 Jun 1968 Wolverhampton Archives
Arthur Street with gates across, looking towards Thompson Avenue. Attached to the photograph is a notice that reads “RIGHTS OF WAY ACT 1932 THIS LAND IS PRIVATE NO PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.” Wolverhampton Corporation is mentioned.
D-EXP/P/T64/226 6 Apr 1989 Wolverhampton Archives
The 45th Regiment of Foot’s part in the defeat of Napoleon’s troops at the Battle of Badajoz in 1812 was commemorated by raising a scarlet tunic from the headquarters flagstaffs. The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters and B Company 4th (Volunteer Batta