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Wolverhampton Centenary Exhibition, Civic Hall, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/P/W74/12 23 Apr 1948 Wolverhampton Archives

The National Coal Board’s theme at the exhibition was “Coal is Food”. The stand also presented the development of coal mining since nationalisation. The photograph shows Lord Hyndley and Sir Ben Smith on the left, talking to Albert Parkes of Hilton Main C

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Wolverhampton Centenary Pageant

D-EXP/P/W74/14 19 May 1948 Wolverhampton Archives

The first dress rehearsal. The photograph shows ladies representing Lady Wulfruna and her attendants.

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Wolverhampton Centenary Pageant

D-EXP/P/W74/16 21 May 1948 Wolverhampton Archives

A poster to promote the Wolverhampton Centenary Pageant, which ran from 22 May to 5 June and began at 7pm.

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Wolverhampton Centenary Pageant

D-EXP/P/W74/17 28 May 1948 Wolverhampton Archives

Donald Waltho and Norma Minshall were the scene announcers during the Pageant, marking the passage of time from 950 AD to 1948.

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Wolverhampton Centenary Pageant

D-EXP/P/W74/18 28 May 1948 Wolverhampton Archives

Aileen Hill dressed as Lady Wulfruna. King Ethelred awarded Lady Wulfruna the land on which Wolverhampton was built.

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Centenary morning meeting

D-EXP/P/W74/24 20 May 1948 Wolverhampton Archives

The South Staffordshire Regiment trumpeters from Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, playing the fanfare in front of a statue of Wolverhampton’s first Mayor, George Benjamin Thorneycroft.