D-EXP/P/A85/74 31 Jul 1957 Wolverhampton Archives
Two “chinths”, which were presented to the Battalion in Mandalay in 1925, were used at all ceremonial occasions. The photograph shows Anne Hickton, the granddaughter of Alderman Sir Cliff Tibbitts looking up at one of the figures.
D-EXP/P/A85/67 5 Jun 1957 Wolverhampton Archives
Sergeant Beckett’s wife and family had joined him on the ship for the return home. Athens and Bilston are mentioned. The photograph shows (from left) Angela Beckett, Sergeant James holding Mary, Johnnie and Margaret.
D-EXP/P/W31/70 10 Mar 1959 Wolverhampton Archives
During demolition and alteration work, an old gas chandelier was found from Wolverhampton’s first cinema, which opened in 1909. The photograph shows Bill Blower holding the item.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
D-EXP/R/RQE/37 3 Nov 1955 Wolverhampton Archives
The photograph shows Susan Oliver curtseying as she handed a bouquet to Her Majesty the Queen, the the Duke of Edinbrugh and Mayor Alderman H. H. Coughlan alongside.
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.